Rhum Barbancourt 3 Star 4 Year Old Rum (75cl, 43%)

Rhum Barbancourt 3 Star is a four-year-old agricole rum from Haiti, distilled from fresh-pressed sugarcane juice rather than molasses. It is double-distilled in copper pot stills using the cognac method and aged four years in French Limousin oak. The distillery, Société du Rhum Barbancourt, was founded in 1862 by Dupré Barbancourt and remains family-owned. In the glass it is pale gold, with strong vanilla and oaky wood spice on the nose alongside caramel, green banana and a mild herbaceous funk. The palate brings vanilla, oak tannins and grassy cane with a pepper pop, leading to a long, smoky, slightly tannic finish.