Diamond A Friendship Bottling 2003

Diamond A Friendship Bottling 2003 is a single cask Demerara distilled on the Savalle column at the Diamond distillery, the French metal four-column still that gives the lightest and cleanest of the Guyanese profiles. A distillery bottling at cask strength, this 2003 vintage shows the Savalle column in a notably fruity, coastal mood.

Matured in ex-bourbon wood and bottled at 58.1%, the rum is warm and inviting. The nose carries creme brulee, coconut and pineapple, while the palate turns salty and oily with coconut and brown sugar, an unusual maritime edge for the marque. The finish brings fruity, candied fruit and apple notes alongside more coconut. There is no sweetness declared, and the richness reads as the cask and the Savalle character rather than dosage. This is a bright, tropical Diamond single cask that leans on fruit and a saline twist rather than heavy oak, an easygoing full-proof Demerara.