Introducing the 2020 vintage of Bologna Black Cane! Like every year, it is made exclusively with the black cane variety.
You can find all the explanations on the Bologna Black Cane 2016 page (as well as the 2016 score, of course).
Nico's tasting notes
The nose opens with fresh, lemony cane, enveloped in a soft, tangy cloud of sugar syrup. The cane fiber is candied, very slightly peppery, and the rum is soft and velvety.
Aeration brings out all the roundness and deliciousness of this rum, still perfumed with sweet citrus. The cane juice is both sweet and acidic, with a hint of bitterness from the lime zest.
The palate is round and sweet, with a power that gently warms the palate, coating it without burning it. The cane is lively and lemony, but also greedy, with chewiness and an almost liquorish quality.
The finish is equally tasty, with molten pepper joining candied cane fiber.
"A lot of gourmandise for this instant, mellow, lemony ti'punch..."
By comparison, the Bologna Black Cane 2019 showed more roundness from the start, but also offered a more rustic, fermentation-oriented side. What the two vintages have in common, of course, is the deliciousness of the cane and citrus fruit, as well as the controlled, uplifting power on the palate.
DUCHENE
The ultimate in ti'punch
Jacqueline Drevet
Excellent!
Stéphane Ti'verre
On the nose 👃🏻: fresh cane takes center stage, slightly sweet, with a hint of white blossom. Then there's the fermented cane juice that gradually develops with aeration, which I really like. There are also citrus notes, more in the background at first, lime, which then asserts itself towards yellow lemon and even exotic fruits. But it's really the fresh cane and its peppery aromatics that are sublimated here with a good roundness, more green pepper in fact. It's not sharp at all, so you can approach it without fear.
On the palate 👅 it's very round, suave and warm. The 50 degrees are there without being aggressive. There's a rather furtive sweet passage at the attack with this fresh cane. I'd almost find a touch of apple if I had to name a fruit, but this is quickly swept away by a strong, beautiful attack of black pepper that rises to a crescendo and lasts a long time on the palate. I really feel like I've bitten into a pepper berry! It switches to juniper berries and cloves towards the end of the mouth, with less intensity.
On the finish, I find a hint of farminess, with the spices lingering for quite a while. It leaves us with a slightly earthy side in the end, quite dry. It's surprisingly long on the palate for a white rum, a nice surprise 👌
Verdict ⚡️: I'm really enjoying this rum, and it was my first "premium white" in the collection. It allows you to broaden your senses with pure tastings, rather than with ti'punch or planteur, as is more logical with entry-level whites from supermarkets. It's important to vary the pleasures! 😄