Père Labat 707 Brut De Colonne is the first rum bottled brut de distillation by the Poisson distillery. It was Père Labat who perfected distillation techniques in the West Indies at the very end of the 17th century, so it's only natural to pay tribute to him with a top-flight white rum.
This rhum agricole (pure cane juice) is the result of a 72-hour fermentation using baker's yeast. Master distiller Sullivan Delor uses his Creole copper columns to extract the quintessence of vesou. He also recommends placing this rum in the freezer, to enjoy it frosted.
Nico's tasting notes
On the nose, the cane is very natural, softly vegetal and herbaceous. There's no mistaking the high alcohol content that awaits us. The quintessence of rhum agricole is here, and we're transported to the distillery, as close as possible to the column.
Aeration leads to even more authenticity, with fermented cane juice and accents of green olives in brine, mushrooms and earth. The vegetal side of the cane then takes on a very ripe, almost passé, herbaceous form.
The palate is very green and greedy, with a rum that seems really sweet. Once again, we are surprised by the sweetness of the whole, and by the very natural image of cane that comes to us on contact with this rum. The mid-palate is almost licorice-like, like a cooked vesou, and is inhabited by sweet but fragrant aromatics and herbs.
The finish turns again to fermentation, with some sweet-and-sour notes and a good pinch of pepper.
"An impressively gentle raw column; a beautiful snapshot of Marie-Galante..."
