Ferroni Brut de Fût Canaries La Palma Aldea 2005 54.5°

Ferroni Brut de Fût Canaries La Palma Aldea 2005 is a pure cane juice rum produced in the Canary Islands.

Distilled at Aldea in pot stills in 2005, this rum aged 16 years in American oak barrels, then one year in French oak barrels. This is the distillery's first "brut de fût", aged in Marseille in the Ferroni workshop.

Bottling was carried out in Aubagne, at the Château des Creissauds, without adding water or anything else.

Nico's tasting notes

On the nose, you're transported to an Andalusian cellar in Jerez, or along the Douro River in Porto. It's a vinous side that transpires from this rum, with its oxidized reflections of nuts of all kinds and its black fruit tannins.

With aeration, a superb, mature cane juice emerges from between the wine barrel staves. It picks up a few sulphurous notes to become chocolatey and cereal-like, then generously spreads its vegetal, candied and sweetly fruity gourmandise.

The palate is full-bodied, lining the palate like a dollop of chestnut honey. The cooked cane juice coats the taste buds like a syrup, then begins to deliver some flavors of toasted rye bread, maple syrup, toasted nuts. The wineiness has changed to something more pastry-like, full of kernels and frangipane.

The finish is gourmand, like a nougatine with cooked cane juice.

"A very pronounced character that delivers a mature, gourmet, pastry-like cane juice..."