NEW YORK, N.Y.-- Holmes Cay Rum is releasing two expressions this week, the Venezuela 2007 15 Year edition from Destileria Sofa and the Barbados 2012 Port Cask edition from Foursquare Rum Distillery. Both are part of Holmes Cay’s Single Cask collection.
The Venezuela expression is from a historic 228 year-old distillery in the Aragua Valley. Due to trademark agreements, the name “Destileria Sofa” is commonly used for the distillery instead of its restricted name.
Holmes Cay Rum founder Eric Kaye says, “As we expand North America’s access to special aged rums, there are times when we encounter a rum whose producer cannot be disclosed. When we can share a new experience for spirits lovers with that spirit, a high quality, high proof expression, we are happy to do so.”
The Barbados 2012 Port Cask edition is from the well known and highly respected Foursquare Rum Distillery of Barbados, a molasses-based blend of pot and column still rum with 18 months of secondary aging in casks that formerly held port wine. The award-winning previous 2012 edition has sold out.
The Venezuela 2007 15 Year edition from “Destileria Sofa” in the fertile Aragua Valley of Venezuela is a molasses, 100% column still rum distilled in 2007 in Venezuela. It spent 15 years aging in the tropics before being bottled in New York State at 55% alcohol by volume.
Tasting notes: Caramel on the nose, with tangy citrus and peach on the tongue and a burst of pepper and oak in the dry finish.
Barbados 2012 Port Cask is a molasses pot/column still blended expression from the world famous Foursquare Rum Distillery in Barbados. After aging tropically in Barbados for eight years in ex-bourbon casks, it then spent an additional 18 months in second-fill port casks in New York State and was bottled at 55% alcohol by volume.
Tasting notes: Light baking spices on the nose. Cherry and vanilla lead to a dry finish with notes of more baking spice, stone fruit and tannins.
These expressions are now available for wholesale orders.
- Venezuela 2007 15 Year edition has a suggested retail price of $89.99/700 ml bottle [6 per case.]
- Barbados 2012 Port Cask edition has a suggested retail price of $99.99 /700 ml bottle [6 per case.]
Holmes Cay rums are distributed in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington D.C. They are also available throughout the US via various online retailers.
About Holmes Cay Rum
Holmes Cay (pronounced ‘key’) Rum curates a continuously evolving collection of the best small-batch, limited-edition rums, distilled with integrity and without additives. With its Single Cask rums and more accessible Single Origin expressions and blends, Holmes Cay discovers the best rums in the world and shares them with discerning spirits lovers. Find your bottle and stay informed at holmescay.com, on Facebook and on Instagram.
About Eric Kaye
Eric Kaye founded Holmes Cay Rum in 2019. Frustrated that access to cask strength rums without additives was limited in the United States, Kaye saw an opportunity to focus on the hard-to-obtain aged expressions that he had encountered in Europe and the Caribbean, while championing increased transparency across the category. Kaye’s extensive knowledge of rum and relationships with highly regarded distilleries worldwide enable him to select, bottle and import rare casks, unusual expressions and exciting blends.
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