Ferroni Rhum Ambre Noir

Rhum Ambre Noir is a Ferroni bottling, the Marseille house better known for its cask strength Brut de Fût releases here working in a softer, more accessible register. The blend combines agricole and molasses character, and in the Provence house style would typically see maturation in ex sweet wine casks, giving a rounded, lightly sweet impression even at a moderate 47%.

The aroma is inviting and dessert leaning, vanilla, coconut, banana and caramel. The palate turns caramelised and a touch woody, with caramel and a crisp apple note, before a short finish of wood and caramel. A muscat and cognac like sweetness runs through it, with only light oak and a hint of coffee bitterness for balance, so it sits as a comfortable everyday pour, good neat or in a flavourful cocktail for drinkers easing toward more strength and structure.