Ron Sostenible Triple Cask 8 YO

There’s a gentle, rhythmic softness in the sound of Ron Sostenible. With its name meaning “sustainable” in Spanish, the brand immediately evokes environmental awareness and a care for the future — values that lie at the heart of social responsibility. What’s more, the Danish brand A Clean Spirit uses the claim “the conscious choice” — and it isn’t just rhetoric. The company produces using renewable energy, packages its spirits in recycled materials, and delivers them to Europe on an emission-free sailing vessel. The label also includes the specific voyage number - a detail that lets you uncover the ship’s own story and the journey it has made.

Truly, I would wish for myself (and for all of us) an end to a predatory economic model. After all, the relentless pursuit of profit maximization at the expense of ecology elevates the short-term gains of a narrow elite above the long-term common good we share. If I may insist: there is clear scientific consensus that climate change is anthropogenic. Disinformation exists precisely to erode trust in institutions and stall climate action. Yet within today’s compromised institutions, neither the will nor the ability to catalyze systemic transformation can be found.

To return to the point, the brand owner’s marketing narrative is centered entirely on sustainability — a theme which, given ongoing structural shifts, should be increasing in relevance and salience. The force of such messaging rests on authenticity — yet A Clean Spirit is not a producer in the strict sense, but an independent bottler. In practice, this means that part of the appeal drawing consumers to the brand actually originates with an unnamed distillery. Whether this reflects contractual arrangements or a strategic decision by the distillery is unclear. What is clear is that a lack of transparency both precludes independent verification and weakens the sustainability narrative. For a product positioned as sostenible, traceability across the entire value chain is an essential expectation.

Either way, capitalism is structured around a fundamental paradigm of continuous, unrestricted economic growth. It privileges profit maximization and thus perpetual expansion - a dynamic that is materially predicated on the extraction of natural resources. By contrast, sustainability can only be realised if the physical boundaries of ecosystems and the planet’s regenerative capacities are respected. These are two orders in fundamental conflict.

Dominican rums are a textbook example of the Spanish style: made from molasses, column-distilled, and aged using the solera system. Ron Sostenible departs from this profile by using fresh sugarcane juice, though it does not specify its maturation method. So we go with what the label claims: eight years in ex-bourbon, finished in sherry (Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso). No disclosure is made regarding sweetening or other additives.

The rum most likely comes from Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, a distillery tied to Barceló Export Import — the company behind Ron Barceló and Ron Siboney. The site was partly funded by the European Union as part of efforts to revitalise the Dominican sugar industry.