Saint Nicholas Abbey White

Review #1120; Rum #441

Saint Nicholas Abbey is a rum distillery located on Barbados. This rum is pot and column distilled from cane syrup and bottled with no filtration.  The rum then rests in stainless steel for 3 months before being bottled  Saint Nicholas Abbey is a very small producer in scale when compared to the other distilleries on the island, so let us see how it stacks up.  

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Distillery: Saint Nicholas Abbey

Bottler: Saint Nicholas Abbey

Region: Barbados

Still: Column & Pot

ABV: 40%

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Nose: Vegetal, Vanilla, faint banana

Palate: Thin mouthfeel, Vanilla, slight banana, vegetal

Finish: Short finish, vanilla, slight banana, green bell pepper

Rating: 5/10

This is fine. There is a good base distillate here to me, and it has a bit of character. But, the 40% bottling proof really hides that flavor. I know there is a higher proof bottling where these flavors pop I would think. But, a fine rum, if a bit pricey, but that is how rum from SNA tends to be given they use their own cane and are such a small scale producer.