This Hors d'Age from Depaz aged for over 8 years in small oak casks, before being transferred to port casks for a further 11 months. This finish gave the rum more roundness and greedy fruit notes.
Nico's tasting notes
In brief: round - spicy - dried and exotic fruits - raspberry - cane - caramelized wood - sulphurous finish
On the nose, you immediately get the impression of a very rounded rum, where the nuts and spices (pepper) are heady, and are caught in a mellow thickness. The dried fruits are quite sweet, as in the mixtures we nibble on as an aperitif (dried pineapple and papaya). The rum suddenly bursts into a large raspberry sorbet bubble. The cane splashes as this bubble bursts, and the rather dry wood is no match for the very exotic fruit that rolls in next.
Aeration confirms and reinforces the impression of roundness, and even sweetness, with mellow, subdued vanilla aromas. Banana and chocolate surf on this very greedy side, with cane mixed with caramel.
The entry into the mouth is very sweet, as the nose promised, with notes of coconut and caramel. The toasted wood enters the scene and tightens things up a bit, the previous notes turning into a kind of soy sauce. The mid-palate is very agricultural, with peppery cane and lime zest adding the naturalness and bitterness needed to balance the rum.
The finish is surprising, marked as it is by fairly powerful notes of fermentation, almost vegetable, but also by slightly metallic, rather sulfurous flavors. The long finish is dominated by spices, especially cinnamon.
"The finish has softened this rum considerably, revisiting its typical rhum agricole profile to offer some rather surprising notes..."
Élo die
Best drunk at room temperature, where all its complexity is revealed. A very good product
sailor BENOIST
Successful finish that adds a lot of softness. Good value for money.
ROSARIO MAROTTA
GOOD VALUE FOR MONEY
bruno gourmaud
Very good value for money for this Depaz vieux (good length, very round, pleasant at the end of the evening...).
Olivier
Top... Top... Top..
Arnaud Letellier
Super sample
Xavier
The best Porto Finish with Dos Maderas PX5+5. Much better than the disappointing HSE Finish Porto. Here's a Vieux Agricole, gourmet to perfection!