Raising Glasses Ethereal – 3 Year 2020 Madeira O Rezinho

Review #1222; Rum #536

Here we have the newest bottling of rum from Raising Glasses, that American independent bottler who puts out 375ml bottlings of single cask rum. This rum comes from the island of Madeiran. This agricole rum was distilled from fresh pressed cane juice on a column still, put into a French oak cask, and aged for 3 years at origin before being bottled at cask strength with no additives.

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Distillery: O Rezinho

Bottler: Raising Glasses

Region: Madeira

Still: Column

ABV: 62.5%

Cask: French Oak

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Nose: Figs, Orange Peel, Lemon Slice, Nougat, Black Tea, touch of Lavender, Touch of Red Apple

Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel, Vegetal, Lavender, Red Apple, Figs, Orange Slice, Lemon Peel, Earl Grey Tea

Finish: Medium finish, black pepper, Earl Grey tea, red apple, figs, orange slice, Lemon Peel, touch of sea salt

This is a great rum. I haven’t had many rums from Madeira, and much less aged agricole of this age that I enjoy but this just really hits the boxes of rounding out from the age and enough of the raw nature of cane juice rum to still be there.

Rating: 7/10