A1710 Renaissance

A1710

Origin

Martinique

Type

Sugar Cane Juice Rum

Barrel

Oak

Age

No Age Statement

Alcohol

52°

Value

70 points

About the product

Renaissance by A1710 is a white degustation rum. It was developed as an exceptional white rum that can be enjoyed in a moment as an aperitif or digestif. It combines beautiful complexity with a seductive balance of freshness, lightness and strength. The defining elements in the creation of this flavour profile are the long fermentation of five to six days
and, the use of wine yeasts the distillation in their unique copper kettle and the short maturation in oak barrels.

It is a rhum agricole, so made from pure sugarcane juice and each bottle is bottled by hand in a numbered carafe bottle. A1710 Renaissance has an alcohol strength of 52% but does not betray that immediately on tasting.

The colour is bright and radiant. The nose is smooth and gradually reveals complex notes of fresh sugar cane, orange blossom and meringue. When you start tasting, the velvety mouthfeel immediately surprises you. Sugarcane is present, accompanied by flavours of a beautiful Italian meringue and vanilla. Accents come from floral and toasted notes. The finish is delicious and extremely smooth. This is a rum for true aficionados looking for something unique that pushes boundaries.

About the brand

A1710 is not an everyday rum. At A1710, they stick to four basic principles, which they integrate into everything they do, to consistently present quality rums to the discerning aficionado.

First is beauty - the beauty of the paradise island of Martinique, the unique terroir that underpins their flavour profile and their proprietary production processes. Creativity is a second pillar: the A1710 team strives for creative excellence every day. Authenticity is the next basic philosophy, a way of working deeply rooted in the respect for the place where they live and work. Finally, quality seems like an obvious objective, but it is not; by persevering to improve their processes and ways of working, the end product naturally gets better.

Everything began for A1710 when, in 2006, Yves De Pompignan conceived the plan to start a new distillery that would capture the best of the history and richness of the Antilles' terroir. He acquired the Habitation du Simon and began fitting it out as a distillery. In 2010, construction could finally start. There was a laboratory for research and testing, a large maturing cellar with a foeder in which cognac had previously matured and innovative distillation techniques were used from the start. On 31 December 2015, the redeeming news came: permission to launch the first new distillery in Martinique in many decades was granted. A1710 became a reality!