Forget everything you know about conventional spiced rum. This is a far cry from the syrupy and artificial versions that have dominated the category for far too long! Compagnie des Indes Spiced is made from 80% rum from the Dominican Republic and 20% rum from Venezuela, which over a period of 2 weeks is gently infused with real spices. The recipe includes ginger, vanilla, licorice, nutmeg and black pepper, and the only 15 grams of sugar per liter gives a completely new experience of Spiced Rum. It doesn’t even have caramel coloring added! Well done!
Colour: Light golden.
Aroma: The aroma feels complex and very “real” for a spiced rum. Here are notes of ginger, citrus, pepper and vanilla.
Tasting notes: Perfect balance between the sweet and the spicy. Warm notes of cloves, licorice, oak and thyme.
Serving suggestions: Can be enjoyed neat or in cocktails.
Compagnie des Indes is a so-called “independent bottler”. The company was started by the Frenchman Florent Beuchet, and draws inspiration from the British East India Company, which in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries imported rare and exotic goods from all over the world to Europe. In the same way, Florent finds casks from brokers and distilleries throughout the rum world – from Florida to Jamaica, Fiji and Indonesia – and bottles them under the Compagnie des Indes brand. Many are bottled as “single casks”, but CDI also publishes well-composed blends.
For the past few years, the rest of Europe has turned enviously to Denmark when Florent serves the annual batch of exclusive, Danish single cask bottlings. These are always bottled at cask strength and without added color or sugar – something that makes the teeth of rum geeks around the world water! But you will also find sweeter and easy-drinking rums in the series of trans-Caribbean blends; e.g. Latino and Caraïbes. There is something for everyone here.
