Havana Club Anejo Especial / 37.5% / 0.7l

The Havana Club brand was created in Cuba in 1934. Rums of this brand were produced by the family company José Arechabala SA. Havana Club rums were sold in Cuba and exported to the USA.

After the end of the Cuban revolution, the Arechabala family was forced to emigrate in 1960, and the brand itself was nationalized. In 1972, attempts were made to reactivate the brand, focusing on the Soviet and Eastern European markets. In 1993, the Cuban government began cooperation with the French concern Pernod Ricard and established the Corporación Cuba Ron company, in which both parties have equal shares. Meanwhile, the competing concern, Bacardi, having purchased the original recipe for Havana Club rum from the Arechabala family, also began producing rum under the same brand in 1994. Bacardi products were intended for the American market, which had been closed to Cuban products since the Cuban revolution. A legal battle for the rights to the brand is ongoing, which does not prevent its products from conquering world markets and the hearts of rum lovers.
Havana Club Añejo Especial is a blend of column-distilled rums and aged in oak barrels for 3 to 5 years. After blending, the rum is returned to the barrels for a short period, hence the term "double aged" on the label.

Aroma: Accents of tobacco, vanilla, cinnamon, honey, citrus, coffee and toasted oak

Taste: Vanilla, cane sugar, oak, cinnamon, coffee and cocoa.

Finish: Long, spicy and vanilla.