Havana, Cuba.- The Havana Club International S.A., informed today that during the 20th Habano Festival (February 26 thru March 2) it will present here the new version of the rum named Tributo (Tribute) of this year.

The brand Havana Club, world leader in the category of rums Ultra-Premium and Prestige, now exhibits a new edition of the Havana Club Collection Tribute, Tributo 2018, first luxury Cuban rum in smoked whisky barrels, they specified.

This rum is the third edition of the Havana Club Collection Tribute, that pays tribute each yeasr to the different elements that are part of the process of Cuban Rum manufacturing.

Havana Club Tributo 2018 points to the crucial role of the barrel in the production process of the spirits, showing the flavor pervaded by barrel maturity to the sugar cane still.

The same as their predecessors, Tributo 2018 is shown this year at the Habanos Festival, event that will take place in the Convention Center of Havana.

It deals of a limited edition of only 2500 bottles for the world market. The new rum, member of the Iconic Collection Havana Club, is a new mix made from the best reserves, exclusively aged in barrels of over 60 years.

Such barrels were safeguarded by the Masters of Cuban Rum who assure the superiority of these luxury rums. Cuban Rum Master Asbel Morales, selected to this end and meticulously mixed the rums extracted from those barrels, to later end the process in smoked whisky barrels, insisted the note.

The sale will take place starting February at a price of 400 Cuc (equivalent to the official exchange rate to the US dollar) in a bottle of 70 centiliters.