A.H. Riise Danish Navy Fregatten Jylland

A.H. Riise Danish Navy Fregatten Jylland borrows the Navy name and the maritime presentation, but at heart it is a soft, heavily sweetened molasses rum from the Virgin Islands in the house's dessert leaning style. Carrying a twenty year age statement and bottled at 45 percent, it is built for indulgence rather than the dry, tarry bite the Navy label might suggest. It sits firmly among the sweeter, liqueur like rums.

Matured in ex bourbon wood, it leads with vanilla, caramelised sugar, candied orange and banana, with milk chocolate, honey and warmth on the finish. The sweetness is generous and can turn sticky, so this is very much an after dinner style pour rather than a long sipping session. Drinkers who enjoy the sweeter A.H. Riise range will find it leans even further into caramelised fruit and chocolate. Best in small measures or alongside a cigar, where its rich, dessert like character is most at home.