Saint James Single Cask 1999 70cl 42.9°

Distillery : Saint James / Country : Martinique / Reference: : 25355

Each bottle of St James in a very limited edition comes from a single cask carefully selected to bring roundness and power to the rum during its 10 years of ageing.

This Single Cask was put in barrels in October 1999, a year of optimal harvest, which offers a tasting rum with woody and fruity notes.

Presented in a superb wooden box, this 1999 Single Cask, a worthy representative of the AOC appellation, is, according to the distillery's oenologist, "a very Great Agricultural Rum from Martinique".

195,00 € tax incl.

soit 278,57 € / litre

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Features
Volume0.7 L
ABV42.9°
TypeSingle Cask
DistillerySaint James
CountryMartinique
Age10 years
PackagingWooden Case
Reference:25355

In the middle of the 18th century, Martinique had a very active sugar production. In the west of the island, the Fort Saint-Pierre hospital was managed by the Brothers of Charity, Father Lefébure had a sugar factory built to meet the needs of the sick, therefore a “vinegar factory” was born next to distil molasses residue. This is the beginning of Martinican agricultural rum. The Saint James distillery was founded in 1765, at the foot of the Pelée mountain, on the island of Martinique.

Initially named Trou-Vaillant from the name of the locality where the distillery is located, its difficulty of pronunciation for the Anglo-Saxons forced the Brothers to rename it Saint-James. This brand name was registered by Paulin Lambert when he bought the distillery in 1882, moreover he favored bottling in a revolutionary format, in glass with a square base, in order to make profitable the space in the holds of boats and avoid the breakage.

Today the distillery is celebrating its 250th anniversary, it now belongs to La Martiniquaise group after having passed into the hands of the Cointreau group which decided to move the site to Sainte-Marie on the Atlantic side of the island. It would produce around 3 million litres of rums per year, making this distillery the most important producer of agricultural rum on the island.

Nose: delicately roasted (mocha, chocolate) and woody with aromas of nutmeg, cinnamon and fruit (fig, prune, dried fruit).

Palate: balanced, we find the aromas of the nose (undergrowth, mocha, dried fruits, nutmeg, prune).

Finish: round and long, it fades gently.