Cuba’s finest treasure, free at last:
In a sleepy settlement in central Cuba, a trove of fine heritage spirits gathered dust for years. On 6 October 2019, a precious bottling from these rare casks reaches the world: La Progresiva 13 by Vigia, a luxury sipping rum from Cuba.

Vigia – Cuba’s mark of quality:
Women master blenders craft La Progresiva from spirits grown in the red soil of Ciego de Ávila, central Cuba, where rum has been produced since 1577, at Bodega Vigia outside Havana. Vigia rums were originally reserved as gifts for visiting heads of state and the seal remains a mark of Cuban quality.
The word Vigia means “lookout” or “viewpoint”, and it was in Finca Vigía, next door to Bodega Vigia, that Ernest Hemingway wrote some of his greatest works, overlooking Havana and the sparkling Florida Straits. Today, the Vigia seal adorns every bottle of La Progresiva, honed by Bodega Vigia’s women master blenders into the dry, classically Cuban style that Hemingway loved so much.

Tasting Notes :

Appearance : mahogany

Nose: The aroma of the rum shares notes of vanilla, cherry, caramel, and smoky oak.

Palate: smoky vanilla, followed by caramel, dark chocolate, cherry, with a bite of oak tannins and mineral notes.

Finish: oak notes, long dry finish

Land: Cuba

Distillery : The Island Rum Company

Alcohol by volume : 41% 

Benriach The Smoky Ten comes from a blend of unpeated and peated whiskies, having aged for at least 10 years in three types of casks: ex-bourbon casks, ex-Jamaican rum casks and toasted new oak casks.

Tasting Notes :

Appearance : shiny gold.

Nose : Smoky and spicy with hints of ripe fruit, smoky honey and oak spices.

Palate : Woody and gourmet with hints of smoked apples, honey and spicy pear.

Finish: long on ripe fruit and toasted oak.

Land : Scotland, Speyside

Distillery: BenRiach

Alcohol by volume: 46%

Cépages : 100% Cortese

Région : Italie, Piemont, Gavi DOCG

Type : vin blanc vif , fruité et rafraîchissant

Notes de dégustation :

Œil : jaune paille

Nez : arômes abondants de poire, de pêche, d'abricot et de prune

Bouche : rafraîchissant, juteux et fruité avec des notes d'amande en arrière-goût.

Le domaine : Produttori del Gavi est l'un des principaux producteurs de Gavi. Elle est la coopérative officielle de l'appellation. Nous parlons d'une coopérative dans le meilleur sens du terme : motivée, coopérative, axée sur la qualité et le maintien du nom Gavi. Les vignobles de Gavi Il Forte sont situés dans 11 communes pour un total de 200 hectares s'étendant de Tassarolo à Bosio, le long de douces collines surplombant la forteresse de Gavi. 

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