Best White Rum Agricole: A1710 La Perle Brute, Martinique In a small plantation in the northeast of Martinique, a tiny distillery is quietly reinventing the world of white rhum agricole. This is A1710, and the boutique rum producer is making rhum blanc that is almost an entirely category. It comes from a reimagining of the spirit: not simply as an ingredient in a ti’ punch, but something more, something with overwhelming personality, that celebrates its artisanal nature, that celebrates its terroir (indeed, it even celebrates the cane-grower himself). The brand’s latest expression is yet another stunner: the 66-degree, simultaneously robust, funky, sophisticated, elegant La Perle Brute that is a journey right into the cane itself.
