Isautier, rum from Reunion Island

[vegard_dino]

Hello all

At my local shop they got a rum from a distillry on the Reunion Islan named Isautier.
Have anyone tryed it? How is it?

Best regards,
Vegard_dino

[Edward Hamilton]

Welcome to the forums. Though it is rhum agricole it is different from the rhum made in the French Caribbean. Isautier makes several rums so I can't tell you anything else about the rum in your local shop.

[vegard_dino]

Thanks for your reply
Ok. How is it different from rum from the Caribbean?

In "my" shop they got one named Rhum vieux agricole 10 ans dбge and also a 15 year old one.

Thanks for looking

[frenchrumlover]

isautier is a traditionnal rhum from the reunion island .go and check isautier.com and you ll find more about it .
i suppose 10 and15 years old must be really nice

[vegard_dino]

Thanks..I did and it looks ok. I will go and buy a bottel today.

[Edward Hamilton]

From their website it appears that their main business is making molasses-based traditional rum. Again, according to their website, "In the bosom of The Isautier Distillery, the ancient cane crushing mill, dating from 1850, is restored to life every ten years: the mechanical monster revives the ancestral procedure for the production of an agricultural rum of great character."

I haven't tasted Isautier's rhum agricole but I my expectations wouldn't be as high as they would be for a rhum produced by a distillery that makes rhum agricole every year. The processes of making rhum traditionnel and rhum agricole require very different skills.

This rhum agricole will be in short supply since there isn't a lot of it made.

[vegard_dino]

Thanks for more good information on rum and rhum agricole.

I will let you all know what it is like, when I have tried a a glass of their 10 year old.

Best regards
vegard_dino