Clément Canne Bleue 2018 is a white rum with 3 notable features, in addition to its beautiful bottle.
First and foremost, this is a "mono-varietal" rum, meaning that it comes from a single variety of sugar cane: blue cane. It comes from Barbados and delivers a particularly high sugar content.
Second characteristic: it's a vintage, so it comes exclusively from the 2018 harvest. For each vintage, a new bottle is created.
Third feature: it is a slow reduction to obtain 50° and perfect amplitude. 6 months of stirring and aeration are in fact necessary before bottling Clément Canne Bleue.
Distillation takes place in a copper Creole column, which is the norm for a Martinique rum!
Nico's tasting notes
On the nose, aromas soar with power, with fresh flowers scattering in the air. Citrus fruits then rain down, splattering the cane with their sweet juice. Bagasse and pepper are fairly discreet, with notes of fermentation coming first. The cane softens with age, showing its vegetal side in a softer light. The lime is still very aromatic, but less acidic and less lively, giving us a good balance for a warmer rum.
The palate is lively and delicious, with a fresh, acidic attack, followed by a full-bodied cane that expresses itself without restraint. It covers the taste buds and bursts out into the open, natural and radiant, all you can see is it. Its richness monopolizes the palate for a long time, like a sustained burst of lightning, as we wait for the bagasse and pepper, which don't seem to have any say in the matter.
It's in the finish that they finally make their appearance. As with all good, self-respecting Martinique rums, the length is inhabited by that gray pepper cane bark.
"An intense, fresh white rum with bright citrus..."
The previous vintage was quite different, proving that one year does not necessarily follow another when it comes to terroir. It was a more earthy, organic rum, which had developed secondary notes of fermentation. It showed intact cane from root to bark to flower. This 2018 vintage is much more ethereal, fresh and fruity.
