Trois Rivières XO (Rhum Agricole Extra Vieux)

Trois Rivieres XO is an aged AOC Martinique agricole from the Trois Rivieres estate, now distilled at the La Mauny site, made from fresh-pressed cane juice and bottled at 43%. At six years old it qualifies for the XO tier, and tropical maturation lends it a maturity beyond what the age alone would suggest.

Distilled low in a creole column and aged in ex-bourbon oak, it keeps a grassy, vegetal core beneath vanilla, herbs, gentle fruit and spice, finishing woody, herbal and mildly bitter with a thread of sugarcane. The style is dry and spice-forward rather than sweet, true to good aged agricole, and the modest strength makes it smooth and undemanding. Certified unsweetened, it is a relaxed sipper for those easing into aged French-island rum and a tidy step up from lighter VSOPs.