Camikara
Camikara 12yo Indian Rum 50% 70cl
- Details
Camikara Rum is produced by Piccadily Distilleries situated near the base of the Himalayas in North-East India. THey also produce the excellent Indri range of Single Malt whiskies, so I was VERY intrigued to see what their rum would be like when a sample arrived in the shop.
Surrounded by an opulent box, Camikara (meaning 'liquid gold' in Sanskrit) is a rum made from sugar cane juice as opposed to molasses, which traditionally results in a lighter, sometimes grassys flavour profile.The story from the brand goes that a stock of rum was put into ex-Bourbon barrels and forgotten about, only to be rediscovered 12 years later. Such is the climateq of the region that 96% of the spirit stock was lost to evaporation, leading to only a small amount of rum left to bottle.
It's certainly plausible but it does accross a little bit fanciful - however, don't let that put you off enjoying what is a quite superb aged rum. There are notes of leather, dried fig, prunes, butterscotch, tiffin, baked apple and even more throughout the palate and nose - it's one of the best sipping rums I've come across just for the ability to offer something new on every sip.
India has a HUGE market in rum production but unfortunately the vast majority of brands are bottom-shelf, barely drinkable spirits made with barely a care. This is the other end of the scale, and not to be missed!
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