Zacapa rum comes straight from Guatemala where it is distilled by the Botron-Requejo family. Lorena Velasquez, master distiller, checks and selects the rum in each of the barrels used for blending. Ron Zacapa is the result of a long process of distillation from virgin sugar cane honey. The aging of Zacapa rum takes place in the highlands of Guatemala,...

More brooding and reserved than the Échézeaux that preceded it in the tasting, the 2017 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru unwinds in the glass with an enticing bouquet of cassis, blackberries, blood orange, exotic spices and musk. On the palate, it’s full-bodied, ample and fleshy, with a more introverted, structured profile than the Échézeaux, its considerable...