Distillerie de Paris Petite Marie

Distillerie de Paris is an urban distillery working in the heart of the French capital, and Petite Marie is its rum, distilled on a pot still from sugar cane honey, the concentrated cane syrup base that sits between fresh juice and molasses. Bottled at 45% with no age statement, it is a small batch spirit that reflects the experimental, terroir curious approach of a city distiller rather than a Caribbean tradition.

The pot still shows in the texture and weight, and the cane honey base gives a profile that runs dry and nutty with a floral note on the nose. Rather than the caramel sweetness many cane honey rums carry, this one stays lean and savoury, a more restrained and characterful take. At 45% it drinks with structure and an offbeat, distinctly French sensibility, a curiosity for drinkers who enjoy rums that step outside the expected mould.