Rum
Rum is such an evocative spirit. It transforms, transcends and instantly transports the drinker to the sun-washed shores of the West Indies; white sands, palm trees and blue seas. It always has a sense of joviality, in part thanks to its Caribbean origins, and also because of the unabashed decadence surrounding a libation made from sugar.
DON PAPA RUM 7 YEARS
Nose: Fruity notes up front, with sweet tangerines and apricots. This is followed by vanilla ice-cream, drizzled with runny toffee sauce. Palate: Bags-full of vanilla and cinnamon. Hints of raisin, sultana and marmalade.
BACARDI 8 YEAR OLD
The nose is fresh and perfumed with notes of oak and peels, a little syrup with a fennel note. The palate is sweet and rich with tropical fruits, peels and winter spice. The finish is gentle and luscious.
PYRAT XO RESERVE
On the nose it is very citrussy. So much orange peel. Icing sugar, waves of fruit. Perhaps a little cough sweet note too. On the palate it is sweet, viscous and more orange. With a marmalade hint.
SAILOR JERRY SPICED RUM
Vanilla spice, butter, oak, cinnamon, nutmeg and ground ginger. Drying and sweet on the palate with notes of winter spice and black pepper, toffee.
