The Rum & Cachaça Masters 2017 Results (TheSpiritsBusiness.com)

Given the state of the (rum) category – and the nagging questions of if and when it will meaningfully premiumise – judges gathered at Rum & Sugar in London’s West India Quay for this year’s Rum & Cachaça Masters with some consternation. With rum’s dissonance between premiumisation potential and failure to up its value sales, how would the Class of 2017 perform?

THE RUM & CACHAÇA MASTERS 2017 RESULTS

9th March, 2017

Company

Product

Medal

Cachaça
Vantguard Capucana Handcrafted Cachaça Gold
White Rum – Standard
Facile & Co Noble Selected Silver
White Rum – Premium
Angostura Angostura Reserva Silver
Pedro Mandinga Ron Pedro Mandinga Silver Silver
Tanduay Distillers Tanduay Asian Rum Silver Silver
Louisiana Spirits Bayou Silver Rum Silver
Pernod Ricard Havana Club 3 Años Silver
Ron Botran Botran Reserva Blanca Silver
Bacardi Bacard Maestro Ron Silver
White Rum – Super Premium
Bacardi Banks 5 Island Rum Gold
Dancing Sands Distillery Murderer’s Bay White Rum Gold
White Rum – Ultra Premium
Dark Matter Distillers Dark Matter White Prototype X Gold
Gold Rum – Premium
Tanduay Distillers Tanduay Asian Rum Gold Gold
Gold Rum – Super Premium
Angostura Angostura 1919 Gold
La Hechicera La Hechicera Silver
Gold Rum – Ultra Premium
Rémy Cointreau Mount Gay 1703 Old Cask Selection Master
Bacardi Bacardí Limitada Master
Edrington Brugal 1888 Gold
Gold Rum – Aged up to 7 years
Rémy Cointreau Mount Gay Black Barrel Gold
Louisiana Spirits Bayou Selected Rum Gold
Saint Lucia Distillers Chairman’s Reserve Original Rum Gold
Bacardi Banks 7 Island Rum Gold
Marauda Rum Marauda Rum Silver
Worthy Park Estate Rum-Bar Gold Silver
Berry Bros & Rudd Penny Blue VSOP Silver
La Martiniquaise Saint James Ambré Silver
Gold Rum – Aged 8 to 12 years
Duncan Taylor Caribbean Rum Blend Master
Saint Lucia Distillers Chairman’s Reserve Forgotten Cask Master
Maison Ferrand Plantation St Lucia 2005 Gold
Serrallés Don Q Signature Release Single Barrel 2005 Gold
Bacardi Bacardí 8 Años Gold
Gold Rum – Aged over 13 years
Duncan Taylor Duncan Taylor Single Cask Diamond Distillery Master
Rémy Cointreau Mount Gay XO Master
Dark Rum – Premium
Rum Co of Fiji Bati Dark Rum Gold
Dark Rum – Ultra Premium
Angostura Angostura 1787 Gold
Bacardi Facundo Exquisito Silver
Dark Rum – Aged up to 7 years
Beam Suntory Cruzan Aged Dark Gold
Angostura Angostura 7 Year Old Silver
Dark Rum – Aged 8-12 years
Angostura Angostura 1824 Gold
Beam Suntory Cruzan Single Barrel Rum Gold
The Bajan Trading Company Rum Sixty Six Gold
Dark Rum – Over 13 years
Maison Ferrand Plantation Jamaica 2002 Gold
Cellar Trends Pusser’s Rum 15 Year Old Gold
Rhum Agricole – White Rhum
Groupe BBS Trois Rivières Rhum Blanc Agricole 50° Master
Groupe BBS Maison La Mauny Rhum Blanc Agricole 40° Master
Héritiers H. Clément Rhum Clément Select Barrel Master
Groupe BBS Trois Rivières Rhum Blanc Agricole 40° Cuvée Speciale Mojito & Long Drinks Gold
Groupe BBS Maison La Mauny Acacia Gold
Groupe BBS Trois Riviéres Cuvee de l’Océan Gold
La Martiniquaise Saint James Imperial White Gold
Groupe BBS Maison La Mauny Rhum Blanc Agricole 50° Silver
Groupe BBS Maison La Mauny Ter Rouj’ 45° Silver
Héritiers H. Clément Clement Canne Bleue Silver
Héritiers Crassous de Médeuil Rhum JM Ambré Silver
Rhum Agricole – Aged Rhum
Groupe BBS Trois Rivières VSOP Reserve Spéciale Master
Groupe BBS Trois Rivières Triple Millésime Master
Héritiers Crassous de Médeuil (Rhum J.M) JM XO Master
Héritiers H. Clément Rhum Clément Select Barrel Master
Groupe BBS Trois Rivières Cask Strength Millésime 2006 Gold
Groupe BBS Trois Rivières 12 ans d’âge Gold
Groupe BBS Trois Riviéres Rhum Ambré Agricole Gold
Groupe BBS Trois Rivières Cuvée Du Moulin Gold
Groupe BBS Maison La Mauny Rhum Ambri Agricole Gold
Groupe BBS Maison la Mauny Signature du Maître de Chais Gold
Groupe BBs Maison la Mauny Héritage Gold
La Martiniquaise Saint James XO Gold
Héritiers H. Clément Clément VSOP Gold
Groupe BBS Maison la Mauny XO Silver
Spiced Rum
BBC Wines & Spirits Botafogo Master
Ableforth’s Rumbullion Master
Dark Matter Distillers Dark Matter Spiced Rum Gold
Louisiana Spirits LLC Bayou Spiced Rum Gold
Serrallés Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced Rum Gold
One Eyed Spirits Ron de Jeremy Spiced Gold
Red Leg Red Leg Gold
Morant Bay Rum Morant Bay Signature Edition Spiced Red Rum Silver
Groupe BBS Maison La Maury Spiced Silver
Rum Co of Fiji Bati Spiced Rum Silver
LWC Drinks Old J Gold Spiced Rum Silver
Saint Lucia Distillers Chairman’s Reserve Spiced Silver
William Grant & Sons Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum Silver
Spiced Overproof
LWC Drinks Old J Tiki Fire Gold
White Overproof Rum
Worthy Park Estate Rum-Bar Rum, White Overproof Silver
Gold – Overproof
Serrallés Don Q 151 Gold
Dark Rum – Overproof
Cellar Trends Pusser’s Gunpowder Proof Rum Master
Maison Ferrand Plantation OFTD (Old Fashioned Traditional Dark) Gold
Rum Liqueurs
Louisiana Spirits LLC Bayon Satsuma Rum Liqueur Gold
Worthy Park Estate Rum-Bar Rum Cream Silver

Source: The Rum & Cachaça Masters 2017 results

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