Santa Teresa 1796 Solera Rum 750ml

Santa Teresa 1796 is named for the year Hacienda Santa Teresa was founded in the Aragua valley of Venezuela; the number is not an age or a vintage. The rum itself launched in 1996. Rums aged 4 to 35 years in ex-American whiskey barrels pass through a solera of casks and French Limousin oak vats that are never fully emptied. The producer says it has less than three grams of sugar per bottle and no flavor additives.

It is light-bodied and dry, with honey biscuit, candied ginger, butterscotch and a little oak.

Pick it over Ron Zacapa 23 if you want a solera rum that is drier and less sweet. For a sherry-cask rum with more weight, try Brugal 1888.

Sip it neat or on the rocks, or stir it into a rum Manhattan with sweet vermouth and bitters, one of the producer's own serves.

More aged rums are under rum. Pick it up at our Brooklyn store or get same-day delivery in Brooklyn, Manhattan & Queens.