RumNotes … three rather different rums today, two of which were bottled by independent whisky bottlers.

First there is  Don Pancho 25 Year Old , an old Panama rum bottled by Sansibar . Francisco “Don Pancho” Fernandez originally worked for Havana Club in Cuba, later for Abuelo rum in Panama and now lends his name to a rum brand that is mostly active in the US and Germany. Not sure how ‘authentic’ this is.

Don Pancho 25 yo 1992 (49,2%, Sansibar 2017, 267 btl.)

Nose: a praline / caramelized pecan nose with hints of chocolate cake and a...