Saint James Single Cask

Rich, balanced, complex; wood, coffee, spices shine.

Complex flavors and aromas
Well-balanced profile
Long and pleasant finish
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This 1998 Saint James rum combines wood, coffee, and roasted notes, creating a balanced, complex experience praised for subtle aging and depth.

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    How does this rum taste?

    The "Single Cask" 1998 from Saint James in Martinique is a distinguished rum, distilled from sugar cane juice and matured for 17 years in a column still. It offers a complex nose of woody, coffee, and cocoa notes, while the palate reveals roasted, woody, and spiced flavors with tropical fruit undertones. Users appreciate its harmonious balance, subtle barrel influence, and exceptional length. The rum is noted for its rich aroma and smooth texture, delivering a refined experience that combines classic agricole character with nuanced depth.

    Aroma

    Woody Coffee Caramel Dried apricot

    Taste

    Woody Roasted Cinnamon Nutmeg

    How is this rum rated?

    8.7/10 34 reviews
    Top 16% Martinique
    Top 9% Saint James

    A Saint James that stands out for its smoothness and complexity. The nose oscillates gently between vegetal freshness, red and tropical fruit notes, wood, vanilla, caramel, cocoa and coffee. On the palate, similar flavors blend with finesse. The rum's texture is exquisite: creamy, unctuous, a little fatty and full of aromas, including spices, wood, coffee and chocolate. The finish is long, with notes of leather, roast, wood and coffee, followed by caramel and fruit. A real treat for the palate, with excellent value for money.

    I love the rums from Saint James because they deliver to their name. I have the 1997, 1998 and 1999 single cask and they're all really good. This one is wonderfully fruity with spices and wood. Ib the back i find caramel and tobacco. The finish is wonderful and long and the caramel is strong without being too dominant. After a couple of hours the nose coming from this glass is wonderful.

    Really light, as expected due to the abv, despite this it is a great Saint James. Oak and coffe the main traits on the nose, in the mouth it is not as light as expected, with a nice body and a good length. The sip is mainly characterized by a pleasant woodiness that I appreciate a lot.

    The reduction is a perfect success. All the hallmarks of an excellent Martinique rum are present. The balance between aromas is well mastered.

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX1037
    ABV
    42,8%
    Category
    Rhum Agricole AOC
    Vintage
    1998
    Cask number
    #808-12-98
    Made from
    Sugar cane juice
    Distillation
    Column Still
    Age
    17 years
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Saint James 1998 &nbsp; 17yr &nbsp; 42,8% Single Cask

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    About the Saint James distillery

    The Saint James distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Saint James have been reviewed 4,043 times with an average of 8.1/10.

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