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Renegade Cuvee Nova

Renegade Cuvee Nova

£65.00Price

Along Grenada’s sheltered south & wild east coasts, Renegade's cane grows over a rich & diverse mosaic of volcanic & alluvial terroirs. Distinct cane flavours captured as unique spirits – farm by farm, field by field – with unparalleled integrity, entirely traceable & transparent. Born of both pot still for gravitas & batch-column for elegance, integrated from finest French & American oak maturation for harmony, Cuvée Nova – Renegade's ultimate all-island expression, the essence of Grenada – is a new era: honest cane flavours at their most complex & generous.

 

659 DAYS AGED  •  POT  & COLUMN STILL

 

tasting notes from Serge (whiskyfun.com)

"This is the new all-island aged Renegade, a blend of different terroirs only available in the US for now, in the EU in spring next year. Colour: gold. Nose: I would say it's coastal rum, in the sense that briney and maritime elements are speaking up first, before anything 'old boat' would come out (tarry ropes, old boat engine, paint, putty, oil, old sardines – perhaps not…) and then several rotting (well, almost rotten) fruits, the usual pineapples, also bananas that went brown… I'm also finding pickled kumquats and various tropical chutneys. The Renegade style seems to be asserting itself, while we can't find the slightest trace of a wine cask, but is there even one, actually? Mouth: much pleased with this one, it's got the immediate fullness of some young whiskies from Campbeltown or Islay (S., A…). More brine and tar, over many overripe tropical fruits and grapefruits. There's some fatness, ala West Coast (any West Coast). Salted liquorice, a touch of mango jam, salted anchovy filets… Finish: long, still salty. Comments: I would really like to know if the majority of the sugarcane fields used here are located on the coast. Otherwise, where does all this incredible salinity come from? Hope they'll do one at 50% vol. too. Or there, 57%. I am almost certain that this juice would have already reached 90 points under these conditions, but it should reach and exceed them anyway as soon as it has benefited from just a little more maturation. This will undoubtedly place it at the forefront of Caribbean offerings. In such a short amount of time, it's quite spectacular... That said, as this first vatting is the youngest there will ever be, it could also later achieve cult status. Old Clynelish 5 yo, anyone? "
SGP:563 - 89 points.

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