Cane Island Rum

Cane Island Rum is a Panamanian bottling from a sourcing house that draws on the country's large column distilleries, presented as an accessible, single origin introduction to Panama rum. It carries no age statement, sitting in the soft, mellow register the country is known for.

Distilled from molasses, it shows oak, tobacco and candied fruit on the nose, then a woody palate with a distinctive cola and meringue character, finishing on orange peel, tobacco and a wisp of frankincense. The overall impression is pleasantly dry and lightly smoky, though a gentle sweetness runs underneath, and its sugar status is undisclosed. It is a fair, uncomplicated way to taste Panama without much to puzzle over, comfortable neat for the curious and equally at home in a relaxed mixed drink.