Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Grand étang sec

Roasted pineapple, spice, beautifully balanced

Roasted pineapple
Complex Grand Arôme
Long, balanced finish
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A complex, high-ester Savanna that blends roasted pineapple, strawberry and olive with peppery spice and nuanced Armagnac/Cognac wood. Intensely flavorful yet balanced, with a long, slightly dry finish.

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members praise this 12-year-old Savanna Grand Arôme for its roasted pineapple burst, spicy drive, and refined balance. Reviews highlight strawberry, olive esters and a subtle Armagnac/Cognac wood influence, with a long, slightly dry finish. At 59.9%, many find the alcohol beautifully integrated; give it time in the glass. Highly rated by 47 reviewers and limited to 490 bottles, it’s a distinctive, complex rum enthusiasts return to.

    Aroma

    Pineapple Olive Ester Citrus

    Taste

    Spicy Pineapple Strawberry Woody

    How is this rum rated?

    9.0/10 47 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!

    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.

    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.

    Seems like a slightly tamed Grand Arôme - but that does not mean that the bottling would lack even the slightest bit of power. Powerful fruit esters, wood, mint, plus some mint tea...impressive.

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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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    The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 6,030 times with an average of 8.3/10.

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