Neisson Rhum Agricole 2018 6 Year Old XO Full Proof Cask 253 La Maison (70cl, 59.4%)

A Martinique rhum agricole from the 2018 vintage, aged for more than six years in a new American oak cask in the warm, humid Mainmain warehouse. It was bottled in 2025 from cask number 253 as part of the La Maison edition. The cask was heavily toasted, giving pronounced vanilla notes, while cocoa, pepper and exotic fruit counterbalance the vanilla. The edition comprises 242 bottles of 70cl at 59.4% cask strength, without chill filtration or colouring. Neisson was founded in 1932 in Le Carbet, Martinique, and ferments sugar cane juice with its own yeasts for 72 to 120 hours before continuous distillation in a copper Savalle column. The nose brings vanilla and spice, the palate cocoa, pepper and exotic fruit with a round mouthfeel, and the finish is rich and woody.