A 1710 Cheval Bondieu 51.5° C

Weight ND
Capacity

70 cl

Degree

51.5

Age

+

Packaging

Case

Profile

Sweet spices - Fruit - Pastry chef - Round - Plants

Category

Rhum - Rhum pur jus de canne

89,90  Bottle

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Only 4 left in stock

9,32  5 cl sample

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A 1710 Cheval Bondieu 51.5°: Description and customer reviews

Cheval Bon Dieu is the very first aged rum from the A 1710 distillery!

After distillation in the famous "Belle Aline", the young distillery's 7-plate copper column, the rum rested in French and American oak barrels. Before bottling, the cellar master blended rums that had rested in wood for 18 to 36 months.

For the record, Cheval Bon Dieu is the name given to the phasm, which is represented on the label of this pretty bottle. This insect has a mythical place in West Indian culture.

Each bottle is numbered.

Nico's tasting notes

The nose offers a sweet, fruity cane, almost tangy, in any case very greedy. It seems to be adorned with ripe red fruit, with hints of white peach and candied cherries.

With aeration, the rum takes on a beautiful fullness, and the now more varied fruits are joined by the comfort of pastry aromas such as almond, amarena cherry and candied citrus peel. The cane is caught up in this roundness, it's greedier than ever and its green side is also very velvety.

On the palate, the cane is naturally and rightfully in the middle of the debate. After a short, spicy, slightly astringent phase, it gains a thousand colors and dons a mantle of ripe, candied, finely spiced fruit. These same fruits are enriched by the vegetal character of the cane, adding texture and grip.

The finish is long and delicious, with candied lime and a hint of pepper.

"A very fine package for this agricultural rum, which develops a lovely personality here... "

1 visitor review(s) and 2 reviews

  1. DAVID DEQUELSON

    A little bland, I don't like plastic samples.

  2. Gilles D.

    Good old rum, but the price is a little higher than justified. Still pleasant to drink. The price of originality?

  3. Stéphane Ti'verre

    On the nose 👃🏻: here, generously sweet notes swing between slightly tart apples and ripe cherries. It reminds me a little of a cider eau-de-vie, but with even more deliciousness. The bourbon barrels add a well-rounded, caramelized quality. The freshness of the cane makes a breakthrough at times, sometimes honeyed, sometimes vegetal, but it remains in the background as the influence of the oak barrels is predominant.

    On the palate 👅: here too, the cider eau-de-vie aspect is present for the first few moments, with a good dose of cinnamon. Then we quickly switch to something more complex and intense. The cane takes its full place in the mid-palate, minty and nicely peppery, very much marked by tasty, juicy oak, caramelized and strongly bousined. Very elegant, the fruit lingers on the palate and then reminds me of old cognac with plum.

    The finish is long on a cane juice that is decidedly fruity and very much influenced by the wood in the casks. I've got like black coffee or even leather marking the palate with a little texture, usually found on older spirits 👌

    Verdict ⚡️: this is definitely a complex, intensely flavored rum, which doesn't fail to surprise, especially for its young age. It moves from one age category to another, demonstrating the influence of cask origin, and even recalls other types of spirits as the tasting progresses. While the value of a bottle remains entirely subjective, there's no doubt that this is an accomplished and captivating product.

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