Distillerie Moux Tamure Rhum Rhum Ambré

Distillerie Moux makes its Tamure Rhum on the island of Tahiti, and this Ambré is its amber expression, a rum bottled at 47% with no age statement from one of French Polynesia's few distilleries. Pacific island rum is a rarely seen corner of the category, and this bottling offers a taste of cane spirit from a remote and unusual origin.

The profile is simple and clearly drawn, led by vanilla on the nose, palate and finish with sugarcane underneath, giving it an almost rhum arrangé like vanilla character. The 47% strength sits a little forward of the mellow flavour, the alcohol not fully integrated, but it carries an intriguing, sunny personality that pairs naturally with tropical flavours, the kind of rum to enjoy alongside something like flambéed banana. As an amber from a seldom explored island, it is more a characterful curiosity than a polished sipper, and is the more enjoyable for it.