EDITION 8 to 21
Faithful to our tradition and heritage we crafted this superb hand-selected blend out of minimum 8-year-old finest pure rums distilled in the Caribbean and South America.
The Castenschiold Signum Rum has a soft and unmatched taste. Notes of oak, liquorice, rich coffee and sweet burnt caramel. This unique combination of fragrances and savors catapults this rum into legendary status
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EDITION 8 to 18
Our family-owned Castenschiold Rum looks back in over 325 years of proud history. The former Danish island of St. Thomas in the Caribbean was one of the first places of rum production, initiated by the Danish West Indies Company. In 1694 it took the joint efforts of Governor Johan Lorentz and his nephew, the founder of the Castenschiold dynasty, to send the first production to Europe.
Traditionally distilled and matured in oak charred barrels for an exquisite rum experience, the result is this unique and spectacular rum. Full of character and with a perfect blend of opulent, rich, and floral notes, the Castenschiold Governor’s Rum is beautifully balanced, smooth and complex. A true masterpiece.
We are confident that governor Johan Lorentz would have liked this unsurpassed rum creation
With 'Castenschiold 1864 Rum' we like to honour the hero of Dybbøl, Lieutenant Carl Castenschiold.
This hand-picked, superfine blend distinguishes itself from an extraordinary selection of Caribbean rums.
We took a considerably long time to successfully craft this traditionally distilled and smoothly - aged rum.
Castenschiold was the commander and defender of 'Entrenchment Skanse No. 2' during the hardest - fought battle with the enemies.
Castenschiold defended the North Bridge Head. He was later injured and for his courage decorated with the Knight Cross.
We are confident that this brave man would have liked our superfine rum.
Based on our long Caribbean Castenschiold family tradition in the sugar and rum business, we created this incredible piece of art that proves to be worthy of this long history. A very secret recipe of molasses is the key to this excellent masterpiece: the EXCELSIOR Long held and aged in high-class oak barrels in Caribbean temperatures and afterwards finished in finest French Sauternes casks. With its smooth oak flavour and its rich and substantial aromas, the EXCELSIOR is the ultimate Castenschiold experience. It finishes in warm waves on one’s mouth. The EXCELSIOR is a true and deluxe experience. Legendary, epic, unsurpassed. Superb Spirit drink made from long-aged premium rum.
Tasting Notes: Colour: orange amber. Aroma: fruity notes of sultanas, apricot, vanilla and oak, combined with a white wine note Flavour: soft, spicy, sweet, with aromas of sweet wine, spice of toasted oak, caramel, coffee, something fruity, estery after apricot/mango. Finish: Long-lasting, slightly dry white wine note.
Hjemkomst: celebrating 100 years of Danish reunification
After the Danish-Prussian war of 1864, three Northern German duchies were claimed as Prussian territory. About half a century later, a referendum about the future nationality of the region was specified by the treaty of Versailles. The mostly Danish population then reclaimed parts of the region by vote and the border was established North of Flensburg on June 15 th of 1920 where it remains till this day.
In recognition of this historical vote, the Danish still celebrate the reunification (Genforeningsdag) on this day.
Castenschiold Rum has created a limited edition of its well-known Signum Rum as a tribute to this 100-year-aniversary. Let us celebrate the reunification with this legendary rum. Special occasions call for special recognitions.
In 1662, the Danish king Frederick III sent several ships with settlers to the uninhabited Caribbean island of St. Thomas. Nine years later, the West Indies Company (Vestindisk Kompagni) was founded. Around 1700, the company's own plantations already produced the majority of the sugar on the island. Twenty years later, there were six dozen sugar farms, of which several also distilled their own rum. Among them was the Mosquito Bay estate, owned by the pioneers Jørgen and his son Johan Lorentz Castenschiold, the founding fathers of today’s Castenschiold Rum tradition.
LEGENDARY, EPIC, UNSURPASSED
It wasn’t long before the first pots of Kildywel – the early form of rum, were exported to Denmark under the supervision of his uncle, the governor of St. Thomas. By purchasing the Mosquito Bay estate and other profitable decisions, his son Johan Lorentz consolidated the family's influence in the sugar and rum business. Johan Lorentz was knighted in 1745 for his services to the Danish Crown, taking the family name Castenschiold.
Today’s Castenschiold Rum is strongly connected to the island of St. Thomas and its people. Our heritage is closely linked to the responsibility that connects us to our place of origin on the Virgin Islands. That is why we support social and historical projects on St. Thomas