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EU SHIPPING FROM €16
$56
A Pedro Ximenez finished island blend from Compagnie des Indes, bottled for Perola at 43% and openly sweetened, sherried and candied on the nose with cocoa, dried fruit, baked apple and a winterly ginger spice over a notably thin body.
Description
Compagnie des Indes is a respected, terroir led French bottler, and this Caraibes blend gathers molasses rum from several origins before a finishing period in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks, bottled for Perola at 43%. The PX influence is immediately clear, with sherry, cherry and candied sugar leading the nose, and the bottling is openly sweetened, so it should be taken as a sweet, dessert leaning style.
On the palate it shows cocoa and a mild, sweet character that some find a little thin, while the finish turns more interesting with dried fruit, baked apple and a ginger tinged, wintery spice. Drier and crisper than CDI's heavier port and sauternes finishes, it lands as a solid, fairly priced sherried blend rather than a deep one. A comfortable cold weather sipper for those who enjoy PX sweetness and spiced fruit, with its dosage acknowledged rather than hidden.
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