RHUM JM - Cask brut 2001 - Leather label - 41.7%
Sans boite - No Box
The birth of JM rums begins in the midst of lush vegetation where we find one of the most beautiful distillery at the Fonds-Préville house, in Macouba (Martinique). The first distillations took place in 1845 at the initiative of Jean-Marie Martin who therefore affixed his initials "JM" to his rums, thus they are born. In the years 1912, the distillery passed into the hands of Ernest Crassous de Médeuil and his brother Gustave, then in charge of its management and owner of the Bellevue house. Following extensive improvement work, the 2 homes will merge and become the Habitation Fonds-Préville. Today, the Bernard Hayot Group is the majority shareholder of SCA Héritiers Crassous de Médeuil.
Sugar canes are cultivated on the Fonds-Préville estate (225ha) in order to ensure optimum quality of the raw material on a very special terroir: the slopes of Mount Pelée. The fermented juices are distilled in 2 traditional Creole copper columns up to 72 ° (no more) in order to preserve the aromatic authenticity of their sugar cane in their rums and the distillery is fed by spring waters from Mount Pelée. .
Here is the Grail of the JM house: the 15 year old cask brut. This 2001 vintage was indeed aged for nearly 15 years in this magnificent distillery in this cellar in the brand's color. 15 years during which the reduction due to the part of the angels (evaporation) was substantial because almost 2/3 of the rum present in the barrel a was evaporated ... which results in a very great tasting rum!