A superb-looking decanter bottle of XO rum from Barbados, aged in bourbon barrels before being shipped to France for a secondary maturation in Cognac casks from the Ferrand house. The result is a well balanced rum with a remarkably long finish, with a palate of chocolate, banana, coconut and mango. Now this is some very good stuff.
Hints of spicy oak on the nose, with guava, a little desiccated coconut and dried banana. Buttery.
Spiced, creamy palate entry, with sweet vanilla notes and caramel. Oaky spices.
Caramel. Toasted oak.
Best rum out there, smooth and rich. Great drinking on its own or with a splash of lime over ice. Would 100% recommend - 5th bottle now and my go to rum!
You know when you taste something and you know is so primitive, typical and basic. in a short sentence on the nose a Banatin (banana tartatin) dusted with toasted notes and ? coconut and chocolate crumbles. I admit that I was not impressed, but on the palate it recalibrated my expectations entirely.. elegant power and persistence, texture and balance that shows what a unique maturation can add to a product. After the first sip it also flaired up beautiful notes of seville oranges and a very long finish.
I am by no means an expert on rum but I have tasted/ sipped a few and I would say that although I enjoyed this rum and yes it is a fine rum, but for me it was a tad to sweet and I found it to have over tones of coconut which for me spoiled it a bit. I do think that it is very very smooth and as I drink most rums without adding mixers or ice it didn’t give you a big after kick. So I ask myself would I buy it again and the answer is probably as I did enjoy it
Superb.
I am by no means a Rum expert, how ever this was simply divine, worth every penny, so much so i have already ordered my second bottle! It smells and tastes wonderful. Highly recommend it.
