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Transcontinental Rum Line Guadeloupe 2013
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Distiller:
Bonne Mere
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Bottler:
La Maison Velier
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ABV:
43%
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Age:
4 Years
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Price:
$$$$$
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Intro:
This is a bottling of rum from Guadeloupe by the LMV brand Transcontinental Rum Line. While cane juice rums are the norm here, this bottling was produced from molasses. It was aged for 3 years in the tropics, and 1 more year in Europe before bottling at 43% with no coloring or additives.
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Nose:
Sweet and bright - brown sugar, toffee, notes of banana, papaya. No funk, sweet citrus and honey. The nose is very sweet.
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Taste:
Thin to medium mouth feel. Honey, faint rubber, sweet papaya and mango. Nice rum character here combined with a youthful spirity character. Not a ton going on but it’s all peasant. Heat is very well behaved also.
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Finish:
Short to medium in length. Nice complexity here, equal sharing between tropical fruits, brown sugar, a rubbery rum character and some pepper.
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Overall:
While this isn’t blowing anyone away, it’s pleasant and far more than competent. I really like it. Everything it’s doing is the stuff I like, and it’s a lighter, more versatile profile that pairs well with anything.
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Score:
6
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources