CigarsLover Magazine I 2023

SPIRITS BLIND TASTING
LES FRÈRES DE
LA CÔTE
Barbade Foursquare
COUNTRY
Barbados
ABV - PROOF
43% | 86
PRICE
$$$
KILL DEVIL
Navy Style
COUNTRY
Caribbean
ABV - PROOF
57% | 114
PRICE
$$
DILLON XO
9 years
COUNTRY
Martinique
ABV - PROOF
43% | 86
PRICE
$
NOSE
The high ABV dominates. There is
exotic fruit, coconut, candied mango,
coffee powder, and chocolate.
PALATE
Candied mango, coffee milk, dried
coconut, and Moscatel's delicate
sweet and sour.
FINISH
The finish is long and spicy. Mango
and wood spices.
Warm and powerful, with a sophisticated
balance.
90
NOSE
On the nose aromas of toffee, cocoa,
ripe exotic fruit, and a touch of olives.
PALATE
Ripe tropical fruit (papaya), honey,
pecan nut, toasted notes, olives, and
toffee. An intense licorice note.
FINISH
The finish is medium-long, with licorice,
ripe fruit, and toasted notes.
Intense, deep, and fulfilling. The flavor
profile is broad and structured.
88
NOSE
Fresh and fruity, with rich and candied
scents, notes of tobacco and
dried figs.
PALATE
On the palate it is dry, intense, peppery,
devoted to noble wood notes.
FINISH
Long. Brown sugar, slightly tannic vegetal
hints, wood spices and menthol.
A solid agricole rhum, with an interesting
price point.
88
98 #1-2023 CigarsLover Magazine