Alambique Serrano "Cartier 30"

7,9:On the nose, the opening impression we get is very pungent with vegetal sugar cane and notes like mushrooms, olive, mineral and grassy, peppery and salty, flowery, there are chocolate, cherry and yoghurt notes. On aeration, funky notes, low esters arise, with tropical fruits like banana, the cane is earthy, buttery and nutty...Sometimes we might think of sniffing a fruit schnapps.😆 7,4:On the palate, the attack is again pungent and Mexican spicy, peppery, salty, the sugarcane is grassy and vegetal, a bit bitter with olive, mushrooms, flowery, we taste agave, perhaps tequila wise or sometimes, again fruit schnapps and some citrus notes.After resting the rum, the cane becomes herbaceous, musty, earthy, slightly mineral, there are some medicinal tones. 7,5:The finish is slightly rounder, dry, still spicy, now a bit metallic, there are fruits like banana, strawberry, citrus, some confectionery and still vegetal, flowery, earthy cane..

Here are the three different Mexican rums in a glass that BananaJoe found wherever. Unfortunately no unicorns, which was to be expected. My conclusion, nice to have tried something like this, but unfortunately nothing more.

After the Cartier, you really can't complain. It really goes in the direction of Clsirin, very herbal and musty on the nose. It then becomes earthy on the palate, with brine and olive notes. Quite okay

#5640 07.09.2025 Enjoying a few unaged rums while cleaning after yesterday's tasting event. Nose Intense, fruity, olive, citrus, light sour, light leather, light floral, banana. Palate Intense, light oily, fruity, olive, light salt, peppery, light leather, ginger, sugarcane, medium dry. Finish Long and warm, oily, citrus, light floral, sugarcane, light sour, medium dry. Empty glass Light sout, olive, sugarcane, light metallic, floral.

This is a very flavorful complex rum that throws a bunch of different notes at you. You get the expected sugarcane and vegetal notes, but there are also notes of yoghurt on the nose, anise in the palate, and fennel on the finish. It is hot at 71.4% alcohol, but still approachable.

Full can of floral ... Lots of floral notes, citrus fruits, pepper, olive, something salty. On the palate floral, salty biting. Citrus fruits green olives Alcohol slightly biting in the mouth.

Reminds me very strongly of an unaged Clairin: very floral with lots of olive and brine. A little yoghurt on the nose, quite musty/earthy on the palate. The taste of sugar cane provides the sweetness. Alcohol integrated for the high ABV class.

Another great bottling - olive, salt, tequila, stone, light fruits, esters.

Similar to an agricole on the nose. Some sugar cane, slightly earthy and fermented. The palate is also similar to a (beautiful) unripened Agricole. In addition to the typical notes of sugar cane and light vanilla, I also find aromas of berries. Rather less fermented aromas, no olive. The alcohol bites a little. The finish is relatively short with sweetness and vanilla. A nice, unaged rum, which for me does not live up to the great hype.

Something really crazy here at the start - part 3. And the Winner is 20850. Exactly my cup of tea. You can put it next to a Clairin sajous Saint Michel and argue about which is better. Alcohol super integrated for unaged in this 70% environment, And unlike the other two, no more mescal rum hybrid :-)

Easiest 70%+ proof spirit I’ve ever tried—truly a testament to the attention put into the creation and running of the stills. So full of flavor and yet so little bite—the heat blends perfectly with the fresh, savory nature of the spirit, full of cheese and slate and yarrow.

My second rum from Alabique Serrano and the distillery clearly had carved out their own style despite great differences between the two I’ve tried. I went in thinking this would be like Rivers Antoine and in some ways it is, but I would not say they’re similar. The funk here is much less wild and is grassier and earthier, with a shorter finish. There are some meaty umami notes but the prevailing flavors are more vegetal than Rivers or a Clairin.

What an impressive rum, packed full of minerality, fruits, and a touch of vinegar. It drinks well under its proof and the finish lasts an impressive amount of time. This is one of the top unaged rums I’ve had when it comes to flavor and drinkability. Just well balanced and executed all over.

Very fresh, it's almost hard to believe it's so high in alcohol.

NOSE: Fresh cane, intensely mineral, saline. A lactic note, like an overripe yogurt or Camembert. This is a weighty, textural spirit, and hangs in the nostrils with a somewhat floral perfume-like quality (hydrangea?) Elmer’s glue, oil paints and other solvents waft over the top. PALATE: Saline, sour candies, orange zest, castelvetrano olives. A creamy roasted agave sweetness. Rich, viscous. I’m salivating! FINISH: A long finish! Citrus, spruce tips, juniper, candied fennel, menthol. Lemon oils. Underripe strawberries. A richly saline and slightly sour sensation leaves your moth watering. And heady aromatic desert plants waft in the background. OVERALL: Beautifully powerful and singular rum. Suffice to say this is special stuff. The texture & weight, combined with a mouthwatering salinity & sour citrus notes, leaves you wanting more. NOTE: this is hefty stuff, however, and the raw alcohol will catch up with you over time. My palate is craving more, but the back of my throat needs a rest. SCORE: 90/100