Foursquare Distillery is located in the south-east of the island and was built in 1996 by the Seale family to produce high quality rum without any additives.
Foursquare rums are truly special because they are the result of pot still and column still rums aged in ex-bourbon barrels.
TASTING NOTES
Nose: beeswax, linseed oil, a touch of candied citrus, anise and white
chocolate.
Mouth: Notes of cocoa, hints of toast, mango, cinnamon and a touch of
season with pink pepper.
Finish: Strong, with a toasted touch and a bitter edge that gives it a very
nice length.
Distilled in: Barbados
Bottled in: 2021
Bottle contains: 70 cl
Alcohol content: 57.3% Alc./Vol.
Bottled in France without cold filtration
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.
