Tastes

I uncorked and he hugged me and surprised me ... and I don't like whites, especially those not even the least bit refined. Voluptuous nose of ripe fruit, don't ask me what because it's an orgasm of equatorial aromas, loaded with organic musts like the sweaty skin of a Creole, after a run between reef and shoreline, on a sugar cane beach. A first shy sip envelops the palate like a great traitor, with an attack of pear, ripe bananas and pineapple and coconut ... then the 57 ° explode in the mouth in a pungent riot of pure aromatic spirit and, I believe, vaguely bitter as a wild honey could be . Great characteristic, in my opinion, the ability to fascinate with tones saturated with fruit and THEN, only after a few moments, to open up in a sudden and indecent kick of pure alcoholic power. It is not a rough and tacky explosion, but it is a subtle and homogeneous "perlage" of infinite pungent reverberations. Never drank a rum with this power in stilettos. A couple of seconds and the tongue and palate absorb the degrees, however free of herbaceous ethanol that I have never liked in the Agricoles, and the whole mouth is greasy with a strongly aromatic caramel; I believe it is the marriage between the type of cane (Cristalline) and the selected yeasts that gives a characteristic sweetish note that is not medicinal, although fragrant; a second taste, after the soft exhaustion of the gradation between tongue and throat, reveals the undeniable persistence of almond milk, pepper and more banana. To want to be sophisticated, I also found sudden hints of chocolate. Great good rum. I don't know if it will increase in price, but if they decide to age it they could really get a masterpiece. As soon as you can, drink. And dream of the Sweaty Skin of a young Haitian ... 😎 Double distillation in discontinuous copper still by Muller, designed by Capovilla, 85% syrup and 15% pure juice of Crystalline canes from Sajous, in Saint Michel de l’Attalaye Farm, selected yeasts and wild yeasts. Port Au Prince by Real Barbancourt Family...but what a great idea from Velier. Sorry for automatic google translation ...

Naso funky di banana matura e mango, bocca con innesco secco e avvolgente di legno, quasi astringente, conferme di hogo con banana e frutta esotica matura, ma anche pepe e liquirizia, con una costante ma nascosta vena melassosa che segue tutto il palato e lo accompagna leggermente amarostica. Ultima sospensione di liquirizia e melassa densa ma non zuccherina. Nonostante la giovane eta' un Jamaicano vero, di carattere secco e verticale, ad un prezzo incredibile che tradisce la diffusa convinzione della sua propensione ai cocktail, quando molto sommessamente ritengo che sia un Hampden di sicura eleganza. Non aspettatevi le vernici organiche e la complessita' di un Long Pond, ma e' uno splendido rum che meriterebbe di riposare una decina di anni in botti ex-sherry. Sip and dream islands. Funky nose of ripe banana and mango, mouth with dry and enveloping priming of wood, almost astringent, confirmation of hogo with banana and ripe exotic fruit, but also pepper and licorice, with a constant but hidden melass vein that follows the whole palate and accompanies slightly amarostica. Last suspension of liquorice and thick but not sugary molasses. Despite the young age, a true Jamaican, with a dry and vertical character, at an incredible price that betrays the widespread belief of his propensity for cocktails, when I very softly believe that it is a Hampden of sure elegance. Do not expect the organic paints and the complexity of a Long Pond, but it is a splendid rum that deserves to rest for ten years in ex-sherry barrels. Sip and dream islands.