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$229
A 22 year old Haitian Barbancourt bottled at cask strength by HoneyBatcher, unusually round and fruity for the island with yellow stone fruit, buttery biscuit, vanilla and light wood, unsweetened and full at 59%.
Description
Barbancourt is Haiti's best known house, working from cane juice in a style all its own, and this independent single cask from Germany's HoneyBatcher takes a 2004 distillate out to a full twenty-two years. It arrives unsweetened at cask strength, 59%, a serious proposition for a Haitian rum of this age.
Distilled from fresh-pressed sugar cane juice and matured in ex-bourbon oak, it shows how long ageing can round Barbancourt into something soft and generous rather than sharp. The nose leads on yellow stone fruits, caramelised sugar, sugarcane and vanilla, the palate echoes that fruit with buttery biscuit, and the finish brings young wood, vanilla and a touch of white chocolate. The cask strength gives it real grip, yet the overall impression is remarkably mellow and fruit-driven. A rewarding pour for experienced drinkers who like aged cane juice with both power and polish.
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