Sampling Cihuatán ‘Alux’ Rum – A Gift For The Gods – And For You To Enjoy As Well!

Cihuatán ‘Alux’ Rum

Highfern Ltd, Cihuatán Rum’s UK importer, now has a new expression for the UK: Cihuatán Alux rum!

Cihuatán Alux is a 15 years old limited edition rum finished in former oloroso sherry and cognac casks!

Cihuatán Rum from El Salvador marries the age old craft of Rum distilling with an innovative forward thinking approach inspired by their Mayan forbears, to create an exciting collection of cask aged Rums.

The Cihuatán Alux is a 15 years old limited edition rum finished in former oloroso sherry and cognac casks.

The name, Alux, is inspired by the Mayan legend of the Aluxes, the guardian gods of the land. To celebrate the harvest and give thanks to the Aluxes the Mayan would hold a feast.

Cihuatán’s master blender Gabriel Ayalaya has blended this limited edition rum to reflect the flavours of the feast with hints of cashew nuts, ginger, cinnamon, roasted corn and chocolate.

The Rum is beautifully presented with hand numbered bottles and a fractal label design which incorporates symbols of the Aluxes, with a macaw, a jaguar, corn and cacao.

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Many thanks to highfern.com (@HighfernLtd) for sending me a sample!

So, what did I think? Here are my tasting notes …

Tasting Notes – Cihuatán Rum (43.2%)

Nose: Citrus aromas abound with lemon and orange at the forefront. This is coupled with stewed fruits and toffee.

Palate: Creamy chocolate with strong coffee, sweet nuts and rich cane sugar.

Finish: A gently spiced finish with pepper that grows with time and there’s some of that citrus lemon and orange at the end.

Overall: This is NOT you’re ordinary run o’ the mill rum. No. Instead it’s a classy delight with plenty of depth of aromas and flavour!

Cihuatán Rum is available to buy from these Merchants:-

Highfern Ltd
Master of Malt

Once again, many thanks to Robert at highfern.com (@angelsnectar) for sending me the sample!

· Highfern Ltd is the proprietor of Angels’ Nectar Blended Malt and Single Malt Scotch Whisky, and the UK importer of Langatun Swiss Single Malt Whisky, Strane London Dry Gin, and Cihuatán Rum.