Caramel, baking spice, and nuts lead the nose, followed by chocolate sauce, sweet toffee, fudge, and tropical fruit on a rich, viscous, dessert like palate.
Made in Lara, Venezuela, founded in 1959, Reserva Exclusiva blends pot and column still rums aged up to twelve years in ex bourbon casks, with master blender Tito Cordero adding a touch of cane sugar for a deliberately rounded, sweeter profile. Launched in 2004, its stamp sized label shows Don Juancho Nieto Meléndez, an eighteenth century rum enthusiast known for seeking out exclusive flavors, which is where the "Exclusiva" in the name comes from.
