Saint Aubin Spirits Edition Salted Caramel

Saint Aubin is a Mauritian distillery, and this Salted Caramel edition is a flavoured rum rather than a straight rhum, a molasses based spirit sweetened and infused to deliver an unambiguous salted caramel profile. It belongs firmly among sweet flavoured rums, and the character is defined by the added sweetness and flavouring rather than by any cane or oak nuance.

The nose and palate are exactly what the label promises, with caramel, a caramelised richness, a salty edge and clear sweetness throughout. At 35% it is soft and sugary, and by common account it is hard to enjoy neat, working far better as a long drink with cola where its salted caramel sweetness has a job to do. Honest about what it is, this is a dessert leaning mixer rather than a sipping rum, aimed at drinkers who enjoy sweet, flavoured spirits in a tall glass. Those after dry Mauritian cane juice character should look to the island's agricole style bottlings instead.