S. FDA (as I’ve been told by brand owners), they won’t allow this because consumers might mistake the additives on the label as some sort of supplement. My only quibble is that my bottle has a clear plastic label (rather than the darkly coloured brownish red label shown to the left). The finish is long and persistent, with a sweet touch that makes it perfect for pairing with desserts or for drinking as a digestif. You’re most likely familiar with the company through brands under them such as Alfonso brandy, Zafiro gin, and their various sherries. It's a delicious thick chewy full bodied mouthful with hints of a rich fruit cake, possibly a Christmas one.

Even if they mention it to every attendee in a tasting, what about those who aren’t able to and haven’t attended any tastings?But keep with it, the sweetness is obvious but the taste and smell does mature as you you make your way through the bottle. After 30 minutes in the glass almost all the whiskey/bourbon taste is gone, and the sherry flavour is fruiter than sweet. I hope to see the day when brands with additives would be required or allowed to mention the amount they used on their labels.

In fact, if I tasted this spirit blind, it might be hard for me to decide whether I was sampling a rum or a sherry.Finally the tasting of the 5+5 which is the 5+3 finished for two more Solera years in used PX Sherry barrels. This double aging process gives the rum a unique flavor and aroma that make it ideal for enjoying alone or in cocktails. The bottling serves up delightful notes of leather, sweet dried fruits, molasses, crumbling brown sugar, dark vanilla, chocolate, nutmeg, orange peel, walnuts, cloves, dark oak, toffee, and espresso. This three-step aging process is very unique and brings to the rum a very interesting new taste profile. The rum displays itself as a rich brown coloured spirit which is obviously displaying the characteristic hue of a ‘sherried’ spirit.