Cadenhead's Green Label 1975 Demerara Rum

A sought-after vintage Demerara rum, distilled in 1975 by what is now Demerara Distillers Ltd, and bottled in Scotland in 2008. Wm. Cadenhead bottled five releases of this 1975 vintage, with this being the third. The others were bottled in 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2012.

This was produced during the early period of the nationalisation of the Guyana sugar trade by the country’s government, which saw it acquire a controlling stake in the country’s three remaining distilling companies. It managed these using a holding company called the Guyana Liquor Corporation, and its portfolio included the Diamond, Enmore, Uitvlugt and briefly, Versailles distilleries (they closed the latter in 1978). One of its first orders of business was to begin laying down stock with a view to bottlings its own brands, which it eventually did in 1992, launching its now iconic El Dorado 15 year old. In the meantime it continued distilling bulk rum for independent bottlers, resulting in a wealth of spectacular releases like this. These may contain single mark rums, or a blend of various marques from the country’s many historic stills.