Famille Ricci Foursquare Exception 2005

Famille Ricci bottled this single cask of Foursquare, an eighteen year old Barbados rum from the 2005 vintage out of Richard Seale's St Philip distillery. It is a single blended rum, pot and column in the classic island style, bottled at cask strength and without added sugar in keeping with Foursquare's strict no-additives stance.

Matured in ex-bourbon oak, it shows the house signature of coconut, caramel and oak lifted by a glue-like ester note that speaks to the pot-still side of the blend, with banana and vanilla on the palate. The finish turns roasted and nutty with a pleasant bitterness and a touch of leather. At 60.1% it is firm and characterful, a stable, recognisable 2005 Foursquare with a little extra ester edge, well suited to drinkers who want the Bajan style dry, full proof and with some grip on the finish.