Crossfire Hurricane, two expressions of Jamaican rum which bring together four major distilleries on the island in blends as complex as they are unique.
A new signature in the world of super-premium spirits, Crossfire Hurricane arrives in France with a unique approach to Jamaican rum. The brand brings together distillates from four emblematic distilleries on the island (Hampden Estate, Long Pond, Worthy Park and Clarendon) to bring together power, fruitiness, spices and woody notes.
The Rolling Stones’ rum
It’s difficult to talk about Crossfire Hurricane without mentioning the Rolling Stones. The brand name directly refers to Jumpin’ Jack Flashwhose first lyrics aptly evoke a “Crossfire Hurricane”, while the group’s famous “lips and tongue” logo appears on the bottle. But the link does not stop at the rock nod: co-owners of the brand, the Rolling Stones have chosen to pay homage to Jamaica, where several members of the group stayed in the early 1970s. With Ian Burrell at the helm of production, Crossfire Hurricane intends to combine the mythical universe of the group with the richness of Jamaican rum, by bringing together the distillates of four major distilleries on the island.
Behind this new reference lie two expressions, two profiles and two ways of tasting rum. Gold, designed for mixology, and Reserve, more focused on tasting, each offer a different interpretation of Jamaican aromatic richness.
Four Jamaican distilleries in the same blend
Crossfire Hurricane claims an approach which does not seek to standardize the different styles of Jamaican rums, but on the contrary to preserve their diversity. The blend thus combines pot still and column distillates, whose profiles complement each other to build a rum with an assertive personality.
The brand surrounded itself with Ian Burrell, an international figure in the world of rum, to develop these two expressions. The objective: to remain faithful to Jamaican production traditions while offering rums capable of finding their place both in a tasting glass and behind a bar counter.
Crossfire Hurricane Gold, Jamaican rum designed for cocktails
At 40°, Crossfire Hurricane Gold plays the freshness and fruity card. Its blend combines pot still distillates with rums aged in columns in young oak barrels. A touch of rum rich in esters, particularly from Hampden, reinforces its aromatic character.
On the nose, tropical fruits and pepper open the tasting. On the palate, sweet orange meets spices with creamy accents, before a warm and lingering finish.
Its liveliness makes it a perfect partner for cocktails. It is best enjoyed alongside ginger beer or ginger ale, but also naturally finds its place in a Daiquiri, a Jamaican Rum Punch or a Hurricane.
Crossfire Hurricane Reserve, an expression for tasting
With Crossfire Hurricane Reservethe brand changes register. This second expression favors roundness, depth and complexity, thanks in particular to distillates from Clarendon combined with older rums from Hampden, Long Pond and Worthy Park.
The nose opens with banana, pineapple and chocolate orange. On the palate, ripe banana and peach join tropical fruits, accompanied by creamy oak. The finish, warm and slightly chocolatey, gains structure thanks to the wood.
Here, the pleasure is first and foremost that of tasting neat or on ice, even if the Reserve also lends itself to mixology in classic cocktails like the Rum Old Fashioned, the El Presidente or the Manhattan.
Crossfire Hurricane is available, only in CHR for the Gold and in wine merchants for the Reserve, at the price of €49 per bottle.
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