Paranubes is produced in a small, family-run distillery in the southern Mexican state ofOaxaca, using organic cane grown on the 14-hectare estate.
The freshly hand-cut cane juice ferments for 48 hours in 2 x 1100-liter pine vats. The vat is never completely emptied once the cane wine has fermented: only half is distilled, while the other half is left in the vat to be refilled with fresh cane juice, and the natural yeast does the work without the need for any additional yeast. When a new fermentation cycle begins, two handfuls of boiled mezquite bark (or prosopis, a tree known for its therapeutic virtues and found in arid Mexican areas) kick-start the fermentation process.
Distillation takes place in a copper column. Heads and tails are not removed (due to the absence of methanol).
No reduction is made: Master Distiller Jose Luis Carrera blends the heart, heads and tails of the distillate to obtain the desired 54%. A maximum of 85 liters of this rum can be produced per day.
Nico's tasting notes
In brief: sweet cane juice - herbs - exotic fruits - fondant
The nose is very supple and settles us into a cottony, comfortable mood. Its singular, softly vegetal aromas are reminiscent of sweet corn. Still in a very gentle yet singular vegetal register, we pick out a few silky-sweet aromatics. The just-pressed cane juice is thick and consistent, cloudy and bursting with sugar. Ripe exotic fruits caress the nose with their velvety scents.
Aeration brings more vivacity, returning to a more "agricultural" cane, peppery and straw-like. Then the rum rounds out and surprises again, with a cooked tomato, sweet and slightly spicy, almost like a spicy ketchup. Fermentation brings out the heavier, moister notes of mushroom and undergrowth.
On the palate, the entry is fairly straightforward, the heavy, earthy character filling the palate with subtle notes of black olive. The rum melts its pepper and leather flavors with good texture, with exotic fruits such as papaya and guava echoing this sensation of thickness. The cane is full-bodied and fragrant.
On the finish, a few ethereal notes leave a peppery veil on the taste buds, with a hint of herbs and resin.
"An original expression of sugar cane, surprising, very natural and very easy to drink..."
To complement our detailed note, you can find the impressions we had during our first tasting of this superb rum at Whisky live 2017
Mika
Good product. Tasty. Nice finesse
Georges Mignon
a judicious choice recommended by the site