Depaz XO Grande Réserve

 A balanced and very well-balanced rhum with finesse and a very nice interplay of fruitiness and wood spice. The price is also fine for me. I am very positively surprised that the fruity notes make it to the palate so beautifully.

 really good xo Agricole! nice balance of fruitiness, wood and spice without being exhausting or thin! Almost an easy sipping Agricole, similar to a really good xo cognac.Definitely what XO Agricole concerns my current benchmark!

 "No surprise, rather expensive for a standard. In summary, my tasting notes: On the nose: sugar cane, spices In the mouth: Sugar cane, spices, choco maybe, it's fine but a bit light for me"

 From VSOP to XO. Instantly tropical but also red fruits. Ripe cherry. Woody. Port. Orange. Impressive on the nose. Taste: again a tad dryer. Bitterness. The wood is more present. Sweet too. Fruity. Red fruits. Prunes. Tannins. Needs time to get usef to the dryness to get more fruit. Interesting tasting from white to XO. Every step is different from the one before but not taking it to a very different direction but rather adding delicate layers. Good good stuff.

 Very nice Agricole!

 This rum is woody with leather and fruit, the base is formed by sugar cane / caramel. In the mouth dry, spicy, but less fruit than the Millesime 2002.

 Tasted this rum at my recent visit to the Depaz Distillery in Martinique very beautiful situated at the slopes of the Mount Pelee volcano. It’s a very good rum, but it can’t compete with older white labeled Grande Reserve. The nose is spicy, woody, sweet and fruity with scents of chocolate, licorice, vanilla, oak, sugarcane and prune. At the palate it’s full bodied, balanced, soft, complex, spicy, sweet and woody with flavors of vanilla, sugarcane and oak. The finish is long, spicy and woody.

 For the price this comes at you get a bang for your buck. A great rum in this price range. Make sure you rest it because it will release a lot of extra flavours. The nose is very fresh and fruity with sugarcane, wood and caramel trailed by vanilla and chocolate. The palate is fresh, sweet and wonderfully fruity with smoky wood, caramel, grass and chocolate. The finish is medium to long and lightly dry with wood, fruits and vanilla.

 Great stored Agricole.Addendum: 3 points upAddendum: Photo

 Richtig gut! Schöne Fruchtigkeit, tolle Balance!

 Wow, I really like this one. Nice vanilla and caramel notes on the nose, continues on the palate, I also find this rum slightly spicy. Slightly sweet, but that's exactly how it should be. Alcohol well integrated. Delicious.

 This XO is also a credit to Depaz. While the nose may hint at VSOP with its spices and fruits, the palate on the other hand shows a profile much more turned towards floral, vegetal and grassy notes that add character. A smoky flavor adds to this rum with balanced and complex flavors. The finish is more marked than the VSOP, drier and fruitier. A very good agricultural XO.

 Tastefully even better than the Saint James XO but at almost twice the price, the Saint James clearly wins.

 Very delicious, solid rum. It‘s an easy sipper with all wonderful facets of a good agricole

 Bel agricole !