Transcontinental Rum Line 2013 Guadeloupe

Although Guadeloupe is well-known for its Agricole rums, Transcontinental Rum Line is a 100% molasses-based product. It is a young, only four-years-old rum, distilled in 2013.

In the nose this rum is full of citrus, in particular lemon, (both juice and peel), lime and pink grapefruit. After some time the fruity notes are substituted by floral, like in a parfum. The aroma of rose becomes dominant, together with white wine, apricot and honey.

First sip is quite fruity, dominated by lemon juice taste. Notes of honey gradually appear but are rapidly covered by fruity and floral mixture, with blackberry, apricot and citruses. Hints of brown sugar are present in the background. After clearing the mouth with water and sipping again, the rum becomes milky and earthy.

After such a fruity mixture, the finish is surprisingly smoky, with a pronounced taste of leather.

The degustation is concluded by flowery and mineral aftertaste.

This is an easy basic sipper, not too demanding but offering quite much. Quite impressive for such a young rum.

Deep amber color. Distinct alcohol taste. Nothing special. Definitely too expensive in my country.

They label them according to where they were picked up and a minimum aging in the country, then spent the rest of the time in Europe. So it's a European rum trying to pretend, and it shows. Beautiful label though.