CDI A.F.D. 2011

Compagnie des Indes is a respected, terroir led French bottler, and this single cask Dominican, drawn from Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos, shows its single origin side. Distilled in 2011 and bottled at eleven years from a column still molasses spirit, it is matured in ex-bourbon and presented at 45%, with the bottler's natural, undosed approach to its single casks.

The nose carries spice, wood, milk chocolate and nutty notes, while the palate turns spicy with caramel, pastries and a cookie like sweetness, finishing on cookie dough, sugar and prunes. Reviewers describe it as a nicely rounded sipper with appealing biscuit aromatics and no artificial sweetness, with a faint peaty, sharper edge on the finish for some. As a Compagnie des Indes single cask it gives an honest, barrel led read on Dominican rum, with the pastry and chocolate character coming from the wood and spirit rather than dosage, a satisfying neat pour for drinkers who value transparency.