Saint James Les Éphémères - N°6

Orange-led fruit, long woody finish

Vibrant orange fruit
Balanced wood and spice
Long finish
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Orange-led and tropical with cocoa over polished wood and spice. Benefits from aeration; the long finish rewards patience, though a slight bitter or solvent edge appears for some.

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members love Les Éphémères N°6 for its vibrant orange-peel fruitiness wrapped in polished oak and cocoa spice. Give it time to breathe: the 54.4% cask strength opens to tropical fruit and chocolate, finishing long and woody. Some note a touch of bitterness or solvent. With 141 community reviews, strong buyer confidence, and a limited 4,910-bottle release, it’s a characterful 16‑year agricole.

    Aroma

    Woody Tropical fruit Vanilla Orange peel

    Taste

    Woody Fruity Orange peel Cocoa

    How is this rum rated?

    8.5/10 141 reviews
    Top 24% Martinique
    Top 19% Saint James

    Hmm, heretical question: could it possibly be that this rhum is generally overrated in the euphoric exuberance in the face of a four-piece set perfectly prepared for collectors? 🤔 Too much advance praise? I certainly had to drink it in first. 😳 After the typical notes of whitewashed wall dominate the nose, the rhum on the palate lacks almost everything that fascinated me about the first release in the series. Only towards the end, on the finish, is there a certain spicy power that compensates somewhat for the seemingly arbitrary impression on the palate. Nevertheless, no comparison with the divine No. 1, rather with the already weakening No. 7 (even if a direct crosstasting is still pending). I wouldn't have thought so. Bad form on the day? Update 2023-04-14: No, it's not due to poor form on the day. 🤷‍♂️ Tasted today directly against the already legendary Les Epheméres No. 1. The No. 6 can make up a little ground (80 instead of 78 points), but can't hold a candle to the No. 1, remains somehow one-dimensional. Update 2024-02-11: Tasted again in parallel with the Saint James/Excellence Rhum (RX18129) from the same distillation year. Result as expected: Les Ephemeres No. 6 is in no way a match for the Excellence Rhum. Strangely enough, it has an unpleasant smell of inferior glue on the nose today, at least initially, and an inappropriate sharpness on the palate; the agricole seems unround overall - all in direct comparison to RX18129, mind you. Tasted individually, it would certainly score better. It remains at 80 points.

    81 points. When I sampled this rum at the Rhumfest my note was 82 points. The weakest release in the series so far.

    #4153 This release is also doing pretty well once rested for a while. Roasted wood with nice fruits and spices. Good balance between the elements, also the ABV is well integrated. Draws really nice curtains in the glass and the empty glass has some chocolate and light grass. Price to quality is very good in my mind.

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX15601
    ABV
    54,4%
    Category
    Rhum Agricole AOC
    Vintage
    2006
    Made from
    Sugar cane juice
    Distillation
    Creole Column
    Age
    16 years
    No. of bottles
    4,910
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <100€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Saint James 2006 &nbsp; 16yr &nbsp; 54,4% Les Éphémères - N°6

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    The Saint James distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Saint James have been reviewed 4,012 times with an average of 8.1/10.

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