Rivière du Mât XO 42

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Rivière du Mât XO 42°: Description and customer reviews

Rivière du Mât XO is a very old traditional rum from Reunion Island, impregnated with the island's aromas over many years spent in oak casks. This rum is the result of a precise blending of several vintages aged an average of 8 years.
Benefiting from the expertise of Le Cercle des Tangliers, this traditional eXtra Old rum reflects the distillery's savoir-faire.
Best enjoyed neat.

Nico's tasting notes

In brief: cane sugar - floral - exotic fruitiness - papaya - spices - round woodiness

The nose opens up to brown sugar, a well-dressed, well-seasoned cane sugar. This is a fairly immediate, ready-to-use rum. There's no need to wait for it to open; it's pleasant from the very first moment. Of course, it will grow in strength as the tropical flowers and exotic fruits become increasingly heady. The woodiness is spicy, and there's a metallic touch in the smoke from the toasting, which has extracted some rather fatty nuts.
Aeration reveals, and even unleashes, a very exotic side. Papaya takes shape under our noses, bursting with sweet flesh. Pineapple and mango are more discreet in support. Candied cane, slightly refreshed by a vegetal feeling reminiscent of angelica. The woodiness is still spicy, but in a softer, more vanilla-like way. The rum now evokes a fruity, exotic candy with potpourri-like scents of dried flowers. With a little rest, the woodiness becomes rounder, with hints of coconut and caramel.

The palate is balanced, with honeyed, mellow wood and, above all, very present, charming notes of blond tobacco. The yeast takes us to a brioche bread that turns out to have been sprinkled with a blend of spices and caressed with melted chocolate. The ripe fruit is at the heart, soft and ripe.

The finish reminds us of the metallic smokiness seen on the nose.

"The apparent simplicity of this rum is in fact the result of fine blending work aimed at balance and pleasure..."

1 review

  1. c.vebret@free.Fr VEBRET

    Very good rum

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