Moulin Du Loup Traditional 71 Rum 00

Moulin Du Loup Traditional 71 Rum 00 is a distillery bottling from Moulin Du Loup in Belgium, a molasses-based rum made in a notably expressive style for a European producer. Declared unsweetened and bottled at 43%, it lets the distillate carry the flavour, and what stands out is a light ester character of the Jamaican kind, a sign of longer fermentation and a fruitier fermentation profile than most continental rums chase.

The nose is fruit-driven and faintly funky, banana and lime over a woody base with a clean ester edge. The palate stays fresh and tropical, fruity and lime-touched, before turning drier and more woody on the way out. At 43% and free of added sugar, it reads as a Belgian maker reaching for island-style character through fermentation rather than additives, a bright, dry, fruit-forward rum that wears its tropical leanings honestly.