Foursquare Exceptional Cask Selection IX Empery 2004 14yr 56%

RX100 Very good Pot & Column Still Rum 12,000 bottles <250€

“Complex, woody, with chocolate and sherry notes.”

The Exceptional Cask Selection IX Empery is a refined expression from Foursquare distillery in Barbados, distilled in 2004 and matured for 14 years. This limited release of 12,000 bottles blends pot and column distillates, presenting a complex aroma of woody, vanilla, and raisin notes, underscored by sherry influence. Its taste profile features chocolate, tobacco, and oak, with a long, dry finish. Users appreciate its aromatic richness and harmonious integration of rum with ex-port and sherry barrels. While applauded for its balance and depth, some criticism highlights a strong alcohol presence and potential sulphur undertones noticeable in the nose if not sufficiently aerated.

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Highlights

Rich aromatic profile
Well-integrated flavors
Complex mouthfeel

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How does this rum taste?

Foursquare’s Exceptional Cask IX Empery offers a complex experience with woody, vanilla, and spicy notes, enhanced by chocolate, tobacco flavors, and sherry influence.

Most frequently mentioned flavors

Aroma

Woody Vanilla Raisin Sherry Coconut Oak

Taste

Dark chocolate Tobacco Woody Oak Dried fruit Raisin

Finish

Tobacco Dark chocolate Oak Spice Dry Coffee

Community reviews

8.4/10104 ratings

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crazyforgoodbooze

31 March 2023

8.5/10

“very tasty foursquare, nice coffee & cocoa note! This is definitely daily easy sipping material. Extremely round and drinkable. The port barrel harmonizes very well with the rum without making it sweeter, but brings in nice notes of figs, citrus, tobacco and tannins. Very horny number.”

Aroma

Dark chocolate Sherry Raisin Prunes Vanilla

Taste

Dark chocolate Dried figs Port Tobacco Tannins

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Galli33

27 February 2022

8.6/10

“Lovely smell and taste of Oak. One sip and your mouth fills up with the taste of oak. Awesome experience 😍 A very good and balanced rum with a great finish! Nose: Intense, Sherry, dried fruits, coconut, prunes, fruity, raisin, caramelized, woody, spicy, oak, vanilla, roasted nuts Mouth: complex, balanced, dry, full bodied, delicious, cognac, tobacco, sweet, caramel, dried fruits, dried dates, raisin, oak, woody, vanilla, dark chocolate, roasted nuts Finish: Medium, dry, tannins, tobacco, dried fruits, prunes, caramelized, oak(barrel), vanilla, roated nuts, dark chocolate, smoky”

Aroma

Spicy Woody Dried fruit Sherry Oak

Taste

Oak Complex Dried dates Caramel Raisin

cigares

16 April 2023

8.7/10

“Despite the alcohol, the nose is sweet. Pastries and leather, varnished wood and overripe banana. A slight sourness spoils the party. The finish is average, rather varnish-like. The empty glass gives voice to the tropical fruit. A disappointing rum, with parasitic aromas we could have done without. To be retested with more oxidation. Re-tested with oxidation and all is much better, the fruit is ample and the sulphur has vanished. Three more well-deserved points.”

Aroma

Banana Apple Varnish

Taste

Dark chocolate Complex Pastries

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Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

18 March 2021

8.8/10

“Another good bottling from this company. The nose is fruity with some vanilla and chocolate topped with wonderful oak. The palate is well balanced and complex with fruit and spices, lightly sweet with a tad of chocolate, tobacco and oak. The finish is nice and long with dried fruit, vanilla and some coffee ending on a nice note of oak.”

Aroma

Raisin Prunes Oak Vanilla Mango

Taste

Dried dates Oak Vanilla Cinnamon Tobacco

TheRhumhoe

9 December 2023

8.3/10

“An ambivalent Foursquare. The sherry-barrel-driven nose reveals a very sweet fruitiness of prune, raisin and coconut, accompanied by the typical notes of caramel and toffee. Spices, oak and toasted hazelnuts are also perceptible in this concentrated, mellow nose. On the palate, the rum is more peachy, with notes of cognac, tobacco, toast and dried fruit that accentuate the dryness on the palate. The spices (cinnamon, chili, vanilla, pepper) become more persistent, sharpening the profile which, until the first sip, had been fairly mild. The alcohol is well integrated. The finish is rather long, with typical Foursquare markers: toasty, gourmand woodiness, roasted coffee notes, caramel, sweet fruitiness and a few hints of tobacco and cognac that flesh out the roundness of the Bajan style. The influence of cognac adds a little something extra to this friendly Foursquare, which asserts its character despite an assumed sweetness.”

Aroma

Allspice Spice Vanilla Peppery Nutmeg

Taste

Allspice Cinnamon Spicy Vanilla Peppery

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Piotr Ignasiak

15 December 2022

8.6/10

“Loads of spices and dried fruit, wine influence is felt, as well as a tobacco note. Some sulphur if you smell the glass right after. Good but Redoubtable much more to my taste tonight.”

Aroma

Raisin Vanilla Coconut Sherry Spice

Taste

Tobacco Spice Dried fruit Cognac Raisin

Portman

27 May 2023

9.0/10

“Again a typical ECS, without fault. Very harmonious and with exactly the right sweetness.”

Rumclub Latvia

24 April 2022

8.7/10

“Still one of best in ECS rum line”

Filip Šikula

26 April 2024

8.4/10

“Další parádní plnění od foursquare. Tentokrát dokončené v sudu po portském a sherry. Oboje si s tímto rumem z Barbadose perfektně sedlo, ex-port to celé zjemnil a zakulatil, zatímco ex-sherry dodá sladkost nad běznou úroveň, na kterou jsme u ecs zvyklí. Chutná mi to.”

Aroma

Woody Raisin Dark chocolate Roasted nuts Butterscotch

Taste

Tobacco Woody Dark chocolate Full bodied Dried figs

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FischeJ

30 January 2024

8.2/10

“Reichlich Holz, verbranntes Karamell und Schokolade in der Nase. Im Geschmack dann etwas alkoholisch, aber der lässt schnell nach. Wie die Nase auch kommt hier Holz, Karamell und Vanille neben Rosinen durch. Abgang mittellang.”

Aroma

Caramelized Woody Vanilla Sherry Dark chocolate

Taste

Oak Woody Dried fruit Dark chocolate Vanilla

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Richard Krupa

10 April 2022

8.0/10

“Velice prijemny vzorek, predni pozice u me mezi foursquary”

Benoit Mahe

16 August 2021

8.3/10

“A nose a bit closed and a mouth too much on the wind. It is not unpleasant but not really to my taste.”

Aroma

Raisin Woody Roasted nuts Cola

Taste

Tobacco Dark chocolate Raisin Woody Cognac

Morgan Garet

3 March 2022

8.9/10

“1st nose on a light solvent but which takes all the place, after 5 minutes of aeration the nose opens magnificently on the chocolate caramel, on a waxed wood background. Finally come the fruits of which the coconut and an impression of red fruits. In mouth, we attack on a little pepper and wood. As for the nose, then come the greedy notes of vanilla toffee with the dominant caramel. The coconut invites itself to the party as for the nose.the final is long more spicy, woody on the tobacco, the vanilla and the caramel.a top rum.”

Aroma

Solvents Honey Marzipan Coconut Woody

Taste

Butterscotch Toffee Warm Syrupy Spice

Johannes

27 April 2022

7.9/10

“Mir persönlich eher zu viel Sherry-Einfluss”

Jan Lu

4 January 2024

8.4/10

“Guter Foursquare, Alkohol nicht so gut eingebunden wie ich es gewohnt bin von den ECS. Könnte komplexer sein.”

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What are the key facts about this rum?

Country
Barbados

Distillery
Foursquare

RumX ID
RX100

ABV
56%

Category
Pot & Column Still Rum

Vintage
2004

Made from
Molasses

Distillation
Pot and Column Still

Age
14 years

No. of bottles
12000

Bottle volume
70cl

Price range
<250€

Type of spirit
Rum

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