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La Favorite Coeur de Canne Blanc 50 rum

La Favorite Coeur de Canne Blanc 50

Martinique | Agricole | 50% ABV | Column Still (1-4) Distilled

6.4/10
30 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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30 La Favorite Coeur de Canne Blanc 50 Ratings

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JOLIT 🇫🇷 | 11 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

Rhum blanc assez fruité, sucré, et agréable en bouche. Un peu de sucre mais pas trop et du citron vert permettent d'obtenir le ti'punch parfait. Les notations aussi basses trouvées plus bas sont ahurissantes.

Beukeboom 🇺🇸 | 304 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

I don't understand the low ratings some have given. This is agricole rum for goodness sake. It's not going to be all sweet and nice. It's going to have some grassiness to it along with the sugar cane flavor. This is actually a quite decent agricole rum. Admittedly the aroma is not the best...kinda funky if you ask me, but it has an outstanding flavor that lends itself well to mixed drinks. It is not a sipping rum by any stretch of the imagination but as a mixer it is quite good. The basic agricole grassiness counterbalances the fruitiness of most boat drinks giving the cocktail a nice edge. Definitely one to have on one's shelf. Recommended.

Cool Breeze (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 555 ratings
Posted 4 months ago

Sampled at the King Kahuna Lounge on 12-9-23. Pours clear. Strong, and I mean crazy strong, grass aroma and flavor. Usually, I easily get the yeasty doughy notes from agricole and detect a bit of grass, but this one is like you’re chewing a cud of freshly mown yard grass. Amazing!

Mujuru 🇺🇸 | 152 ratings
Posted 4 months ago

Like most Rhum Agricole Blanc on Martinique this Rhum is made from fresh pressed sugar cane juice, which is fermented and distilled on a column still on Martinique, and then stored in a steel tank and bottled at 50% ABV. Unlike most other Rhum Agricole these days, Distilerie La Favorite is one of the last two family owned distilleries in Martinique (the other being Neisson). This is their primary Agricole Blanc offering. So what does it offer?

Taking a whiff from the Glencairn I get immediately fresh cut Hay. I also get heavy Brine notes akin to seawater. Additionally, I get just the slightest hint of mineralogy like the smell of a new steel tank, followed by faint rubber cement glue. All in all the nose is pretty familiar for a Rhum Agricole Blanc. It is not as expressive as Neisson Blanc or the Clairins.

Taking a sip, at first I get heavy Chalk but this quickly dissipates and is replaced by the taste of both fresh cut Grass stems and simultaneously Dried Hay accompanied by notes of faint Rubber Cement Glue and Powdered Sugar. This is significantly more complex in the mouth than as imagined on the nose.

On the finish I get Cracked Black Peppercorns and fresh cut Grass stems. Short and simple. Long after I put the glass down I taste raw Snap Peas. Fascinating.

This is actually quite pleasant just to sit and sip neat which is really not something I had imagined I would be writing here. In fact, and this is strange to say, but this is tastier and more complex to sip straight than it is in a Tí Punch that I got it for.

Don’t get me wrong, it makes a decent enough Tí Punch. It’s not quite as expressive in the Tí Punch as I had hoped it would be, but it is not bad at all. Yet, somehow, it is actually more enjoyable just to drink straight up or over a tiny ice cube. It has an unexpected complexity on the palate and finish, that is unexpected from the nose and that is muted entirely in the Tí Punch.

Short Description: a subtly complex sipper masquerading under the disguise of a basic Tí Punch bar staple.

ABV 50%

Country of Origin: Martinique

Distillery: La Favorite

Nose: Fresh Cut Hay, Brine, New Steel Tank, slight Rubber Cement Glue

Palate: Chalk, faint Rubber Cement Glue, fresh Grass Stem, Dried Hay, faint Powdered Sugar

Finish: Cracked Black Peppercorns, fresh Grass, raw Snap Peas

Cory Wid 🇺🇸 | 97 ratings
Posted 9 months ago

There is a nice vesoute aroma (clean olive brine with fruity depth), but there is an excess of ethyl acetate (nail-polish remover) that turns everything harsh. You can really taste it on the palate - bitter and solvent-like.

abrarey 🇺🇸 | 68 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

Pretty good for Ti Punch, cachaca replacement, and any other cocktail.

bflorian 🇷🇴 | 7 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

Not to expect a classic rum taste or sweetness. Is different. An interesting nose of green grass and a green taste, too. Some citrus, some vanilla. No extra sugar.

Paul B 🇺🇸 | 472 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

I bought this to compare to my first artisan cachaca (see my review on Novo Fogo Silver for comparisons) and also to find out how in hell the aroma of molasses comes through on rums distilled only from sugar cane juice. The aroma of molasses on this one is extremely faint and is outweighed by the floral and grassy tones. The taste has no trace of molasses at all, but still has floral and grassy notes. All I can say is that aromas of molasses may be a by-product of distilling sugar cane juice and varies in degree by brands.

Don't even think of using this to sip neat. It was meant for Ti Punch, like the kind that I downed multiple shots of on a party boat in Guadeloupe way back in 1989. If anything, this rhum will bring back some memories. As for Ti Punch, it is the only way to disguise the flavor of this rhum, which is equal parts rhum agricole blanc, lime juice, and simple syrup. The Brazilian caipirinha made from cachaca is similar except that it requires ice and Ti Punch does not. All this rhum was made for is a penalty free drunk by downing shots. If it were more readily available, then the Captain Morgan/Bacardi college crowd would gladly jump ship for this one. For those that hate added sugar, this one is for you!

MARTIN 🇲🇶 | 69 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Rhum plutôt agréable en bouche.Assez fruité. Je recommande en ti punch.

guewen 🇫🇷 | 97 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Rhum gras, très parfumé, fruit exotique...long en bouche, à déguster straight ou en cocktail. Un rhum à découvrir...




Brand Details

Name: Coeur de Canne Blanc 50
ABV: 50%
Type: La Favorite
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Column Still (1-4)
Women Led Rum: No