Price: $75 for 750ml
Distilled/Owned by: Rhumerie du Simon / Bernard Hayot
Region: Martinique
42% ABV
Distillate: Sugar cane juice
Aged For: 10 Years
Cask Type: Virgin and re-charred oak barrels
Chill Filtered: Undisclosed
Additives used: No
Color: Light tawny
Drank: Neat, in a glencairn
Nose: It’s a very fresh scent, oak, vanilla, chocolate, pineapple, white tea, cane sugar, lilac, and tropical fruit
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body
Palate/Taste: Vanilla oak with macadamia nuts and white chocolate, custard, papaya, simple syrup and pipe tobacco
Finish: Medium warmth and long lasting, oak and pepper with bakery sweets followed by plantains covered in brown sugar with a slight vegetal and earthy finish
Thoughts: After not enjoying several white and young rhum Agricole I decided I had to try one with some age on it. I love oak and barrel influence on my spirits, and young spirity drinks are not my thing (Gin and I don’t get along) so it remedied a lot of what I disliked about white Agricole. It was fresh but still sweet and deep. I want to scoop up a few more and broaden my horizons.
Score: 83 out of 100
