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What immediately captures my attention is the weight and persistence of this rum; quite heavy for an agricole. The high abv makes it a real monster.
The typical heady vesouté character (which I really love) is cranked up to 11, and there is a resinous herbal juniper-like character left in the glass after evaporation. It is complex, powerful, and very fascinating.
There are many excellent reviews out there that flesh out the nuances and nature of this rum, I highly recommend The Lone Caner's take.
Similar to Jamaican rum production, it is extremely inefficient and expensive to produce. There is nothing quite like it that I have tasted - a "one of a kind" rum, absolutely worth tasting for any true connoisseur .
I have only started my path through funky high-ester rums but non that I’ve tried where quiet as unique and intense as this one. So many aromas going on and a lot of surprising fruit notes, almost bubble gum.
Definitely worth a try to understand how far rum can go.
Huge meaty and umami flavors wrapping the core cane juice note. I detect aged fish sauce and semi-dried grass. On the palate, almost like a tomato quality to the umami, and more cane juice and post-harvest air. Delicious and unique.
Je suis étonné que Velier ne se soit pas encore attaqué à cette distillerie qui fait pour moi un des plus fabuleux pure single rum qui soit. Très terreux et animal au nez. On sent la canne fraiche et le cuir fraichement tanné rouler sur la langue et y rester indéfiniment. Le clairin passerait presque pour un lait fraise à coté!!! Très difficile à se procurer .
Rivers Antoine was founded in 1785, and still produces the rum as they did then.
The cane is crushed in a mill driven by an ancient waterwheel.
It’s wild fermented without any temperature control. They use double retort copper stills also without any temperature control, heated by dried Bagasse.
Finally they take the distillate directly to a cooler, dilute the 69% version (the other one only for the local market is undiluted) and fill the bottles, so one can say that it’s bottled straight from the stills.
All this makes of course that the taste as well as the ABV differs from batch to batch.
They use primarily sugar cane syrup but also a small amount of added molasses for fermentation.
Some says it’s made from sugar cane juice and is an Agricole, but both those statements are completely wrong.
Btw, true Agricole can only be produced in the five French Overseas Departments and in Madeira.
In nose it’s funky and a little pungent. It’s very fruity and it’s possible to recognize Pineapple and Banana. There are also notes of brine.
In mouth and palate is the fruitiness of course there, but it’s also hot and spicy, briny, oily and grassy.
The rather long finish goes the same.
Overall it’s a funky rum rich on esters and congeners. It’s “dirty”, rustic, complex and powerful.
It’s probably not a rum for everyone, especially not for them not familiar with white overproof pot still rum.
I’ve seen that some professional rum bloggers say that it hasn’t any similarities with the Jamaican white overproofs, but I disagree I think that there’s clear similarities especially with Hampden’s Rum Fire.
Finally I got to say that I just love everything about and around it, I think it’s the best white rum I tasted so far.
Hopefully will my next vacation trip be a Caribbean cruise including Grenada so that I can visit this living museum, Rivers Antoine.
Pictures: My white rum shelf by moment & My opened bottle.
Now this is a yummy Agricole. Not over priced. Great funk to it without taking away anything from the earthy flavors.
A gorgeous rum with rich flavour and depth. Was very difficult to acquire which adds to the mystery surrounding it. Fantastic.
Slightly metallic note on the nose.
"It has a briny and slightly savoury note. ."
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Simply amazing
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Fantastic rum. Tons of flavor including salt water, olives, grilled pineapple, and other tropical fruits. It also smells of nail polish remover in the best way imaginable; it is super funky. This has the best nose of any rum I have ever had. A cabinet staple for me.
It is certainly warm at 69% ABV, but still approachable. Swims great and makes an amazing cocktail (e.g., Daiquiri). This is an incredible distillate; they are doing something special down in Grenada.
This costs around $70-$80 in New York and I think it is a bargain. A wonderful product and, in my opinion, a perfect spirit. 11 out of 10.