Valdespino has been exporting its wines and brandies to Cuba since colonial times, and has a strong presence and enjoys immense prestige in this market. Around 1940, a reduced number of casks containing pure cane rum were selected and imported. When these casks arrived in Jerez, they were used to establish a solera of very old rum for family consumption. Our Ron Viejo has an average age of 20 years and has been aged in centenary casks which contained Oloroso from the oldest Valdespino soleras.
Premium rum obtained from the distillation of molasses from sugar cane. The origin of this distillate is the first batch of Cuban rum imported by Valdespino in 1940, which was established in a limited Solera. Over decades this Solera has been topped up with selected Panama and Dominican Republic rums. A small selection of batches were subsequently aged under the solera and criadera system in sherry casks, which previously contained extremely old Oloroso sherry, at Valdespino winery.
