Saint James 1998 single cask strength Vol.42,8% Cl.70

St. James 1998 Hors d'Age single cask is a high quality rum, distilled from pure sugar cane.

The double distillation is carried out with an alembic tradition in the respect of the most classic production methods for the rums.
Distilled on 31 December 1998, it was bottled in 2016, after 18 years of aging in small French oak barrels.
During aging, St. James rum loses more than 45% of the product.
In 2016, at the right maturity, it was bottled in only about 250 bottles.
So much is the value and rarity of the rum St. James 1998 Hors d'Age single cask that on the label are reported all the data of the bottling and the cask, the number of the bottle and the signatures of Gilbert Bolinois, maitre de Chai, and Marc Sassier oenologist.
The Rum St. James 1998 Hors d'Age single cask won the Gold Medal of the French Ministry of Agriculture at the 2017 Paris rum festival.
An important recognition of the value of this great and intense agricultural rum of Martinique.
Few bottles produced make this rum very sought after by collectors.

Tasting Notes:
Color: Golden yellow, clear and bright.
Perfumes: The nose opens on balsamic and mentholic tones, to then also perceive memories of sweet spices and slightly floral notes.
Taste: The palate is all played on the contrast between freshness and sweetness. St. James 1998 is spicy, long in persistence and pleasantly dry in the finish.
Warm, soft and round, it is suitable for pure fun that is enhanced with a good Davidoff Dom Perignon cigar.