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From a country known for upheaval, Barbancourt is exceptionally mellow 
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It all started in the mid-1800s, when Dupré Barbancourt emigrated from Cognac, France, and built a simple pot still similar to those used back home. Instead of transforming champagne grapes into cognac, however, Barbancourt turned to the island’s plentiful sugarcane, the fresh juice of which the company still uses as a base for its rums, rather than coarser molasses. Estate Réserve, aged 15 years in white oak casks, was born by accident during the brutal Duvalier regimes, when rum that couldn’t be moved simply sat in barrels and continued to mature. “Something about a dictatorship, people were not drinking a lot,” jokes CEO Thierry Gardère. Overcoming adversity has shaped the flavor in other ways: In order to be self-sufficient, the company grows its own sugarcane, pumps its own water, and even generates its own electricity. Currently, only 3,000 cases of the Réserve are released annually, and only once a year, right before Christmas. $35; barbancourt.net Comments (0)
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