THE RHUM

Havana Club 'Gran Reserva' 15 Years Old acquires its complexity of taste in an aging process of at least 15 years. Only 58 barrels of Havana Club Añejo 15 Años are produced each year, the result of a strict selection process, mixing and multiple aging in oak barrels. Some parts of HC15 have aged several decades, and the strong evaporation caused by the tropical climate (the "Angel's share") helps to concentrate the flavors and to create that fullness of taste that fully satisfies the connoisseur. The Añejo 15 Años presents the most spectacular elements of Cuban rum: an extraordinarily long and quality aging that produces a pleasant softness in the mouth, a full tannin taste and a strong fruity aroma.

COCKTAILS RECIPES

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CUBAN MAESTRIA

Guardians of an ancient tradition transmitted from one generation to another and respected as part of the cultural heritage of the island, the Maestros of the Ron Cubano are the reason why our precious rums have no equal in the world. Aged and mixed together and individually, our best reserve rums form the prestigious Icónica Collection. Each bottle represents the mastery and passion of the Maestros of the Ron Cubano of yesterday and today.

THE DISTILLERY

In Havana, the Havana Club Bar was born in 1935 in the Cathedral Square. In that bar the bartenders use for their cocktails a rum that bears the same name, Havana Club. A trademark owned by the big company ronera Arechabala that produces it in the city of Càrdenas. After the castrist revolution of 1959, Arechabala, like other Cuban companies, was nationalized but production continued. In the following decades Havana Club was exported to the then Soviet Union and to other Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe, at that time close allies of the Cuban government. In 1993, after the collapse of the USSR, the Cuban government signed an agreement with the French multinational Pernod Ricard to relaunch the production of Havana Club and distribute it worldwide. It is a highly successful brand in particular in Europe: today Havana Club is the most sold golden rum in Europe.