Ron Barceló Imperial

25 Mia

Of the three rums I acquired today (Botrán and Clement VSOP being the others), this is most...rummy of the bunch, at least insofar as what I tend to expect in rum. The sugarcane is more at the forefront, with a brown sugar and spice nose, and a palate that tastes...well, like sugar cane, wrapped in a buttery, toasty package. There's a subtle, but distinct, minerality present, too, that reminds of the "gunflint" notes found in French wines like Pouilly-Fume; all of these continue out into a long finish. I could see myself drinking this all day long while lying in a hammock in the shade along some pristine, isolated Caribbean beach. I think I just gave myself a vacation idea...

Orange peel, cut grass. Gasoline, ozone, even rubber. It's a sharp back of the mouth and absolutely lovely stuff.