Foursquare Covenant Exceptional Cask Selection Mark XXIII Rum

This is a Rum to take your time with. It opens, engages, and draws you in. Rich and inviting from first nose to finish. Soft and silky over the palate. A fabulous sipping experience.

FOURSQUARE COVENANT represents the latest bottling from Foursquare Rum Distillery in St Phillip, Barbados. The twenty-third release (Mark XXIII) in the award-winning Limited Edition Exceptional Cask Selection series, and at eighteen years old, it is the oldest distillery released bottling to date.

COVENANT is a Single Blended Rum in that it is a blend of heavy and light marques of Rums distilled in the copper double retort pot-still and the continuous twin column stills of Foursquare Distillery. Entirely matured, blended, and bottled in Barbados, and presented at 58% alcohol by volume, without chill-filtration, at its natural colour, and free from sweeteners and other flavourings.

Matured exclusively in ex-bourbon cask American white oak, this long-aged bottling was formed from a blend of Rums distilled in 2004 and 2005. An initial spell of ten years in cask led to it being vatted, and then after a considered reduction in alcoholic strength, it was re-casked for a further eight years before being bottled.

TASTING NOTES:

Nose: Crisp pineapple, sultanas, and juicy mango. Banana bread, cacao, toffee and delicate notes of candied ginger.

Palate: Sweet caramel, which quickly gives way to rich, juicy dates, more ripe mango, damson jam, candied orange, and dark chocolate.

Finish: A delicate, dry tannic finish, dried hazelnuts, black tea, and delicate eucalyptus. Hints of burnt rubber and peppery ginger.