Renegade Cane Rum Etudes Pearls Rum

Harvested in 2000, this pot still rum was made from "yellow lady" cane grown on the Pearls field which lies on a coastal plain. The rum was bottled at 55% after maturing in 50% First Fill American Oak, 32% Virgin American Oak, and 18% Premium French Oak.

Mark Reynier is a restless man, after the sale of Bruichladdich, he opened an Irish Whiskey distillery focused on barley "téireoir". As if that wasn't daunting enough, he also decided to shake things up in the world of rum, opening the Renegade Distillery in Grenada. Renegade rums are made from pure cane juice, applying the same terroir-driven philosophy to rum!

On the coastal plain, a stone's throw south of the distillery, there is an intriguing terroir between mangrove and water meadow, with at its centre a distinctive bank of iron-rich volcanic laterite. Cane grows vigorously on this water-retentive soil, derived from Woburn & Perseverance Clays. For this rum we harvested the elegant variety we call yellow lady from the "grapefruit" field, which stands on the terroir known as Flats.

"With a slight elevation in reference to the coast, the air that washes across Pearls is cool. This, in conjunction with a swamp touching the base of the farm, allows for a rich maintenance of water-retained soil. Amidst the towering palm trees, Pearls has been planted with the varieties of Yellow Lady and Lacolome Red.