Karukera L’Expression 45° (2020)

Karukera L’Expression 45° (2020)
Bottle no. 2432/6000

Karukera L’Expression is an agricultural rum from Guadeloupe, produced on the Domaine du Marquisat in Sainte Marie. This small batch of pure cane juice rum was distilled in July 2019. It was placed in new French oak barrels on August 13, 2019, then transferred to ex-cognac barrels on April 15, 2020. Racked on October 16, 2020, this amber rum then benefited from a slow reduction. Bottling finally took place on November 12, 2020, almost 15 months after enfûtage. It was not cold-filtered.

Nico’s tasting notes
The nose is both vegetal and mature, with the cane imprisoned in a sheath of beeswax. This gives it a gourmand, candied, almost caramelized patina, all with a certain elegance.

Aeration and rest allow the rum to break through the honeyed film, to express an extremely candied cane dressed in sweet spices. Elegance is the order of the day, with notes of cooked vesou, without losing its fresh, natural character.

The palate offers a very fine, woody texture at first, with light-grained oak passing over the taste buds. In a rather spicy mid-palate, the cane fizzes on the tongue before melting its sugar notes with great tenderness.

The finish is sweet and vanilla-like, and the candied cane is as green as it is delicious.

“A very smooth expression of rhum agricole, full of finesse and elegance...”