Off Road #03.1 -MARIE GALANTE Rum - 49% - 50cl

RUM OFF-ROAD #03.1 50CL The OFF-ROAD #03.1, a great first! We submerged, with a company specializing in the immersion of wines and spirits in the high seas, two barrels containing Bielle blanc rum at 45° and 60° respectively in October 2022, at a depth of 20 meters off the coast of Brest. We had no possibility of tracing or following the evolution of our barrels during this period. The experiment was carried out with the greatest possible risk for the taste for adventure. Nine months later, in July 2023, we collected the barrels with as much impatience as fear. One of the two barrels is intact, while its twin has a cracked bung. Once in our hands we open them delicately. The alcohol level is measured immediately and the first barrel is 35° against 45° initially, the second barrel, cracked, undergoes a slightly more barbaric operation, to finally be measured at 50° against 60° during barreling. Each of the two barrels has deeply marked the rum, through the color, the wood and the Cognac aromatic profile. The lightest rum happens to be the most pronounced in terms of taste salinity, is it the low alcohol content which implies this? We can estimate equivalent water/wood and wood/rum exchanges between the two barrels due to their respective loss of 10% in alcohol content. The two barrels will be assembled and rested in vats before bottling. After this odyssey, the rum deserves to breathe! TASTING NOTES Nose The nose opens directly onto the cane, the vegetable, the vesou juice of Marie Galante. A few minutes pass and the second nose introduces us to the light notes of yellow-fleshed fruit, mirabelle plum, brugnon, the vinous sensation of the ex-cognac barrel, a very soft wood. After this first encounter, a saline, iodized nose is quickly pronounced, without overwhelming the notes of fresh juice and light wood. The whole comes together elegantly, each element well in place. Mouth The attack on the palate is confusing. It’s the whole nose that finds itself in an explosive, explosive torrent of taste. What is going on ? The cane, its sweetness, its fat are present, the salty touch is present, balanced, then the sugar returns in the finish, while leaving its place for the salt.. Let the nose and palate rest. We go back ! The nose opens with salt, discreet, which enhances the sugar cane. A very delicious sweet/salty, enveloped in the sweetness of the barrel. The second mouth is calmer, less frightening, reassuring. We find the vegetable cane, an enormous fat on the palate, which delicately lines the palate, the roundness, the sweetness of Marie Galante. Final What remains is this powerful saline torrent in the mouth, which carries this world of tranquility into a whirlwind of unknown flavors, a honeyed, salty, oily side, all in a subtle balance. And afterward, on the finish and in the glass, what’s left? An excessively long, surprising finish