Bonne Mère Darboussier Select Casks 2024

Bonne Mere carries the Darboussier name, a nod to the old Pointe-a-Pitre sugar works, and this Select Casks bottling sits under Guadeloupe's broad IGP rather than the stricter Martinique AOC. That latitude shows in the feedstock: this is a molasses rum, not the fresh cane juice most agricole drinkers expect from the French islands.

Bottled at 45% with no stated age, it noses smoky and intense, with dark chocolate and wood, then turns spicy and sweet across the palate with a clear marzipan note. The finish stays oily and fresh with a lick of caramel. With the cask and dosage left unstated, the sweetness reads as genuinely present rather than bone dry, so it suits drinkers who want the warmth and confectionery side of rum over the grassy snap of a cane juice blanc.