Product Description
La Hechicera (etch-ee-seh-rah) is a fine, mature rum from the beating heart of the Colombian Caribbean. A blend of gracefully matured rums, aged between 12 and 21 years in American white oak casks, La Hechicera is exotically Latin with a dash of danger. The Riascos family has been creating fine rums in Colombia for over two decades with uncompromising dedication to quality and taste. The ‘H’ logo is formed by with a combination of a praying mantis and the Colombian national flower, the orchid. Travelling around the Caribbean sourcing the finest raw spirits, finding the richest casks, attracting the most talented Maestros, the family has created a signature style with a very peculiar history. Our family now spans over three generations of rum lovers. Our raw distillates are cherry-picked from the most seminal sugar cane havens in South America and the Caribbean, then tested meticulously for the organoleptic and physiochemical qualities that will blossom in the tropical microclimate of Barranquilla, Colombia. Our singular solera method of ageing is a labour intensive process that not only demands in-depth knowledge of chemistry, but also a good deal of intuition. This is an intuition that our Maestro Ronero has honed through years of dedication at the forefront of the rum making process that has taken him from the manual labour of cutting sugar cane to the holistic understanding of the interaction between barrel, atmosphere, spirit and time. Ours is a naturally ‘unpolished’ rum which means it retains the genuine qualities of the noble wood it breathes, it has not been rounded up with additives or sugar, its smoothness has been mellowing for decades.
Clear, coppery amber with burnished copper highlights. The bouquet shows a pungent nose with prunes, espresso and cacao. More subtle vanilla, menthol and woody overripe banana. The palate is bitter sweet, bitter chocolate-led palate with warming cinnamon, espresso, and cracked black pepper spice. The finish shows bitter chocolate and cracked black pepper spice with salty nuttiness, woody notes and vanilla.