Production: first resting for ?ve years in the Caribbean, inside American oak casks. Later shipped to the facilities of the Williams & Humbert winery in Jerez (Andalucia - Spain) where it undergoes the ?nal stage of ageing, which lasts for three years, in casks which have previously been used to age the international award-winning sherry Dos Cortados with a guaranteed age of 20 years as: certified by the Denomination of Origin Jerez-Xrs-Sherry. Awards won by Dos Maderas 5+3: Bronze medal at the International Rum Festival (San Francisco) 2008. Silver medal at the San Francisco World Spirit Competition 2008.