La Favorite Brut 2 Colonnes 2021

La Favorite is one of Martinique's last independent family distilleries, and Brut 2 Colonnes is its undiluted white, captured straight off the still at full strength from the 2021 harvest. It is full AOC rhum agricole, made from fresh pressed sugarcane juice on a Creole column still, then bottled unaged and unsweetened at a formidable 71.8 percent.

Despite the strength, it carries itself with surprising poise. The nose is perfumed and pungent with ripe fruit, citrus and vegetal cane, the palate is warm, oily and enveloping with grassy vegetal notes, sugar and earthy spice, and the finish runs warm and earthy over fresh sugarcane. The cane comes through with startling clarity for the proof. This is the pure taste of fresh pressed cane at its most concentrated, a sipper for experienced palates who want raw intensity and an undeniable weapon for a high octane Ti Punch.