Ti Arrangés de Ced‘ Pomme Gingembre Les Rhums de Ced

From the Ti Arranges de Ced stable in Martinique, this Pomme Gingembre is a macerated arrange rather than a straight rhum, a fresh cane juice base infused with apple and ginger. The agricole origin gives it a green underpinning, but the steeped fruit and spice are the point, and the result sits in the flavoured rum camp rather than alongside dry vieux agricoles.

The aroma is straightforwardly apple and ginger, and that pairing carries the palate too, with crisp orchard fruit cut by a warming ginger bite and a clear sweetness underneath. At 32% it is soft and sippable, openly sweet from the maceration, the kind of bottle that drinks like a gentle apple and ginger cordial with a rum backbone. It works neat over ice for those who like fruit and spice, and lends itself to a simple highball with soda or ginger beer. Honest about what it is, this is comfort drinking rather than serious agricole.