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Saint Nicholas Abbey

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The St. Nicholas Abbey estate is an ode, a tribute to APTHEKA selection criteria for its nectars.

Created in 1658 and located on the island of Barbados, the vast 162-hectare property combines nature, history, architecture, craftsmanship and exclusive luxury, an heritage proudly embraced by the family of the renowned architect Larry Warren.

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The domain of Saint Nicholas Abbey is a hymn, an ode to Apotheka's criteria for the selection of its nectars. Located on the island of Barbados, a vast property of 162 hectares created in 1658, brings together history, architecture, nature, know-how and luxury owned exclusively by the family of the prestigious architect Larry Warren.

 

Saint Nicholas Abbey

The St. Nicholas Abbey estate is an ode, a tribute to APWTHEKA selection criteria for its nectars. Created in 1658 and located on the island of Barbados, the vast 162-hectare property combines nature, history, architecture, craftsmanship and exclusive luxury, an heritage proudly embraced by the family of the renowned architect Larry Warren.

2006 marked the acquisition of this beautiful 350-year-old estate by the Warren Family. Dating back to the Renaissance era, St. Nicholas Abbey's great house is one of just three Jacobean style mansions remaining in the Western Hemisphere, an architectural masterpiece of French, Dutch, and Flemish influences. The estate encompasses a mahogany forest on Cherry Tree Hill, offering a 260-meter-high viewpoint of Barbados’ rugged east coast shoreline, a railway and its 1914 steam locomotive and, of course, 85 hectares dedicated to the farming of sugar cane, of which 25 are in operation, for current production needs.

Mount Gay has nothing to do with geography. Indeed, it dates back to the 18th century as a tribute to the legendary Sir John Gay Alleyne, who played a significant role in introducing rum distillation, thus developing the Mount Gay distillery and the original recipe for St. Nicholas Abbey distillates. Undoubtedly, finding this recipe piqued the interest of the passionate Master Distiller Richard Seal of Foursquare Rum Distillery, who, starting in 2007, assisted the Warren Family in recreating an authentic recipe worthy of the St. Nicholas Abbey's name.

The 1720 historic windmill is no longer in use, but the cane continues to be crushed by a steam mill dating from 1890 to extract the juice. Following vacuum evaporation and rehydration using the highest purity natural water from the property's well and mill, the pasteurized and concentrated juice becomes a neat and stable syrup during fermentation. Using a beautiful Annabelle hybrid pot still, the distillery uses the traditional method for an annual 10,000 L production. Barreled only in ex-Foursquare oak casks, the rums aged to perfection slowly, statically, in the estate's cellars where the cooling trade wind breezes (-5°C) of the highlands favour a 6% annual angels' share.

Characterized by their sleek style, the St. Nicholas Abbey single cask rums are hand-bottled in their unblended form straight from the barrel into elegant glass decanters, sealed with mahogany capped cork topped with hand-embossed leather. Individually etched with an image of the St. Nicholas Abbey great house, the decanters are engraved with a number and date to ensure authenticity.

The property is open all year round to visitors from every corner of the world.

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St Nicholas Abbey 8 years

Specifications

40 % alc. vol. / 70 cl

Hand-bottled and engraved (cask number and date) at the estate
St. Peter - Barbados

This St. Nicholas Abbey 8-Year-Old Single Cask Rum is statically aged.

Equally pure but showing some fatty legs in the glass, this rum is more floral and delicate.

It reveals a more pronounced oakiness combined with fresh butter, softened by cocoa notes. The long melt-in-the-mouth softness and plumpness offer earth, old wood, cocoa, and butter sensations. The 5-Year-Old structure is present here, but the intensity and delicacy are enhanced.



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