Cadushy Rom Rincon Private Stock

Rom Rincon Private Stock is a single cask rum from Cadushy, the small distillery in the village of Rincon on the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire, better known for its botanical liqueurs. Bottled at 40%, it is an unusual island rarity rather than a mainstream label, the kind of bottle that tends to travel home in a suitcase.

The nose is spicy and herbal with a brown sugar sweetness, and the palate balances sweet against dry with a touch of sharpness before a finish of oak, vanilla and burnt sugar. Tasters describe a woody, roasted, fruity middle that carries through, a competent if mid-weight profile. As a single cask from a tiny producer it offers a genuine sense of place over outright power, an honest, lightly sweet island rum with some roasted and herbal character. It is best enjoyed neat as a curiosity from a corner of the Caribbean rarely seen on shelves.