FLOR DE CANA 18 year old 40%

Tasting note

• Appearance : orangey copper with glints of burnished gold.
• Nose : unctuous, refined. The opening is characterised by pipe tobacco, spice bread, fresh fruit (peach, apricot, orange) and rose petals. It gradually becomes spicier (cardamom, cinnamon) and more exotic (mango, banana). Next, it shifts into a more balsamic register (mustard seed).
• Palate : creamy, silky. Boasting incredible delicacy, it feels as light as air. The white peaches and apricots of the nose are coated in a chocolatey layer with a hint of praline and lime blossom honey. Voluptuous, it is reminiscent of a rum baba. Earthy (moss, lichen), the fruity backbone of the olfactory and gustatory palette that has been present from the very beginning remains intact.
• Overall : silky, lingering on notes of tobacco and heady flowers (carnations). As delicate-feeling as ever, if a little drier. Liquorice and caramel gradually coat the taste buds. The retro-nasal olfaction here is a combination of fruit, dried flowers, coriander and oak. The empty glass is syrupy, floral (hyacinth, peony) and milky