Bodegas Papiamento Reserve Rum

This Reserve Rum carries the name of Bodegas Papiamento, a winery and distillery on the island of Aruba, and is bottled at a gentle 40%. Aruba is a small player in the rum world, and this sits in the soft, accessible Spanish leaning style typical of the region.

The nose opens with honey, vanilla, cream and tropical fruit, while the palate turns sweet with burnt sugar, caramel and a distinctive peanut butter note, the finish carrying tropical fruit, chocolate and more caramel. It is a mild, balanced and rounded rum with a clear sweetness running through it, the kind of holiday bottle that carries a sense of place and easy Caribbean comfort. At 40% it is undemanding and approachable, a soft after dinner pour for those who enjoy gently sweet, dessert leaning rums rather than dry, oak driven intensity.