Chairman's Reserve Legacy Rum

Chairman's Reserve Legacy is an aged rum from Saint Lucia Distillers, created as a tribute to Laurie Barnard, the company's founder and the inspiration behind the Chairman's Reserve art of blending. Bottled at 43% ABV in a 750 ml bottle, it combines rums made from both sugar cane juice and molasses, distilled across the distillery's full set of stills: a Coffey column still, the John Dore 1 and John Dore 2 pot stills and a Vendôme pot still. The blend is matured in ex-bourbon casks for five to six years. The producer describes an intense nose of grass, vanilla, ripe banana, leather and tobacco, a warm palate of wood and coconut, and a finish of ginger and caramel. The producer also features it in a cocktail named Laurie's Sour, after the founder.

Tasting Notes: Grass, vanilla, banana, leather, tobacco, wood, coconut, ginger and caramel.

Nose: Intense grass, vanilla, ripe banana, leather and tobacco.

Palate: Warm, with wood and coconut.

Finish: Ginger and caramel.

Serve: Neat, over ice, or in a sour with lemon, sugar syrup and egg white.