Wine Enthusiast 96
"Orange peel and toasted almond lead the nose. The lively palate offers lots of vanilla and caramel up front, drying into hints of leather and cigar wrapper. The finish shows a faint but refreshing bell pepper-like vegetal exhale. Kara Newman"

Tasting Notes
A nose of bananas Foster, Golden Delicious apples, and Caf Brlot precedes a palate of clove, white pepper, and lace cookies with a bright finish of fresh banana leaf and lemon oil

The Spirit
Aged AOC Martinique Rhum agricole produced by Rhum J.M in Macouba, Martinique
Distilled from 100% estate-grown sugarcane
Sugarcane is crushed within one hour of harvest and open-tank fermented with French bakers yeast for 24 hours
Distilled on a Creole copper column still
Distillate is proofed with spring water sourced from Mt. Pele; the rhum is rested and gradually reduced for 6 months before aging
Aged for three years, first in re-charred bourbon barrels and then transferred to ex-rum barrels that have undergone a heavy, alligator char (char #4)
Blended by Rhum J.M Master Blender, Karine Lassalle
No added sugar or coloring
43% ABV

The Distillery
In the late 17th century, Pre Labat, the famous Jesuit priest credited with proliferating sugar cultivation in the French West Indies, was the parish priest of Macouba while operating a sugar refinery at his house on the Roche River, where Rhum J.M is produced today. Antoine Leroux-Prville purchased the estate in 1790. In 1845, Antoine Leroux-Prvilles daughters sold the property to Jean-Marie Martin, a merchant from Saint-Pierre. Jean-Marie Martin recognized the superior quality of the sugarcane he found on the Fonds-Prville estate and decided to shift the cultivation practices away from producing huge quantities of sugar and to focus on growing sugarcane to create a yield of the finest quality on the island. The sugarcane is 100% cultivated on the precious volcanic slopes of Habitation Bellevue. The rich sugarcane flavors in Rhum J.M are a result of this unique volcanic soil, tropical humidity from the low cloud ceiling, tremendous ventilation from the steady sea breeze onto the mountain side, and the excellent drainage on the sloping sugarcane fields.