Swell de Spirits Barbados 2006 is a molasses rum produced by the Foursquare distillery. Founded in 1996 by Richard Seale on the island of Barbados, this independent distillery has been owned by the Seale family since its inception.
The rum was distilled in October 2006 and aged for 14 years on site, in first-fill American white oak barrels that had contained bourbon.
It wasn't until January 2022 that Swell de Spirits bottled it raw and unchill-filtered, for a total of 387 numbered copies.
Nico's tasting notes
The nose is full of the solvent typical of a well-concentrated English-style rum. Yet here, there's no exotic fruit flying off in all directions, but rather a classy, serious woodiness, almost a little severe in the first moments.
Aeration gently reveals concentrated American oak, full of aromas, taut and ready to explode, or rather to spill a lava of coconut milk, vanilla, black tea and blond tobacco.
In the mouth, the rum sticks to the palate with great intensity, and immediately melts into a delicious syrup adorned with coppery notes. It then distills its flavors of toasted coconut, caramelized nuts and vanilla, in a classic but very gourmet style.
The final is tasty full of American oak, as tender as blond tobacco.
"A pure, intense Foursquare, a model of bourbon barrel-aged rum..."
