Cask no 253 / Rotation number Z04/3944
220 Bottles
Cask Strength 58.8% abv
Bottled in 2025
Distillery: Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua

Rums from Nicaragua are known for their smooth elegance, with soft tropical notes and a gentle richness that reflects the country’s long-standing rum-making tradition.

Our discovery of Cask Number 253, Rotation Z04/3944, is a superb representation of everything you would hope to find in a well-aged Nicaraguan Rum—layered with soft fruit, delicate candy sweetness, and floral hints of violet. The palate is long and silky, revealing notes of banana and sweet oak that linger beautifully.

This Rum was distilled in 2004 at Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua, a family-owned distillery and one of the most respected in the region. It spent nine years aging undisturbed in the tropical heat of Nicaragua, in an American Oak ex-Bourbon cask sealed with traditional plantain leaves. In 2013, it was brought to the UK, where it matured for a further twelve years in our cooler continental climate, before being bottled by House of Rum in 2025.

Aged 21 years and bottled at 58.8% ABV with no sugar or additives, only 220 bottles were produced—capturing the full complexity, depth, and authenticity of this exceptional rum.

The Distillery

The Compañía Licorera de Nicaragua distillery’s humble roots date back to 1890. Located in the small town of Chichigalpa near the west coast of Nicaragua at the base of the San Cristóbal Volcano, surrounded by sugarcane plantations which thrive in the tropical wet and dry climate of the region. The 125 year old distillery has been family-owned for five generations and it prides itself on sustainable practices, including carbon-neutral production and Fair Trade certification. The distillery has gained international recognition for its high-quality, naturally aged rums with no sugar added, crafted using volcanic-filtered water, the most famous being Flor de Caña.