John Watling’s Buena Vista rum wins Gold for The Bahamas
From Bahama islandsinfo
NASSAU, Bahamas — John Watling’s Distillery, Ltd. located at the Buena Vista Estate is honoured to announce that its super-premium JOHN WATLING’S Buena Vista rum, the “Spirit of The Bahamas”, has been awarded a Gold Medal at “The Fifty Best” awards competition in New York City.
John Watling’s Distillery, a Bahamian company, started work five years ago, off-site, to manufacture its premium and super-premium rums. For the past two years it has been restoring its home, the 1789 Buena Vista Estate, in Downtown Nassau. It recently opened its doors in April of 2013 for complimentary tours.
Jose B. Portuondo, Founding Partner for John Watling’s Distillery said; “With this Gold Medal our attention to production quality has been recognized internationally. The Gold Medal demonstrates how the long dormant rum industry in The Bahamas is starting to come alive and is making a very loud statement about its exceptional quality.” He continued; “This is our first win, but we do plan on bringing more medals home to The Bahamas in the near future.”
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Using professional criteria, the pre-qualified panel of judges blind-tasted the aged rums and rated them individually on a 1-5 point scoring system with 5 being the best. After tallying the scores, medals were awarded based on the judges’ impressions. JOHN WATLING’S Buena Vista rum was one of ten brands to receive a Gold Medal. Other rums awarded consisted of rums that were aged for 8, 12 and 15 years.
JOHN WATLING’S Buena Vista rum is best sipped neat or on-the-rocks to enjoy its full- bodied rich flavour which is exceptionally smooth with a distinctive taste and glorious aroma. Distilled in a copper pot still, it is coconut charcoal filtered; estate aged in oak barrels for up to 5 years, and blended to its stately perfection.
The judges’ impressions of JOHN WATLING’S Buena Vista rum are as follows:
JOHN WATLING’S Buena Vista rum (The Bahamas)
Nose: Dried fruit, raisin, prune, banana, sweet tea, cherry coke, cola, burnt caramel, molasses, mint, smoky.
Palate: Mango, cherry, plum, prune, dates, coffee, hickory, herbal, spice, allspice, hint of smoke, well-balanced.
Finish: Cola, cinnamon, nutmeg, eucalyptus
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