DonQ Cristal Rum (175cl, 40%)

A Puerto Rican white rum distilled by Destilería Serrallés, bottled at 40% ABV in a 1.75-litre format. Produced from fermented molasses and run through a proprietary five-column continuous still system, it rests in American white oak barrels for between one and a half and five years before charcoal filtration removes the colour while preserving complexity gained during ageing. The nose is clean and restrained, with faint cinnamon and cracked black pepper, plus quieter suggestions of white chocolate and old leather. The palate is light-bodied and crisp, with cracked black pepper, pineapple, passion fruit, burnt sugar, toffee, cinnamon and mace. The finish is long and dry, with cracked black pepper and faint echoes of pineapple and fudge.