Maison GG Cashcane Black Smoke

Maison GG releases this Cashcane Black Smoke as a Caribbean black rum, a small French house bottling that trades the familiar caramel template for something built around smoke. It carries no age statement and sits at 45%, dark in the glass and clearly aiming for character over polish.

The defining trait is a smoky note that runs from aroma through to a long aftertaste, set against a smooth, oily texture and a gently sweet middle that keeps it approachable. Sweetening here is undeclared, and the body reads a touch rounded, so it is honest to call it lightly sweet rather than bone dry. The result is an intriguing, slightly polarising pour, better sipped neat by those curious about a smoke led style than reached for as an everyday mixer.