Nancy Duarte is Ron Santa Teresa’s grasp blender, the primary lady to carry this place throughout the firm, and the fifth altogether within the historical past of the model.
She holds a Superior Technical diploma in meals and beverage, specializing in wines and fermented drinks. Part of her tasks is to oversee the whole manufacturing course of, guaranteeing high quality and consistency of the blends. Nancy, together with Maestro Nestor Ortega are on a mission to determine the class of superior premium rum.
Maestros Roneros Nestor Ortega and Nancy Duarte have over 70 years of mixed rum-making experience between them, and their ardour has solely elevated over the many years. They share a relentless drive to problem conference and break new floor of their quest to craft the absolute best rum on the Hacienda Santa Teresa. Their inspiration is drawn from many and various sources, starting from their house environment within the Aragua Valley to far-flung geographies and artisanal traditions from across the globe.
We spoke to Nancy in regards to the model’s newest launch, its first Restricted-Version Santa Teresa 1796 Speyside Cask End.
Discuss to us about this new limited-edition launch.
Santa Teresa is worked up to launch its first Restricted-Version Cask End Collection. Santa Teresa 1796 Speyside Cask End is an expression of our flagship Santa Teresa 1796 rum wherein the rum undergoes an extra ending course of for 13 extra months in casks that beforehand held whisky from the Speyside area of Scotland. That is along with the distinctive triple-aged solera course of employed to supply Santa Teresa 1796, which means that the Speyside Cask End expression passes by means of 4 distinct forms of oak barrels earlier than being bottled. Combining over 70 years of expertise, our Maestros Roneros crafted this distinctive assortment for connoisseurs enthusiastic about rum and whisky.
What units it aside?
Santa Teresa 1796 has a singular triple growing older course of that ends in a wealthy, clean, and balanced rum. With this version, bottled at 46% ABV and solely three grams of sugar per bottle, Santa Teresa 1796 undergoes an extra step that permits this award-winning tremendous premium rum to amass smoky whisky notes. Whereas Santa Teresa 1796 is a rum that may attraction to whisky drinkers, Santa Teresa 1796 Speyside Cask End is a rum crafted particularly for whisky drinkers.
What would you want bartenders to know?
This product is specifically made for sipping, to get pleasure from its delectable smoky, wooden, and toffee notes. With that in thoughts, we suggest having fun with it neat or on the rocks, or in traditional cocktails just like the Previous Long-established, Manhattan or Penicillin.
Discuss to us in regards to the packaging.
We needed to develop a packaging that stayed true to the model’s core, Santa Teresa 1796 but additionally had its distinctive persona; and we selected black as a coloration that additionally pertains to whisky cues. Shoppers wish to know what’s behind the merchandise they purchase to make knowledgeable choices. Within the canister shoppers will discover a detailed clarification of the manufacturing course of behind a chic rum that delivers an unparalleled complexity and depth of taste.
The bottle stayed the identical because the Santa Teresa 1796 bottle, with its distinctive form and character. The underside of the bottle is formed in honor of the Cruz de Aragua (or Aragua’s Cross) an intersection of royal palms in the midst of the Hacienda Santa Teresa, the place for greater than 225 years we’ve got been refining and bettering the artwork of rum-making strategies in pursuit of the creation of the world’s most interesting rum.
What impressed this expression?
The story of the Santa Teresa 1796 Speyside Cask End is a narrative of mastery unbound by conference.
In 1996, Nestor launched Santa Teresa 1796 by pioneering the usage of a singular solera methodology to supply a world-class rum. Now, Nancy continues the custom of daring innovation by means of a collection of Restricted-Version Santa Teresa 1796 Cask-Completed expressions. For the primary, she attracts inspiration from the Highlands of Scotland and sees Santa Teresa 1796 completed in casks that beforehand contained Speyside whisky, producing a rum that tastes concurrently of the Caribbean and of Caledonia. That is the story of true mastery, the place traditions and terroirs have been married to provide beginning to a spirit that’s actually peerless.
Spirits manufacturers are innovating to draw a brand new technology of drinkers- inform us extra.
Since its creation within the Eighties, cask ending has grown into an especially distinguished development throughout spirit classes. It gives intriguing new expressions which have confirmed extraordinarily resonant with curious shoppers and connoisseurs. Whereas there are a lot of whiskies that make use of rum cask finishes, this is likely one of the solely rums on the planet completed in Single Malt Scotch Whisky casks.
With Santa Teresa 1796 Speyside not solely can we appeal to a brand new technology of drinkers, however we open a brand new chapter for our Tremendous Premium rum, Santa Teresa 1796.
What else is coming down the pike for the model?
We’re excited for this primary Restricted-Version Cask End Collection with Santa Teresa 1796, and we invite all Rum and Spirits lovers to observe us on social media @santateresarum to be taught extra in regards to the thrilling information of what’s subsequent.
Speyside Penicillin
- Elements:
- 2 oz Santa Teresa 1796 Speyside Whisky Cask End
- ½ oz honey ginger syrup *
- ½ oz contemporary lemon juice
- 1 float of Santa Teresa 1796 Speyside Whisky Cask End on prime
Preparation: Add all of the substances to a shaker, shake, and pressure right into a rocks glass over ice. To complete, add the rum float and garnish with a candied ginger or lemon wheel.
*Honey ginger syrup
Add 1 cup water, 1 cup honey, and 6in peeled gingers (approx.) to a pot and prepare dinner on low warmth. Convey to a boil, scale back to simmer for five min, and pressure.
Speyside Previous Long-established
Elements:
- 2 oz Santa Teresa 1796 Speyside Whisky Cask End
- ¼ – ½ oz easy syrup *
- 2 dashes Cacao Bitters
- Orange peel
Preparation: Add all of the substances right into a mixing glass stuffed with ice and stir. Serve in a rocks glass with a clear dice of ice and garnish with an orange peel.
*Easy Syrup
Add orange and brown sugar syrup to a pot and add water on low warmth. When sizzling, add the brown sugar with orange peels in a 1:1 ratio. Stir and let it sit on low warmth for 10 minutes. Take away the orange peels, bottle, and let it cool.
