Rum Nation Kirsch & Mac Y 2017

Rum Nation is a well regarded Italian house, and this Jamaican was bottled for retailers Kirsch and Mac Y from the 2017 vintage, matured five years in ex-bourbon casks and offered at 57.84% cask strength.

No tasting notes are published for this exact release. A young pure pot still Jamaican at this proof typically pushes banana, pineapple and a sharp solvent funk over an oily, concentrated body, with the ex-bourbon barrel lending light vanilla and sweet oak. The cask strength format is aimed at drinkers who want the ester character undiluted, and a little water helps it open. It sits squarely in the funky, fruit-forward pot still tradition that defines the island.