8. Havana Club Máximo Extra: $1,700
Created in 1878 by José Arechabala this rum brand was held by the family until 1959 when the new government took over the distillery.
The family left the island and ended up in America. However, the rum continued to succeed and in 1994 the French liquor company Pernod Ricard partnered with the company which was still owned by the government.
This bottle of rum is called Máximo Extra was introduced in 2006 by Pernod Ricard. Priced at $1,700, the bottle is one of the most expensive rums in the world.
This “ultra-premium, extra-aged rum” has an alcohol content of 40% and is a mix of rums of different ages blended over and over with fresh sugarcane distillate, then aged some more.
