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Chauffe Coeur
Brun Rhum Agricole
(Martinique)
47% abv,  $34. 
CLASSIC / Highest Recommendation
The opening bouquet brims with layers of toffee scents, dry oloroso sherry and fresh honey; aeration stimulates smells of dark caramel, grassy cane, winter holiday spices, and marzipan. The palate entry is silky, zesty, and spicy; by midpalate the flavor includes pipe tobacco, toffee, cocoa butter, and honey. Concludes bittersweet, cocoa-like, and sherried. A Martinique classic. Best Buy.

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Murray McDavid Guyana Rum
1991
Distilled at Uitvlught-Port Morant
Syrah Wine Cask Finish
(Guyana)
46% abv,  $71./Liter 
CLASSIC / Highest Recommendation
A sophisticated rum perfume that shows clear influences of the Syrah. The palate entry is satiny, medium-sweet and pear-like; the midpalate displays flavors of baked pear, pineapple and grapes that meld to honey sweet tastes of cane spirit. Concludes medium-sweet, very smooth and cake-like.

Chantal Comte Distillerie
Depaz Plantation de la Montagne
Pelée X.O. Rhum Vieux Agricole
(Martinique)
45% abv,  $120. 
SUPERB / Highly Recommended
A wonderful bouquet full of enticing scents such as cigar box, paraffin, sautéed butter, cinnamon, honey, Sherry, and marshmallow. The palate entry is silky and intensely honeyed; the midpalate flavor displays tastes of vanilla extract, cinnamon, brown sugar and orange zest. The aftertaste is long, concentrated, semisweet, oaky and satiny. Delicious.

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Flor de Caña
Centenario Gold
18 Years Old Rum
(Nicaragua)
40% abv,  $30. 
SUPERB / Highly Recommended
The bouquet offers appealing fragrances of oak, medium-sweet cane, escarole, pine cone and new leather. The palate entry is long and medium-sweet; at midpalate finely layered tastes of cocoa butter, palm oil, oaky vanilla, light honey and almond paste enthrall the taste buds. Concludes silky smooth, mildly sweet and honey-like.

Partida Reposado
100% Agave Tequila
NOM-1454-CRT
(Mexico)
40% abv,  $55. 
CLASSIC / Highest Recommendation
The wonderful bouquet combines elegant scents of sawdust, pine and vegetal agave with aromas of old leather, cigarette ash and pimento. The palate entry is delicate and peppery; midpalate has a honey-like core flavor with supplemental tastes of cocoa, milk chocolate and chili pepper. The finish is long and gently sweet. The new benchmark for reposados.

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Cesar Monterrey
Anejo Reserva
100% Agave Tequila
NOM-1486 CRT
(Mexico)
40% abv,  $75. 
SUPERB / Highly Recommended
The aroma is zesty, acutely peppery and briny with scents of new oak, tobacco leaf and light honey. The palate entry is long, sweet, oaky and slightly honeyed; the midpalate stage boasts a sturdy agave sweetness. Finishes in a honeyed, almost Sherry-like manner that's highly charming.

Corzo Reposado
100% Agave Tequila
NOM-1487 CRT
(Mexico)
40% abv,  $50. 
SUPERB / Highly Recommended
The bouquet features zesty aromas of green chili peppers and asparagus with touches of vanilla/oak, palm oil and almonds. The palate entry is sweetish and oaky; at midpalate a delicious buttery taste underpins flavors of oak, light spice and sautéed almond. Finish is elegant, long and satiny.

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El Diamante del Cielo Blanco
100% Agave Tequila
NOM-1472-CRT
(Mexico)
40% abv,  $45. 
SUPERB / Highly Recommended
The opening bouquet is vegetal and peppery; following aeration the aroma smells of fiber and cotton, with traces of parchment and palm oil. The initial dry tastes at palate entry remind me of fiber; at midpalate the flavor turns sweeter and more peppery. The finish shows touches of smoke and oil, with a sweet tail end.

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