The A1710 Distillery introduces its wood-rested rum produced from its own distillation. Cheval Bondieu is an agricultural wood-rested rum distilled by A1710 from fresh cane.
It results from a distillation in a copper still equipped with a 7-plate column known as ‘La Belle Aline’.
The first in a great lineage
Cheval Bondieu is a blend of rums matured in French and American oak barrels for 18 to 36 months. This vintage is the very first aged rum produced by the A1710 distillery, and the first of a great lineage that you will have the opportunity to discover over the years.
Served at 51.5 °, this rum is a perfect blend of smoothness and intensity.
Cheval Bondieu (Good Lord’s horse) is also called ‘Chouval Bondié’ in Creole and those in the know, or ‘Phasme’ (stick insect) by the more scientifically minded. The Cheval Bondieu is a legendary and emblematic animal in the Martinican culture.
This rum is characterised by its lightness, its subtlety, and its bark and wooden colour. Features that reflect our vintage.
Distilling methods: copper still fitted with a 7-plate column.
Alcohol content: 51.5°
Volume: 700 ml
Tasting…
The expressive and rounded nose greets us with spicy aromas (with cinnamon and nutmeg) and marmalade, before evolving into scents of honey and gingerbread.
On the palate, the attack is direct. We are carried away by flavors of blackcurrant, vanilla, hazelnut, and roasted cocoa. Our signature sugarcane is prominently present, as in all of our A 1710 cuvées.
The finish leads us to notes of wood and gentle spices.
A rum rested under wood, surprising in its complexity, both smooth and powerful, offering a beautiful length on the palate.
This cuvée presented in its black and gold case is available at your usual retailers.