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Mezan
Mezan are one of a few independent rum bottlers that are pioneering the idea of ‘terroir’ within the rum category, and this is evident across their entire portfolio. After a period of tropical ageing, which creates real depth from the wood, Mezan bring their rums across the Atlantic to further age in Europe. The cooler climate of Europe facilitates a much slower ageing process, which, in turn, allows additional complexities to develop whilst, in their words “also preventing oxidisation and an excessive build-up of esters”. This is standard practice for Mezan, and their simple philosophy is to craft pure and singular expressions that reflect the country, style, culture, and DNA of the distillery they come from.
Mezan take pride in their unadulterated, unfiltered, and unaltered rums, meaning no additional sugars, colourings or flavourings are added. All the flavour is created during the distillation and ageing process, with Mezan choosing to use only ex-Bourbon casks for maturation for their mild influence on the final taste.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
Mezan have an uncanny ability as an independent bottler for capturing the essence of a place, and this 2004 single cask from Guyana’s only producing distillery, the legendary Diamond Distillers Ltd, is no exception. Made using the world's only wooden pot still and wooden column still (dating from the 19th century), it has an enticing profile of mango, golden syrup, wood spices, green banana, and ginger with a light hint of petroleum and a faint waft of daffodil.
George Turner, Spirits Shop Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd
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