Papa Rouyo VWAYAJ 2022

Profile: The Papa Rouyo VWAYAJ 2022 at a glance

• Enjoyment from community work: Papa Rouyo builds on Guadeloupe's sugar cane heritage
• An ode to sugar cane: VWAYAJ is an ode to the sugar cane variety B 80.0689
• Pot Still Distillation: Distilled from fresh sugar cane juice

Portrait: What makes the Papa Rouyo VWAYAJ 2022.

Charles Albert Ruscade aka Papa Rouyo worked his whole life as a sharecropper in Guadeloupe's lush sugar cane fields.  

After 60 years, he was denied his right to buy the land he cherished.  

After a long legal battle, Papa Rouyo's grandchildren, in close cooperation with the passionate "maîtres-canniers", producers who have lived in Le Moule for generations, refine Papa Rouyo's sugar cane legacy into what is probably its most beautiful form: Rhum Agricole de Terroir.

Papa Rouyo rums stand for transparency in the selection of raw materials as well as in the various stages of production.  

The fresh juice from partly self-cultivated sugar cane is distilled in alambique stills, which are rare for Guadeloupe.  

Due to its construction, an extremely mouth-filling, oily distillate with a fine, intense aroma is created, which unfolds authentically thanks to the lack of cold filtration or sugaring.

Vwayaj is an ode to the sugar cane variety B 80.0689.  

Distilled exclusively from this species that grows on the Atlantic, the smooth Rhum Agricole is characterized by its sweetness and freshness.

Distilled: March and April 2022
Base: fresh sugar cane juice (variety: B80.689)
Distillation: Pot Still
Not sweetened
Not chill-filtered

Outturn: 3.000 bottles with individual numberng

Tasting Notes: This is what Papa Rouyo VWAYAJ 2022 tastes like 

• Nose: fresh grassy aromas, plus ripe citrus fruits and the scent of white flowers - some liquorice and fresh herbs in the background
• Palate: soft and creamy, again the fruit and the fresh grass, plus light herbal tones and lime
• Finish: medium finish - slight hints of sea salt and salty herbs, plus some iodine and lime