ElDorado21YearOldSpecialReserve(700mL)

<p>Over 300 Guyanese sugar cane producers got a bit carried away and formed a co-operative.</p><p>El Dorado Rum is also known as the <em>‘Liquid Gold of Guyana’</em>. Demerara Distillers <em>started in 1670</em> when every sugar estate in Guyana had its own Rum still and a group of sugar cane producers formed an exporting co-operative. This early production of Rum for sailors was the beginning of the Demerara. Guyana had as many as 300 producers at any given time over the years.</p><p>El Dorado (the name of an Indian chief who founded the golden city, according to the legend) 21 Year Old Rum uses a <em>selected blend </em>of Rums from <em>their World-famous stills</em>, two of them – <em>the Enmore (wooden Coffey still)</em> and <em>the Versailles (single wooden pot still)</em> – are the World’s <em>only functioning wooden </em>stills. The El Dorado range is so distinctive because of this heritage.</p><p>All the Rums in the blend have been aged at <em>temperatures of 30°C-34°C</em> in oak <em>at least 21 years, </em>making this <em>one of the oldest production Rums </em>in the world. This age statement is quite different to those Rums which feature a solera style age statement which highlights the oldest Rum in the blend and usually includes a high percentage of Rum which is much younger in the blend.</p><p><em>And that makes all the difference!</em></p>