Cañada Alambique Serrano "Cartier 30"

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.

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

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

Erinnert mich sehr stark an einen ungelagerten Clairin: sehr floral mit viel Olive und Salzlake. In der Nase zudem etwas Joghurt, im Gaumen Recht modrig/ erdig. Für die Süße sorgt der Geschmack von Zuckerrohr. Alkohol für die hohe ABV Klasse eingebunden.

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.

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.