Admiral Rodney Officer's Release No.1 (ex-Port Barrel Finish 14 years) 40% 700ml

Admiral Rodney

Admiral Rodney Officer's Release No.1 (ex-Port Barrel Finish 14 years) 40% 700ml

Style Rum, Rum > Traditional
Producer Admiral Rodney
Origin Douro
Bottle 700ml
$154 / btl
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What it tastes like.

Bottled in honour of Admiral Georges Brydges Rodney, Officers Release No.1 was distilled in 2006 and aged in ex-bourbon casks for 13 years before a nine-month finish in ex-port casks. A full-bodied, column-distilled spirit, this rum is laden with honeyed-fruit, chocolate and earthy tobacco notes. Tropically aged on St Lucia and limited to just 4,200 bottles.
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About Admiral Rodney.

Saint Lucia ·Est. 1972

Admiral Rodney is the aged-rum range from St Lucia Distillers, named for the British naval officer who broke the French line at the 1782 Battle of the Saintes. The blends combine column-still rum aged 7-12 years and longer in former bourbon casks at the distillery in Roseau Valley.

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How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    Room temperature. No ice for the first pour — taste the spirit before diluting.

Bottle questions

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A few practical answers for storage, delivery, and choosing the right bottle.

How should I store it before opening?

Keep it somewhere cool, dark, and steady. Wine prefers cellar temperature; spirits are happier away from heat and direct sunlight.

How long will it keep once opened?

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Admiral Rodney Officer's Release No.1 (ex-Port Barrel Finish 14 years) 40% 700ml
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Why Caravan backs Admiral Rodney

Douro

Saint Lucia is a small Caribbean island with a disproportionate rum tradition. Saint Lucia Distillers, the country's only rum-making operation, runs the Roseau Bay site and bottles under several flag brands. Admiral Rodney is the premium one. Each release is named for a Royal Navy ship that fought in the Battle of the Saintes, the 1782 sea engagement off the southern Saint Lucian coast in which Admiral George Rodney's fleet broke a French invasion of Jamaica. The rum itself is more interesting than the framing: Saint Lucian molasses-based spirit, mostly from Coffey-still continuous distillation, aged in the Caribbean tropical climate at significant evaporation rates (the angel's share runs around 6% per year vs. ~2% in Scotland).

Admiral Rodney sits at the longer-aged end of the Saint Lucia Distillers shelf. The Royal Oak is the original 7-12 year blend; the Princessa adds a Madeira finish; the Formidable is a deeper aged expression; and the annual Officer's Release programme introduces a different cask finish each year. The working core covers Royal Oak, Princessa, Formidable, plus Officer's Release No. 1 (port finish) and No. 2 (14-year Irish whiskey finish). The range sits adjacent to Chairman's Reserve and 1931 in the same portfolio, but at higher cask-finish complexity.

Drink it neat or with a single rock to read the cask programme cleanly. The Royal Oak is the easiest entry point, soft and bourbon-cask sweet. Princessa shows the Madeira's dried-fruit edge. Formidable and the Officer's Releases reward sipping pours rather than mixing. For a Caribbean rum flight with a clear age statement and finishing programme, Admiral Rodney is the natural anchor against Jamaican high-ester and French-Caribbean agricole styles.

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