Kuna - Panama Aged Rum NV | Monsieur Touton Selection

Tasting notes

Ron Kuna has a very lovely light gold color in the glass. The nose shows hints of flowers and spice along with richer notes of vanilla and caramel. At first taste, Ron Kuna is dry at the tip of the tongue with warm flavors of toffee and caramel. The mid-palate introduces floral notes of vanilla that give way to apple blossom. The texture is rich and full of dry red fruits and a matured red wine hint on the tongue.

Description

Ron Kuna is a rum produced at the bridge between North and South America: Panama. This artisanal rum is produced by Varela Hermanos, whose family has been crafting Rum since 1908, when the company's founder, Don Jose Varela Blanco, opened a sugar mill in the town of Pese.

Ron Kuna is an 8 year aged rum that is a unique blend of rum-making traditions. During the Panamanian Dry Season (from December through April), freshly-pressed sugar cane juice is fermented and then distilled before being placed in used Bourbon oak barrels for aging. During the wetter months Varela uses a combination of pressed cane juice and molasses for the fermentation base. After five to eight years in the barrels, the rum is blended and then aged in the famous Chateau Pape Clement Casks from Bordeaux France, for 6 months before final blending and bottling.