FRC Dos Delinquentes Fiji 2006/2024 17 Year Old (70cl, 72.5%)

A single cask rum distilled on 10 December 2006 by South Pacific Distillery in Fiji from molasses in copper pot stills in Jamaican style. It matured in a fresh bourbon barrel until 2017 in Fiji, then in Great Britain until 2024, for 17 years in total. The cask yielded 256 bottles at 72.5%, without added sugar, chill filtration or colouring. The nose combines sea air and green olives with tar, a hint of rubber and liquorice, plus tropical fruit. The palate is dense, velvety and creamy, with ripe banana and pineapple, olives, salt, a fine fishy note, tar, rubber, pepper, cocoa and oak, with a pastry-like creaminess. The long finish is warm, with bitter grapefruit, salty sea air, lasting creaminess, light wood, olives, liquorice, caramel and dark chocolate powder.