Romdeluxe Beenleigh Wild Series Rum

Romdeluxe Beenleigh Wild Series Rum is a 6 year Australian single cask from the historic Beenleigh distillery, bottled at a formidable 76.2% as part of the Danish house's high-strength Wild Series with its black-and-white animal labels. The series is built around bold, full-proof single casks, and this one demands respect from the first pour.

Matured in ex-bourbon oak with reported time in casks from Belize, it shows a fruity, floral nose that gives way to a chocolate-rich, fruity and peppery palate carrying marzipan, apricot and fig, the finish woody with allspice and dark chocolate. Despite the towering strength it stays balanced, the cask influence lending so much chocolate that some drinkers would guess Belize over Australia. This is firmly experienced-palate territory, a powerful single cask for slow, careful sipping with water on hand rather than an all-evening pour.