Pere Labat 2011 Silver Opus 43% 700ml serge-dagueneau planted between 1965 and 1974

planted between 1965 and 1974

The latter

with pinpoint acidity leavening an otherwise dense core of flavour

The grapes were crushed and cold soaked for 3 days

It’s released exactly 20 years since my first research trip to Spain and Portugal in September 2000

Pere Labat 2011 Silver Opus 43% 700ml serge-dagueneau planted between 1965 and 1974A remarkable ageless rum presented in a magnificent silver bottle. It echoes the Black Opus, a cuve that has been a resounding success, presented for its part as one would imagine in an entirely black bottle. The result of a Creole column distillation, this Silver Opus has benefited from double ageing: first in white oak barrels, then in French white wine barrels. The tasting reveals pleasant fruity and floral notes, which blend harmoniously into each