Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Vague
Complex but not for everyone: dry apple, wood, and a not-so-subtle Calvados flare meet spice and a bit of heat. One to try if you enjoy bold, apple-driven rums with some edge.
Bold, apple-forward, spicy Savanna with dry woody backbone.
Our community's opinion
Live auctions
How does this rum taste?
- guter fruchtiger Antritt mit etwas Holz
- Calvados Fass Einfluss ist klar erkennbar
- Sehr gut eingebundenem Alkohol
RumX members find this Savanna rum dominated by green apple, woody dryness, and a marked hit of Calvados barrel influence. The nose gets called both “intense, fresh” and “vegetal, olive… cabbage..?” by @Kevin Sorensen and DomM, while the palate leans into roasted, oily notes, apple, and spice. Alcohol presence is divisive—some say it's "well integrated" (@Thunderbird), others find it "a bit too present" (@Fabulon). The finish is long and drying, with spices and hints of chocolate or citrus popping up after time in the glass.
Expert reviews
- Single Cask Rum
singlecaskrum.com - Les amis des amis du Rhum
lesamisdesamisdurhum.com - L'amateur éclairé
amateureclaire.fr Are you a blogger and want to publish your articles for free on RumX to boost your reach? Contact us!
How is the price of this rum developing?
The RumX community has already added 85 bottles to their collections:
Digitize your rum collection and get exciting insights into the market value of your collection or individual bottles:
You may also enjoy
The identification of similar rums is based on the tasting notes of the community and the key data of the rum.
About the Savanna distillery
The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 5,839 times with an average of 8.3/10.
To SavannaInteractive Map
This map requires your consent to load Google Maps content.
"Exciting Calvados finish. However, the alcohol is quite present on the palate."
"fort dauphin #989: This bottling is something for collectors. The search for aromas is extremely difficult when tasting it. Candied fruit, some fruit yoghurt, very light on the palate with a short finish. The alcohol is not well integrated despite the low abv. wild island #985: good fruity attack with some wood and candied bright fruit. fermented fruit on the finish, as well as pastry and fruit yogurt. great mouthfeel and a nice medium length finish don't disguise the comparatively restrained flavor intensity with other great savannas. Big sips are a lot of fun to enjoy and less fun to look at the wallet. 84 pts wild island #984: weak attack, fermented fruit, considerably more than Cask 985, but also considerably less fruit and volume on the palate. The finish is also relatively long and the absolute strength, here the cask comes through a little. 83 pts. wild island #987: similarly weak as 989. somewhat woodier and more bitter than its colleagues from the tasting. Cognac/armagnac very clear in the finish. The finish is absolutely great and takes the rum to a whole new level. Would have blindly guessed an Agricole here. I like 83 pts madras #496: Yes, indeed! Awesome piece! From the nose, to. On the attack, it gets a little thin on the finish (complaining at a high level). A very good balance between fruit and wood, wonderful mouthfeel. Of course, the comparison to the colleagues is somewhat unfair, as we have a good. Grand Arome. I love it! 89 Maputo #988: With associations to Cask 987, only much better. Everything is more intense and better balanced. great rum! 87-88"
"Zusammen mit DomM wurden heute ein paar Savanna verkostet. Vielen Dank an Johannes für die Samples. Die größten Enttäuschungen waren der RX232, sowie der RX11264. Mein persönlicher Favorit war der RX9608. Der RX11034 und der RX11515 haben gerade noch den Sprung über die 8 Punkte geschafft."
"The Calvados finish is rather disturbing to me; overall an exciting profile with fruit, medicinal and woody notes, but with a bit too present alcohol for my taste."