Best New Rum Agricole: HSE Black Sheriff
It’s hard to argue with the proposition that HSE is the most creative Rhum House in all of Martinique, and perhaps the Caribbean. This rum laboratory in the Gros-Morne region of Martinique is always turning industry convention on its head, and the latest offering is just as bold. Yes, it’s a rhum agricole, except, true to HSE form, it’s finished in non-traditional barrels — this time, in American bourbon barrels. The result is an adventure — a velvety rhum agricole with a bourbon-edged bite. And our best new rhum agricole of the year.