PX & Brandy cask finish

La Maison du Rhum Paraguay Batch 5

The Castilla’s distillery was founded by the Diaz family in Piribebuy (Paraguay) in 1993. Through their name Fortin, meaning ”little fort” in Spanish, the rums produced pay tribute to the heroic past of the city. Also known for its sensitivity to ecological issues, the distillery elaborates all these rums a 100% organic manufacturing process. For this, their 1,500 hectares of sugar cane are cultivated without treatment and the harvest is always done manually. This rum was matured in ex-Bourbon casks and received a finish for additional 6 month in PX and brandy casks. This rum is limited to 7.071 bottles.

Country of origin Paraguay

La Maison du Rhum

A signature brand of Dugas, la Maison du Rhum brings together rums with authentic history, distinctive aromatic profiles and a true sense of origin In addition, each cask has
been carefully selected from each distillery by Mr Dugas and his rum master These exclusive rum casks were aged and blended in their home country, from all over the world, and
bottled exclusively by Dugas in France. One will find an extraordinary diversity of flavors and styles, from each cask, due to the different sugar basis molasses, sugarcane honey or pure “ sugarcane juice, offering different styles of rum French, English Spanish. The unique labels in the series were inspired by vintage rum labels that we found in the collection of a rum aficionado.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Opens up of raw brown sugar notes.
Palate: Supple attack with exotic fruits, vanilla and smooth spices notes.
Finish: Delicate floral finish with smooth spices notes.

Still column
Alcohol 42%
Volume 0,7l
Age 14 years
Produced by Dugas
Product type Small batch rum
Chill-filtered /
EAN Code 3432370002396
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About the producer

La Maison du Rhum

The collection of La Maison du Rhum, which brings together some of the most renowned distilleries in their countries, consists of exceptional bottlings reserved for French amateurs from all over the world. Through the many origins, whether it is a rum, a rhum or a ron made from pure cane juice, molasses or cane honey, there are different traditions of know-how. The varied characteristics of rum are also expressed through the techniques and personalities of the master istillers and cellar masters. La Maison du Rhum brings together alcohols of great finesse and rarity with a strict choice of vintages, ages, types of stills and aging. So many parameters that will make the diversity of the rum world which the Maison du Rhum values.
The objective of this selection is to highlight each origin, each style to make us travel as close as possible to rum-producing countries and even to prestigious distilleries whose reputation is well established. The journeys make up the palace - Venezuela, Guatemala, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Reunion - embark on a real cruise of taste discoveries. To present its collection, the Maison has chosen to call on a rum enthusiast and collector of old labels as a source of inspiration for the packaging of its bottles.

About the brand

La Maison du Rhum

A signature brand of Dugas, la Maison du Rhum brings together rums with authentic history, distinctive aromatic profiles and a true sense of origin. In addition, each cask has been carefully selected from each distillery by Mr Dugas and his rum masters. These exclusive rum casks were aged and blended in their home country, from all over the world, and bottled exclusively by Dugas in France.
One will find an extraordinary diversity of flavours and styles, from each and everyone of the casks, due to the different sugar basis molasses, sugarcane honey or pure “ sugarcane juice, offering different styles of rum French, English & Spanish. The unique labels in the series were inspired by vintage rum labels that we found in the collection of a rum aficionado.