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$157
A single-cask molasses rum from Rivière du Mât on Réunion, a 2003 vintage aged 15 years in ex-bourbon oak and bottled at 46%, a mature, funky island rum rather than a cane-juice agricole.
Description
Rivière du Mât Single Cask 2003 is a single-cask rum from Réunion, distilled from molasses rather than cane juice, so it is honestly a molasses rum despite the island's French-island setting. Drawn from a 2003 vintage and aged 15 years in ex-bourbon oak, it is a far more serious bottling than the entry-level Réunion rums, with tropical maturation lending real depth.
Impressions of this cask lean rich and funky: leather, shoe polish and wood spice on the nose, an acidic, creamy fermented edge with dried and tropical fruit, and a long, raisined, funk-tinged finish. Bottled at 46% from a single cask, it is a characterful, complex pour for neat sipping rather than mixing.
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