Naud Hidden Loot Amber Spiced Rum (70cl, 40%)

A spiced rum that combines bourbon cask maturation of a Panamanian rum with a later finishing in France, where spices and natural aromas are added. After ageing in Panama, the rum reaches the French Atlantic coast and takes on a fruity-sweet, finely spiced character. Bottled at 40% with no colouring, it comes in a 700ml bottle and can be enjoyed neat, over ice, in long drinks with ginger beer or in cocktails with citrus juices. On the nose there are vanilla, ripe banana and coconut flakes, along with matured rum, fine cardamom and a light note of old wood. The palate is soft, sweet and silky, with orange and vanilla, cocoa beans and milk chocolate, roasted coconut and almond, plus a subtle chilli heat. Vanilla and chocolate remain in the long finish, with cardamom and chilli fading with restrained spice.