Ron Zacapa XO: The Sip India Never Had

I didn’t grow up sipping rum. Nobody I knew did. In India, rum was functional — it was Old Monk in a quarter, or something dark and aromatic in a tall glass with cola. That was the deal.

The @ronzacapaca XO from Guatemala is a different argument entirely. A Solera blend of rums aged up to 25 years — through bourbon, sherry, Pedro Ximénez, finished in French cognac oak. Each barrel it passes through, leaves behind a DNA which forms a foundation for the next.

Dark chocolate. Dried fruit. Burnt caramel. A finish that lingers and somehow keeps you sated.

India’s relationship with luxury rum is about to change. I think we’re at the beginning of a conversation that whisky had here about a decade ago. The Ron Zacapa XO is exactly the right place to start that conversation.