LA TOUR DE L’OR 2005 Brut de Fûts (cask-strength) Single Cask
Extra-aged Rhum Agricole
Controlled designation of origin (AOC)
Martinique rum
Double Gold Medal. Madrid Rum Festival 2018 andelected «Best Agricole Rum of the year»
TRACEABILITY: This cuvée comes from Section 22 of the La Mauny Distillery cellars.
It was aged in a single French 360-litre cognac cask.
- Start of ageing in casks: 30 June 2005
- Ageing period: 11 years
- Standing period in stainless steel tanks: 12 months
- Bottled: April 2017.
From this cuvée, come 515 70cl bottles, numberedfrom 001 to 515.
EYE: Gorgeous bright, warm, chestnut colour.
Proper thick disk, sign of good glycerol level. Niceviscosity.
NOSE: Exuberant. Full of incense with a touch ofliquorice and delicate woodiness.
MOUTH: Elegance and finesse.Notes of pine resin, brioche, incense, cinnamon andvanilla.
ALCOHOL: 51.5 % Vol.
SERVE: With dark chocolate gateau, Manchegocheese, marvellous marzipan, or mendiants (Frenchconfection studded with nuts and dried fruits).Heaven on Earth with a Havana Churchill cigar.
HISTORY: Chantal Comte called this marvel «La Tour de l’Or blanc» in honour of Seville, the starting point of Christopher Columbus’s journey to bring back treasures from the new world. On the banks of the Guadalquivir in Spain, a 13th century Almohad tower stands like a nostalgic sentinel, in the beautiful Andalusian light. It is a poetic and historical link to the far-off islands described by Saint-John Perse: “The first solitary islands, round islands ringed by infinite space like stars...The sea between the islands is lustfully round...”
We continue to support Caribbean biodiversity and to contribute to the university education of future local biodiversity specialists, with our lovely cuvée Caribaea rum. For each bottle of cuvée Caribaea you buy, we contribute €1 to the Caribaea Initiative association (www.caribaea.org). he Caribaea Initiative logo on the bottle represents our commitment to this noble cause.
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LA TOUR DE L’OR 2005 Brut de Fûts (cask-strength) Single Cask
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Extra-aged Rhum Agricole
Controlled designation of origin (AOC)
Martinique rum
Double Gold Medal. Madrid Rum Festival 2018 andelected «Best Agricole Rum of the year»
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TRACEABILITY: This cuvée comes from Section 22 of the La Mauny Distillery cellars.
It was aged in a single French 360-litre cognac cask.
- Start of ageing in casks: 30 June 2005
- Ageing period: 11 years
- Standing period in stainless steel tanks: 12 months
- Bottled: April 2017.
From this cuvée, come 515 70cl bottles, numberedfrom 001 to 515.
EYE: Gorgeous bright, warm, chestnut colour.
Proper thick disk, sign of good glycerol level. Niceviscosity.
NOSE: Exuberant. Full of incense with a touch ofliquorice and delicate woodiness.
MOUTH: Elegance and finesse.Notes of pine resin, brioche, incense, cinnamon andvanilla.
ALCOHOL: 51.5 % Vol.
SERVE: With dark chocolate gateau, Manchegocheese, marvellous marzipan, or mendiants (Frenchconfection studded with nuts and dried fruits).Heaven on Earth with a Havana Churchill cigar.
HISTORY: Chantal Comte called this marvel «La Tour de l’Or blanc» in honour of Seville, the starting point of Christopher Columbus’s journey to bring back treasures from the new world. On the banks of the Guadalquivir in Spain, a 13th century Almohad tower stands like a nostalgic sentinel, in the beautiful Andalusian light. It is a poetic and historical link to the far-off islands described by Saint-John Perse: “The first solitary islands, round islands ringed by infinite space like stars...The sea between the islands is lustfully round...”
We continue to support Caribbean biodiversity and to contribute to the university education of future local biodiversity specialists, with our lovely cuvée Caribaea rum. For each bottle of cuvée Caribaea you buy, we contribute €1 to the Caribaea Initiative association (www.caribaea.org). he Caribaea Initiative logo on the bottle represents our commitment to this noble cause.
