HSE Sélection B.R.I - Très Vieux Agricole
Agricole-curious drinkers who like soft, pastry, American-oak profiles with vanilla, almond and caramel, and want an easygoing sipper rather than a wild high-ester or grassy powerhouse.
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Most love the pastry nose, vanilla‑almond profile and easy drinkability. Critics find the palate more standard and a bit too reduced. Consensus: a very likeable, American‑oak driven young agricole.
If you enjoy smoother agricoles like J.M XO or gentler bourbon-cask rums, this is a safe, pastry-forward bottle that trades raw intensity for comfort and easy sipping.
Fans of intense, high-ABV or very grassy agricoles, and anyone seeking maximum complexity or a totally cask-neutral, terroir-focused profile.
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About the Distillerie du Simon distillery
The Distillerie du Simon distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Distillerie du Simon have been reviewed 4,710 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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Very soft nose. Frank woodiness without being too pronounced. Vanilla and almond. On the palate, extremely soft and round at first, almost caramelized. Then woody and vanilla. A touch of coconut. The finish is similar. Caramel and wood. Quite pleasant and easy to drink. Surprising profile for an agricole.
Too marked by the American barrel
Compared to the J.M XO: the nose of the JM is better (bolder, more candy like). Tastewise the HSE maybe wins by a small difference for me: it’s more elegant with less harshness to it, more easy going. Overall they’re really close but I finished the HSE sooner so that would be the winner for me today 😅 but now I can sniff the JM some more 😋
Un beau représentant de Martinique, peu agé et pourtant déjà bien marqué par son fût.