Puerto Rico

White rums are usually not aged. Caliche has FOUR different aged rums (3,4,5 and a small portion of Solera – 3 stacked layers of barrels) which add a particular character aroma and depth. Caliche uses the Solera System. There is a 3 layer arrangement of casks. When using Solera rum for production you take the maturate from the lower layer casks, which are the oldest. Those casks are then refilled with product from the casks in the middle layer. Maturate from the upper layer is then used to refill the casks in the middle one to replace what was used