This single cask rum from Trinidad is selected by the French bottler, Compagnie des Indes. The rum was distilled in 2005 by Trinidad Distillers Limited, and bottled in France after 13 years of aging in 2018. A classic example of the medium-bodied Trinidad style! Only 385 bottles have been tapped in total. The rum holds 45% alcohol and is not chill-filtered.
Colour: Golden.
Scent: Delicious and inviting scent of peach, vanilla and hints of menthol and eucalyptus.
Tasting notes: In the mouth you find a nice mix of stone fruit and spice: vanilla, pepper and ginger, among other things.
Serving suggestion: Should be enjoyed neat.
Compagnie des Indes is a so-called “independent bottler”. The company was started by the Frenchman Florent Beuchet, and draws inspiration from the British East India Company, which in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries imported rare and exotic goods from all over the world to Europe. In the same way, Florent finds casks from brokers and distilleries throughout the rum world – from Florida to Jamaica, Fiji and Indonesia – and bottles them under the Compagnie des Indes brand. Many are bottled as “single casks”, but CDI also publishes well-composed blends.
For the past few years, the rest of Europe has turned enviously to Denmark when Florent serves the annual batch of exclusive, Danish single cask bottlings. These are always bottled at cask strength and without added color or sugar – something that makes the teeth of rum geeks around the world water! But you will also find sweeter and easy-drinking rums in the series of trans-Caribbean blends; e.g. Latino and Caraïbes. There is something for everyone here.
Number of bottles bottled: 385
Not cooling filtered
Without added sugar
