Providence 2019 First Drops

The Distillery situated in Port-au-Prince opened up in 2018. The founders is the Barbancourt-Linge family in collaboration La Maison & Velier.
Providence “First Drops” is the first release of the distillery. It’s an unaged rum distilled from syrup and fresh cane juice from sugar cane that comes from the Clairin producer Michel Sajous.
The raw material is fermented and distilled separately. The resulting mix after blended is 85-90% from syrup distillate and 10-15% from fresh juice distillate and thereafter distilled a second time. The final distillate at 72% ABV is reduced to 57% ABV before bottling.
The nose is intense and I detect cane and elderberry. The palate is smooth, fruity and sweet from the cane. I detect pineapple and strawberry. The finish is elegant and the cane juice sweetness remains together with some peppery notes.
Pictures: My opened bottle & My Haitian shelf.

Aroma - fresh sugarcane followed by grass, earth, and lime peel

Taste - fresh sugar followed by dried herbs, allspice, and a volcanic soil finish

Travnaté tóny, doplněné ovocem (které neumím specifikovat) ve smetaně. Příjemná záležitost.

I would not know how to drink this. Not really a sipping rum I would say. Had this rum side by side with Hampdens "Rum Fire". They turned out to be very different.
Providence was not nearly as intense in the nose. Quite complex palatewise.

This was very cool to find. If you want to get someone into Agricole this is a great subtle intro. It was like half traditional Agricole Rhum, half aged rum. That’s what I got! But I would suggest if you can find it, try it. No disappointment here.

Wooow. Toto je fakt zážitok. Nestarený rum z Haiti vyrobený z čerstvej štavy z cukrovej trstiny a sirupu o sile 57%. Vôňa silná ale príjemná. Cukrová trstina, baza a ja v nej cítim aj detskú jahodovú zubnú pastu. :) Chutí najprv sladko a v ustach vôbec nepáli. Sila sa prejaví až po prehltnutí keď ho ucítite až v bruchu. Je to fakt zážitok a ľutujem že som si nekúpil celú flašu.

A lot of things happening in here... Like the most complex clairin, and with subtleties, from olives to bubblegum. Unusual stuff, sometimes reminiscent of Savanna whites.

taste - 8/10
smell - 8.5/10
sweetness - 7/10
price/value rating - 7/10

Tento rum z Haiti je neskutočne podarený. Už po naliati je ho plná miestnosť, nálož ovocia vám vrazí do nosa. Chuť krásne vyvážená, ovocná, podobná Clairinom. First Drops sa skutočne vydaril

Aroma is fruity and grass. Taste is big surprise. Explosion of flavours - citric, grass and cherry fresh! Aftertaste is long and complex. With closed eyes I would easy guess, that this can be some fruit (cherry) distillate. Very specific rum but in a good way.