Miyakojima Rum The Makugan Taragawa Distillery (70cl, 40%)

A white rum from Taragawa Distillery on the Japanese island of Miyakojima, made from local sugar cane molasses, local water and native MY17 yeast. It is bottled at 40% in a 70cl bottle with gift packaging. The rum preserves the character of its raw materials rather than neutralising it, with fruity impressions of pear, mandarin and passion fruit alongside sugar cane. The nose brings fresh sugar cane, honey, roasted almonds, earthy notes, pear and vanilla with delicate floral nuances; the palate brings honey, banana, sugar cane and hay with natural sweetness and mineral depth; and the finish is long, dry, mineral and warming with vanilla.