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“MATOUBA” FRENCH GOLD RUM
Rum has long been the tipple of the salty mariners of yesterday but there is a new appreciation of it by spirit drinkers world-wide. The growth in interest has come with appreciation of the merits of golden rum. Like single malt whiskies they entail a process of intricate distillation, ageing in oak barrels for considerable time and consumate blending skills.
Rum is made from molasses, a by-product of the production of the crystalline sugar. While many rums are made from a single distillation, premium, golden rum, comes from the blending of two separated distillates.
In the first, selected batches of molasses are distilled by a continuos process in a column still. For many producers this is the end of the process. The white rum is either bottled or is mixed with caramel to produce the dark or navy rum.
But producers of golden rum take other selected batches of molasses to put through a double distillation in a copper pot still, a process that produces more aromatic and intensely flavoured distillates.
At this point, the separate distillates are aged in oak barrels and the master blender select from different barrels to produce the style he wants: the single distillates will provide vanilla dominated characters while the double distillate batches will provide a stronger more robust palate. Both will have taken on a light golden glow from their time in the Kentucky oak barrels.
Golden rums made in this fashion display the complexity that we associate with other premium spirits. These characters are capturing the attention of discerning drinkers worl-wide. If you like your spirits to be complex and layered with both flavour and texture, goldem rum could well be of more than passing interest.Michel Dobbe, the founder of the House of Dobbe, has created a strong brand image, in which tradition and modernity are blended. Mr. Dobbe has acquired an unchallenged expertise in the selection of quality cognacs from the finest Cru” of the cognac area.The marketing strategy of the House of Dobbe appeals to the younger generation with the creative and original packaging and advertising which faithfully reflect its positive and dynamic brand image.
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