Compagnie des Indes Jamaica 5 Years Navy Strength is a blend composed of rums from four different Jamaican distilleries. Here, the typical “funky”, fruity Jamaican style is in focus. All the components are aged for a minimum of 5 years in bourbon casks and the rum is bottled without added sugar and at 57% alcohol – the classic “navy strength” preferred by the British navy.
Serving suggestions: Can be enjoyed neat or in cocktails
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.
