Esprit Travellers 2007-2022 is a molasses rum from Belize, the small Central American country bordering the Caribbean Sea.
Distilled in October 2007 by Travellers distillery, this 15-year-old rum was selected by Tristan Prodhomme, founder of the L'Esprit Rhum brand in 2010.
This single barrel, number BB 19, was bottled raw in January 2022, without coloring or cold filtration. It produced 258 numbered bottles.
Nico's tasting notes
The nose offers superb concentration right from the start, with vibrant, toasty, caramel-coated nuts and some darkly herbal depth. Vanilla and coconut are embedded in molasses, in a thick, solid blend.
Aeration brings a good dose of gourmandise, with well-flavored, fatty nuts, coated in a buttery caramel with fleur de sel. This intense nougatine is utterly irresistible, melting into the purest American oak style of vanilla, coconut and blond tobacco.
The palate matches the nose, very gourmand and concentrated, with a strong bourbon character. In fact, vanilla and soft wood give us an almost cereal-like, fatty, mellow quality that coats the palate abundantly. The strength of the rum only reinforces its fatness, and the still-warm nougatine sticks to the taste buds with its caramel.
The finish is tasty, full of toasted nuts and butterscotch popcorn.
"An immense concentration of American oak for this rum that sticks to the palate..."
Paul Iverno
Very pleasant, with an excellent nose and good length.