REFINED VICES

OK. . . I visited Barbancourt yesterday. It seems like it falls more or less in the 'agricole' category. The plant was totally idle because no cane was available. They don't appear to be using molasses. They do admit diluting the fresh cane juice with cane syrup, but only during some of their produc...

I tried the Barbancourt 1 star the other day (think it's aged 2 years?). Wow. . . That stuff tastes like pure agricole. OK, must be some differences with the Martinique stuff, but they clearly belong in the same general family. I assume this similarity will be even more marked in the case of the whi...

Maybe I need to keep increasing my sampling of agricoles then. .. The first time I tried an agricole (St. James amber, then the white) it was a very different rum experience. You could call them rough but I find them very enjoyable. The agricoles I have tried since then have shared this profile. Inc...

Does Barbancourt taste like an agricole though? I can't honestly see the agricole characteristics. Maybe may sample of agricoles is too small, and I have yet to taste the Barbancourt white, but I don't get where the stuff tastes 'agricole'. I see no similarity to cachaca. I see no similarity to Mart...