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According
to Alexandre Gabriel, founder of Maison
Ferrand, said: “With Xaymaca Special Dry, I wanted to dive into the iconic
culture that is unique to Jamaican rum. I wanted to work with these complex
flavors of overripe exotic fruits with an almost animal intensity. “We can still find certain white rums with
this famous ‘rum funk’. I think, however, that this great terroir expresses
itself perfectly in an aged rum. That is why we are launching Xaymaca Special
Dry – a tribute to this ancestral culture of rum.”
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Plantation Xaymaca
Special Dry will launch in the US this month at an RRP of US$24.99. Bottled at 43% abv with no added sugar, the
expression’s Xaymaca name refers to the title Jamaica’s first inhabitants, the
Arawaks, gave to the Caribbean island.
A fire at
the Long Pond Distillery earlier this year destroyed 65,000 liters of
newly made rum and 92 fermentation vats. The distillery’s pot stills and muck pit had
not been affected and that his team hopes to start distilling light pot still
rums again very soon. No one is sure when”
distillation of high-ester rums will resume.