Rhum Barbancourt 8 Year Aged Rum Reserve Speciale Five Star Balcones True Blue orange — plus a dusting

orange — plus a dusting of zesty cinnamon and nutmeg

and dried tobacco on the palate

750ml Reposado Tequila

buttery texture and flavors of honey

Ron Centenario's 30 Year Edición Limitada is the top of the brand's Solera-aged lineup

Rhum Barbancourt 8 Year Aged Rum Reserve Speciale Five Star Balcones True Blue orange — plus a dustingRserve Spciale the Five Star is Barbancourt's benchmark: 8 years in French Limousin oak, and for many drinkers the definitive introduction to Haitian rum. Like everything the house has made since 1862, it starts from fresh pressed cane juice off the family's own Domaine, fermented with Barbancourt's proprietary yeast, then distilled in a single column and redistilled in copper pots to a very high proof before dilution with filtered rainwater a cognac