Tres Hombres Ron Aldea Ed. 69 La Palma Sauve 2007

Tres Hombres Ron Aldea Ed. 69 La Palma Sauve is an aged cane-juice rum from Ron Aldea on La Palma in the Canary Islands, distilled from fresh sugarcane juice and bottled by Tres Hombres, the project known for shipping its rum by sailing cargo vessel. This is a seventeen year old expression, a notable age for cane rum.

The spirit runs off a column still and matures in ex-bourbon oak, landing in dark, dessert-leaning territory rather than grassy agricole: dried fruit, caramel, coffee and a nutty depth on the nose, then dried fruit, wood, coffee and chocolate across the palate, finishing on allspice, dried fruit and caramel. It reads more like a Spanish-style aged rum than a French blanc, the cane origin giving it a lighter frame. At 40.5% it is soft, dry and easygoing, an accessible long-aged sipper from the Canaries.