Jung & Wulff No.1 Trinidad Rum

The name Jung & Wulff is a reference to L.E Jung and Frederick Wulff, early visionaries who were committed to importing the best tasting spirits from around the world into New Orleans. As past owners of The Sazerac House and Peychaud's Bitters, they are an integral part of spirits history in New Orleans, and their spirits were staples in the cafes and bars of New Orleans.

Jung & Wulff Luxury Rums celebrate the diversity of places and cultures that make rum the fine spirit it is today. Carefully selected rums from each country have been blended by Sazerac's own Master Blender to bring you exceptional tastes from around the world.

Blending molasses-based rums ranging up to 15 years old, Trinidad No. 1 benefits from ageing in the country's lush, tropical climate. This medium-bodied, silky rum gives the impression of moderate age and medium oakiness. This rum is bottled without any sugar added.

Nose: Toasted coconut with layers of cinnamon & spice. Fruity notes of dried mango.

Palate: The flavour turns deeply spicy. Toasted cinnamon and cumin seeds, zesty orange, subtle vegetal oak richness growing later on.

Finish: Its circular evolution hits highlights of fruit, spice, vegetation and earthiness, all at the optimum moments so that the final impression is of seamless quality.

Nolan - Text from the Spotlight on the Grape and Cane Spirits of the America’s blog.

After its "discovery" by Christopher Columbus on his 3rd voyage, the conquest of Trinidad by the Spanish took a little longer than most Caribbean islands due to the trade-winds pushing ships crossing the Atlantic further to the North. Once the conquest did commence however, the fate of the native Carib peoples was sealed and followed a similar dark route to many of the other islands of the Caribbean. The Carbis were decimated by diseases to which they had no immunity, they were forced into slave labour and eventually the survivors were integrated into the broader Creole and mixed-race.

The modern make up of Trinidad is a melting pot of cultures. European wise you have of course the Spanish and British influences since Britain took the island in 1797, Dutch and French influence features heavily too. Larger influences are of course from Africa, as with the other islands of the Caribbean, black slaves were taken to work on the plantations. A perhaps surprisingly slightly larger portion of the population is made up of peoples of Indian decent, who were taken over as indentured workers. All these peoples have had major influences on the food and drink of the island, Trinidadian cuisine is well worth trying!

Jung & Wulff is a historical independent rum bottler. The name Jung & Wulff is a reference to L.E Jung and Frederick Wulff, early visionaries who were committed to importing the best tasting spirits from around the world into New Orleans. As past owners of The Sazerac House and Peychaud's Bitters, they are an integral part of spirits history in New Orleans, and their spirits were staples in the cafes and bars of New Orleans.

What's in the bottle? Single origin rum from the Angostura distillery on Trinidad, bottled at 43% ABV, aged initially in ex-bourbon casks in Port of Spain, Trinidad, then aged further before being bottled and blended on the US mainland by Sazerac. The blend is reputed to have some rums as old as 15 years old, and unlike the "official bottlings", this is presented without any additional sugars being added post distillation.

Angostura is the most high-tech distillery in the Caribbean and outside of the behemoth of Bacardi’s Puerto Rico plant, it is also the largest. Due to it’s proximity to Latin America, Angostura uses column stills, which are also some of the largest in the Caribbean. Column stills are renowned for producing light rum, but this is not always the case. The first of Angostura’s columns takes a molasses wine from 5% ABV up to 80% ABV so it is still deliciously characterful, this is what Jung & Wulff have bottled here.

The nose is initially all toasted coconut with layers of cinnamon & spice. Fruity notes of dried mango start to develop with time. The flavour turns deeply spicy on the palate. Toasted cinnamon and cumin seeds, zesty orange, subtle vegetal oak richness growing later on. The rums circular evolution hits highlights of fruit, spice, vegetation and earthiness, all at the optimum moments so that the final impression is of seamless quality.