Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Grand étang sec

Intensely fruity, complex sipper

Reviewers highlight bold, fruity esters—mainly pineapple, papaya, and strawberry—enriched by spice and wood from Armagnac and cognac casks. Highly recommended for its complexity and long, evolving finish.

9.0/10 43 reviews

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    How does this rum taste?

    Huge fruit complexity
    Seamless barrel integration
    Long, evolving finish

    Fans rave about the rich, complex fruitiness and intense aromatics of this Savanna Grand Arôme. Overripe pineapple dominates, with layers of strawberry, tropical fruit, and a well-integrated spicy-woody profile. Armagnac and cognac cask finishes add depth and subtle herbal notes, while the alcohol is generally well balanced. Ideal for slow sipping and sharing with enthusiasts, it's a frequent top pick among Savanna lovers and a rewarding bottle for collectors.

    Aroma

    Olive Pineapple Ester Citrus

    Taste

    Pineapple Spicy Woody Strawberry

    How is this rum rated?

    9.0/10 43 reviews
    Top 2% Reunion
    Top 3% Savanna

     Excellent Savanna! Intense and yet balanced. Pineapple, esters and light mint play super together. This one is really fun!

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    9.1 /10
    Review by: Oliver

     21.05.2022 Sampling at home. Notes Medium to dark in colour Nose Intense, fresh, esters, light wood, faint smoke, fruity, pineapple, light berries, faint glue. Palate Intense, round, light wood, light roasted, fruity, esters, pineapple, faint cherry, faint chocolate, balanced. Finish Long and warm, light roasted wood, balanced, esters, medium dry, light pineapple. Extra note Needs to rest for a while to release all its wonderful flavours.

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    9.2 /10
    Review by: Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

     A particularly expressive and flavorful Savanna Grand Arôme. The nose offers beautiful fruity fragrances ranging from exotic fruits to red fruits, yellow fruits and dried fruits. The notes of the barrel are slightly perceptible, with a welcome touch of greediness to the profile, which is intense and fairly concentrated in aroma. Spicy and medicinal notes (esters, olive) battle for second place in the glass. One of Savanna's most intense profiles. The attack is very round, with good aromatic amplitude. Tropical and red fruit flavors are pronounced, very intense and greedy. The spices are particularly well developed (pepper, chili, ginger, salt) and combine with esters, olive, cognac, armagnac and a slight sweetness of caramel to create a very harmonious whole, with the alcohol superbly well integrated. The finish is long, still fruity with those medicinal notes around, but slightly drier, tannic and bitter, with more herbaceous notes, tea and leather. There's also a touch more caffeine and roast. A superb rum that masters its subject, as tasty as it is delicate, with an impressive aromatic palette.

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    8.9 /10
    Review by: TheRhumhoe

     super GA

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    9.0 /10
    Review by: Mirco
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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX11969
    ABV
    59,9%
    Vintage
    2006
    Cask number
    #991
    Age
    12 years
    No. of bottles
    490
    Bottle volume
    50cl
    Price range
    250€+
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Savanna 2006   12yr   59,9% The Wild Island Edition - Grand étang sec

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    Ø Market value
    382€

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    About the Savanna distillery

    The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 5,881 times with an average of 8.3/10.

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