CDI Boulet de Canon 4

Compagnie des Indes, the respected French terroir-led bottler, built Boulet de Canon 4 as a young Jamaica rum with a peated Islay whisky finish, aged five years in ex-bourbon before the smoke cask and bottled at 46%. The Worthy Park character shows clearly on the nose, the single-estate distillery's clean fruit meeting a dominant peat influence.

The aroma leans smoky with peat, tar and molasses, the palate round with molasses, peat and smoke, the finish carrying banana, a whisky note and more smoke. The Islay cask is the loudest voice here, especially on the palate, with the Jamaican funk reduced to a fruity backdrop that keeps the smoke from fully taking over. At 46% it is approachable and notably round for the style. Unsweetened and openly a finish-driven release, this is a peat-meets-rum crossover for drinkers who enjoy Islay whisky and want that smoke wrapped around young, fruity Jamaican spirit rather than a pure funk bomb.