Botucal Planas Ron Extra Anejo / 47%/ 0.7l
- The story of Diplomático rum began in Venezuela in 1959, when a distillery manufacturing all the company’s rums was established.
Product description
The history of Diplomático began in Venezuela in 1959, with the establishment of a distillery where all of its rums are produced. At that time, Licorerías Unidas SA (LUSA) owned the distillery and the main shareholder was Seagrams.
In 2002, LUSA was put up for sale. Local investors decided to take their chance and bid for it. That same year, LUSA became 100% privately owned and adopted its current name: Destilerías Unidas SA (DUSA). The company is one of the largest rum producers in Venezuela. Botucal is an alternative name for the Diplomático brand in countries where the Diplomatico name has already been registered. The name Botucal comes from the indigenous word "botuka", meaning "green hill", a reference to the hill in front of the distillery, which is part of the Terepaima National Park. Diplomático rums are made from sugar cane molasses and sugar cane honey. The molasses is used to make light rums and the sugar cane honey is used to make more complex rums.
Botucal Planas Extra Añejo is a rum matured in American bourbon barrels for 6 years, then filtered to remove color. This allows it to be used in cocktails where the golden color of the drink would be undesirable. In its bouquet we will find accents of vanilla, coconut, citrus, mainly lemon, toffee, apricot, pepper and spices.