La Favorite Cœur de canne vieux 4 ans is an AOC Martinique agricultural rum from an artisanal, family-run distillery, one of the smallest on the island. This rum is made with pure cane juice pressed using a superb steam machine.
It has been aged for 4 years in French and American oak barrels, making it a VSOP rum. It is bottled in the iconic La Favorite bottle, formerly reserved for the famous La Flibuste vintages.
Nico's tasting notes
The nose opens with a sweet, generously caramelized agricultural rum, which is also refreshed by a fragrant woodiness. Cedar, incense, green tannins and raw exotic wood come to mind.
With aeration, the woodiness hardens and joins the cane bark. Both add pepper and India wood, for a dry, full-bodied character. The cane then glides quietly over the oak, taking us back to a more gourmand approach. Lively and fruity, it is nonetheless bursting with sugar.
The palate is very smooth and fluid, with a melted, evanescent woodiness that leaves a trace of pepper in its wake. The ripe cane still bears a little bark, giving it a little structure that helps to direct the mid-palate.
The finish is equally sweet, with a cane of sweet spices and gray pepper.
"An elegant, exotic woodiness that envelops a very smooth cane..."
