Famille Ricci Zodiac 2023 Sagittaire

Famille Ricci is a French house known for distinctive, terroir minded selections, and this Zodiac Sagittaire is one of its blends, marrying rums of varying ages around a stated eleven and a half years. Drawing on both molasses and cane juice and on both pot and column stills, matured in ex-bourbon wood and bottled without added sugar at 56.9% cask strength, it is a multi origin spirit built for drinkers who want full proof intensity.

The defining character here is bold and almost industrial: the nose and palate are led by a pronounced tar and smoke note, the kind of heavy, asphalt edged profile that recalls the most characterful Caribbean styles. This is not a soft or sweet rum but an assertive, uncompromising one, the blend of stills and bases feeding a dark, smoky core. At 56.9% and undiluted it drinks with real power and a striking tarry signature, a pour for those who seek out the smokiest, most forceful end of rum.