Dugas Rivière du Mât La Maison du Rhum #3 2010

The nose starts with some fresh grassy, wooden and pepper notes and a slight hint of glue. Leave it for a couple of minutes and you’ll find notes of passion fruit and peach and more and more vanilla. Really complex. The taste ist pepper and grass again but with some caramel and vanilla following short after. The finish is long and warm with strong peach notes, but not sweet at all. Really a very good one.

L’attaque en nez est plutôt végétal sur l’herbe fraîchement coupée et la canne fraîche. Le tout s’arrondi grâce à de beaux fruits bien mûres (banane et agrumes). Au final, le nez est très frais et parsemé de touches boisées. En bouche on retrouve la rondeur du nez, la banane est toujours aussi agréable. Mais la trame principale de cette dégustation se concentre sur un profil bien épicé avec quelques pointes de vanilles. La finale est plutôt soutenue pour un rhum réduit à 45%, qui continue sur les épices avec quelques soubresauts de boisés et café.

cognac, broskev, anyz

Schön und leicht zu trinken, die Einflüsse vom Cognac Fass gerade im Finish sind mehr als deutlich, wenn auch nicht lange anhaltend.

Vůně je pro mě hodně matoucí. Dost vyznívá do technična aka nějaké TDL. Chuťově v podobném duchu. Možná až moc sladké a menší abv na škodu. Něco chemie, tropického ovoce, vanilky a citrusů. V závěru vadí karamelová hořkost.

On the nose for me, it initially starts off all herbal and grass like alongside some chemical/glue like notes (almost industrial) but left in the glass it opens up more to reveal some desiccated coconut as well as some toasted barrel note you get in some bourbons as well as. Final nose notes are some cinnamon, nutmeg but despite all those notes everything smells well integrated On the palate, your tongue initially gets a blast of blackcurrant (enough for you to notice) and then it shifts onto a little grassy note alongside some mineralic tropical fruits - never had mineral-like tropical fruits but that’s what my brains telling me what it would imagine it tasted like!! However near the end there’s a definitive lactic tang - either like a Greek style yoghurt or when you’ve eaten a slice of sourdough bread… Mouthfeel and texture are also both good. Quite complex this compared to a large majority of other rums I’ve had - it’s good, well made and well presented… However, this rum leaves me feeling a little cold…. I like it but I don’t love it - I can’t explain why I feel like this however for me this doesn’t resonate with me, despite liking it…. Might have to try other Reunion rums to see if other bottlings can change my mind but as my first interaction with them it’s a good one