Isautier L’Apollonie Rhum Vieux Traditionnel 2005
Highly praised melasse Isautier with fresh, woody-fruity profile, good balance and easy drinkability for 55%. Seen as slightly less complex and shorter than top Isautier releases, but still a very solid pick.
Rum fans who enjoy balanced, moderately complex cask-strength sippers with woody, dried-fruit and herbal notes, and who like exploring non-Velier Isautier bottlings.
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Balanced, fresh woody-fruity Isautier
If you enjoy well-balanced, slightly fresh woody rums and want to explore Isautier beyond the hyped Velier releases, this offers a tasty, approachable cask-strength profile.
Those chasing maximum complexity, very long finishes, or ultra-polished alcohol integration at this ABV; also not ideal for complete beginners to neat cask strength.
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About the Isautier distillery
The Isautier distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Isautier have been reviewed 1,118 times with an average of 8.1/10.
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#4014 This is an example showing that older isn't always better. This profile is different from the L'Elise and that's a nice surprise. The quality is equally high! Fruity with nice roasted wood and floral notes with some added pastries/marmalade. The empty glass reveals some mint and chocolate.
Very good molasses isautier. Not quite at the level of Velier bottlings.
Plutôt sur la fraîcheur malgré l'âge. Voilà un profil que j'aime bien. L'alcool pourrait être mieux intégré. Étonnant que ce soit de la mélasse.
Magnificent nose. Very good and delicate on the palate, but lacks length for me. Nice product though, easy to drink. Below Antoinette.