Isautier 16yr Sugarcane Rum 2006

Founded in 1845 by French explorers Louis and Charles Isautier, Maison Isautier is located in Saint-Pierre and stands as the oldest distillery on Reunion Island. To the east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Archipelago, Reunion is famous for its dramatic volcanic landscape which results in highly fertile soil. Sugar cane has been grown extremely well here for centuries, thriving in the sandy humus-rich soil and tended to by over 3,000 planters in its humid, maritime climate. Now in their sixth generation, this family run distillery is one of the great iconic producers in all of rum and finally available here, albeit in limited quantities. This rum was barreled in 2006 and aged for 16 years in the tropical conditions of La Reunion until it was bottled in September of 2022. Bottled at 59% with no adulteration.