{"id":12440,"date":"2020-11-30T08:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T07:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leblogaroger.eu\/?p=12440"},"modified":"2020-11-30T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T08:01:06","slug":"appleton-estate-hearts-collection-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leblogaroger.eu\/index.php\/2020\/11\/30\/appleton-estate-hearts-collection-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Appleton Estate Hearts Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When the name Appleton Estate<\/strong> pops up somewhere, any rum lover will know directly that we are talking about quality, know-how and memories \u2026 indeed, rare are people who have never tasted one of their rums. As long as you’ve already spent time with rum anyway, which I imagine to be the case since you’re here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appleton is indeed one of the largest and best-known rum distilleries in the world. With no less than 200,000<\/strong> barrels in stock, it is just the largest stock of old rums on the planet. Just imagine the size of the cellars and the master blender’s job \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone has seen the brand’s bottles and everyone has tasted one of their rums as a cocktail or pure. Whether it’s a reserve 8 years, their 12 years, the 21 or for the lucky ones a 30 or even 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because yes, Appleton is also the only distillery in the world to have offered an aged rum in the tropics for 50 years<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the overproof <\/strong>white rum typical of Jamaica to the oldest rum in the world, there is something to find pleasure in this more than complete range, resulting from column distillation and pot still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was only one thing missing in fact, a high-degree aged rum and 100% Pot Still<\/strong> \u2026 and of course, that’s what I’m going to try to tell you about here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And who could better than our friend Luca Gargano<\/strong> try to convince the Campari group and Joy Spence (master blender from Appleton<\/em>) to offer this kind of product? Probably others, but he’s the only one that has succeeded anyway \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, Luca and Joy met in 2019 to select what would become Appleton’s \u00ab\u00a0Hearts Collection<\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0, 3 vintages all from 100% pot still distillation at slightly reduced degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are talking about 60 to 63%, it’s still something quite heavy and not always easy to access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last thing, two different Marks are presented here in three bottlings \u2026 Spoil alert, the 94 and the 99 come from the same mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as Luca is a very passionate and generous person, a very nice marketing operation will have been launched by offering a superb presskit to various journalists \/ bloggers \/ enthusiasts. All complemented by an e-masterclass with Joy and Luca! Once again, uge \u00ab\u00a0thank you\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong> for the gesture, it’s crazy stuff once again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n