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$314
A rounded 16 Year Old single cask from Saint James, distilled in 1999 from fresh Martinique cane juice and rested in ex-bourbon oak, trading the usual grassy snap for nutmeg, roasted cocoa and a cinnamon-dusted, dry close at 42.9%.
Description
Saint James has distilled on Martinique since 1765, and this single cask carries the AOC stamp that only the island's cane-juice rum can wear. Drawn from the 1999 vintage and bottled around sixteen and a half years later, it shows what tropical ageing does to an agricole: the green, vegetal edge of fresh-pressed vesou has been pulled back, leaving something darker and more contemplative.
Distilled on a column still and matured in ex-bourbon oak in the Caribbean heat, it leads with nutmeg and woody warmth, then roasted notes and chocolate with a thread of cinnamon. The finish is round and dry, with cocoa lingering rather than sweetness, the wood and spice now firmly in charge after a decade and a half in cask. A composed sipper for anyone who prefers their agricole aged into mellowness.
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