Les Frères de la Côte La Favorite Navigation n°2 bottled in 2022 is an amber Martinique agricultural rum. It is the fruit of a collaboration between the Dormoy and Mangin-Deville families, for the fourth year running.
The rum was produced at La Favorite, a family-run, artisanal distillery located between the communes of Fort-de-France and Le Lamentin. In 2019, it was distilled in a Creole copper column dating back to 1957. It was first matured in American oak barrels for 17 months, then tapped at 53.2° in 4 ex-Madère casks.
A 900-liter batch was selected to sail to the old continent aboard the Tres Hombres. Once there, the rum spent a further 8 months in casks in the Frères de la Côte urban cellar in Saint-Etienne.
In April 2022, the rum was bottled brut de fût, i.e. without any reduction in alcohol content. This2nd edition produced 1,800 copies.
Nico's tasting notes
On the nose, fresh, peppery cane juice melts into a syrup of vanilla, lime peel and ginger. One is inevitably reminded of a ready-made ti'punch, where the cane joins a raw sugar with gently spicy nuances.
With aeration, the rum gains in amplitude, the cane unfolds floral, fruity and sunny notes, and the sweet spices fill the whole with their almost pastry-like character.
The palate is as natural as the nose suggested, with a lovely attack of peppery cane juice whose grain you can feel. The cane fiber is bursting with sweet juice, and you can enjoy its texture in the mid-palate as if you had a freshly cut piece.
The finish is tasty and inhabited by sweet spices, with a very slightly smoky gray pepper that regularly revives the greediness.
"A true snapshot of Martinique that takes us to the Flower Island in the blink of an eye..."
sebastien brethomé
Excellent product