La Favorite Cœur de Canne is an AOC Martinique white agricultural rum. It is harvested, distilled and matured using traditional methods in one of the island's smallest distilleries.
The sugar cane is cut by hand and the juice extracted using a steam engine dating from 1906, unique on the island. The vesou undergoes a long fermentation, then is distilled in a copper Creole column before being reduced and bottled on site.
Nico's tasting notes
The nose is very clean, moving straight ahead without disturbance, pointing to a peppery cane. No ethereal notes are to be deplored, the control is admirable and the cane is intact. Some deeper notes of fermentation emerge as the wine opens.
Aeration in no way detracts from the cleanliness of this eau-de-vie, but gives it the opportunity to take on a resolutely fruity side, more cheerful and colorful. A lime and its zest seem to have fallen into the glass as if preparing a ti'punch.
On the palate, dry, sweet cane offers a strong, balanced vision of rhum agricole. Its fiber and bark are peppery and uncompromising, with nuances of hay and straw, and an almost earthy quality. On the other hand, all this is pleasant and gourmand, thanks to a rather round texture that confers the whole.
The finish is relatively light, on cane sugar and lime zest.
"A benchmark Martinique agricole rum, both dry and delicious..."
