I thought we had an old Rum thread here where we went over this, but I'm surprised that all the Rum's mentioned here (as far as I can tell) are molasses based. That's all I knew for most of my life too until I went to France and discovered the amazingly better sugar cane based Rum's. Just smelling a good
Rhum Agricole as it's called, you can easily tell the difference. The true spicy aroma of a good Agricole rum is very nice.
Most of the best come from Martinique or Guadeloupe. But the island of Reunion are quite good too, especially if you can lay your hands on the good privately made stuff.
This is one I'm drinking now
http://www.severinrhum.com/
Like a great whiskey, this is too good to mix with anything. Just drink it straight.
Everyone has his own taste, but this rum is in a totally different league that anything I've tasted from the DR or Cuba or any of the kinds sold in US markets.
There is one bar I found in the US that has good Cane rum. No surprise it's called Caņa Rum Bar.
Downtown LA right near the Staples Center.
Even the ordinary cane rums like
http://www.rhumbologne.fr/en/ taste sooooo much better than any molasses based rum.
http://www.rhumdemartinique.com/troisrivieres/ is another good choice. They even serve that at the Four Seasons London. ^