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Ambré is Trois Rivières' young gold — the blanc given a year to a year and a half in oak, from Martinique's oldest plantation. Trois Rivières was founded in 1660 in Sainte-Luce on Martinique's south coast, named for the three rivers that border its cane fields — Oman, Bois d'Inde, and Saint-Pierre — and it earned the AOC Martinique in 1996; since 2004 its rhums have been made at the Rivière-Pilote distillery under the same house, now owned by Campari. Ambré is fresh estate cane juice, fermented, distilled on a single 22-plate copper column, aged twelve to eighteen months in oak casks, and bottled at 40% ABV with nothing added. Under the AOC, ambré sits between blanc and the three-year vieux — enough wood to gild the rhum and round its edges without burying the cane: expect a nose of fresh cane, vanilla, light toffee, and the grassy, peppery funk of the blanc softened, opening into a smooth, lightly sweet palate of caramel, citrus, and spice with the vegetal edge still audible, finishing moderately long. Good Spirits News notes the estate's warm climate matures rhum quickly, so even a short stay in oak shows. Honest note: it's the entry-level aged rhum, built for cocktails — the Cuvée du Moulin and vintages are where the house deepens. For a Ti' Punch vieux, a Planteur, a Rhum Old Fashioned on a budget, or a first aged agricole, it's the three rivers in gold. Since 1660.Buy Trois Rivieres Rhum Ambre online with fast shipping right to your door.
Brand:Chips LiquorSKU:C0007248L