R.L. Seale's 10 Year Old Rum

R.L. Seale's 10 Year Old Rum

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Tasting Notes for R.L. Seale's 10 Year Old Golden Rum

Nose: Light vanilla, hints of banana and stewed apples, chocolate, coffee and old oak.

Taste: Smooth and slightly dry with spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper and chilli alongside banana and stone fruits. Cocoa and dark chocolate round out the palate.

Finish: Long and lingering spice with notes of oak, nuts and smokiness. 

Overall: Bajan rum at it's finest.  Crisp, clean, slightly dry, well aged and blended. Classic rum produced by someone with a genuine love of rum.

  • R L Seale’s 10 Year Old Golden Rum is produced by the wonderful Foursquare distillery in Barbados, and the bottle design (is there a better bottle out there?) is based upon the old style leather flask pirates used to keep their rum in. A traditional Bajan rum made from molasses which has been fermented then distilled using both pot and column stills, and vatted before and after aging in ex-bourbon casks, with some additional maturation in ex-madeira and French ex-brandy casks. The rums included in the blend are some of the oldest in the Foursquare inventory with the youngest having aged for at least 10 years.

  • International Spirits Challenge: Gold Medal - 2019

  • In some spirit categories there are distilleries which just stand out for excellence. Buffalo Trace for bourbons, Middleton for Irish whiskeys, to name but two examples. The equilvalent distillery in the rum world, for us anyway, is the Foursquare Distillery in Barbados. They simply do not make bad rum.

    The FourSquare Distillery is owned by R.L Seale & Company, a fourth generation family business started in the 1926 and now run by Sir David Seale and his son Richard. After spending decades perfecting their techniques in blending rum, they finally started producing their own when they took over and refurbished an old abandoned Sugar Factory in 1995. Production started in 1996 and the awards have been flowing in ever since, including the International Spirits Challenge (ISC) Rum Producer of the Year four times, in 2016 through 2019 and the International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) Rum Producer of the Year in 2016, 2018 and 2019.

    Distilling operations are overseen by Richard Seale, who has developed a reputation for innovation and embracing new technologies. Surprisingly, despite the distillery being located in the middle of a sugar plantation, they need to import most of their molasses from neighbouring Guyana (the sugar cane factory was separated from the old plantation in the 1950's).

    The rums produced at Foursquare are generally a blend of pot and column stills, and rums are blended both before and after aging. As is the norm, aging is usually done in ex-bourbon casks, but they have also use ex-sherry, madeira, port and zinfadel casks in smaller amounts. Casks are filled at 65-68% abv for greater wood extraction, which is rare as most rum producers fill casks above 70% and many approaching 80% abv. Absolutely no additives are ever added to Foursquare rums.

    In a time when many producers take average rum and throw in some sugar or other additives to cover up flaws and fool the public into paying a premium (we won't mention names, but will always point out when additives have been introduced), Foursquare have taken a systematic approach to their distillation. Using the most modern equipment and techniques available, together with a strong focus on producing to the highest quality, ensures that the rum speak for itself. No additives required!

  • ProducerFoursquare Distillery
    StyleBarbados Molasses Rum
    AgeA minimum of 10 years
    Volume70CL
    ABV46%