Damoiseau 2009

Woody, spicy, and bold with caramel and a long finish.

Aromas lead with wood, caramel, and vanilla, while the palate brings pepper, licorice, bitter herbs, and warm spice. Most reviewers find a complex, powerful rum with a long finish—best for those seeking bold character and excellent value.

8.1  / 10  (61 reviews)

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    How does this rum taste?

    • Intense wood and spice flavors
    • Long, evolving finish
    • Excellent price-to-quality ratio

    Wood-forward intensity greets you first, layered with vibrant caramel, spices, and grassy undertones. A hit at cask strength, this Damoiseau 2009 balances a bakery-like nose—think spices, pastries, and roasted wood—with a peppery, warming palate and an impressively long, drying finish. The alcohol adds punch but also complexity. Worth a closer look for fans of robust, spicy agricoles.

    Aroma

    Woody Caramel Sugarcane Vanilla

    Taste

    Peppery Licorice Salty Alcoholic

    How is this rum rated?

    8.1  / 10  (61 reviews)

    "18.11.2023 Another retasting and I stick to my initial score ☺️ --------- Price to quality is very good on this particular rum. The nose is fruity with pastries, spices trailed by llightly roasted wood and caramel. Almost like walking into a bakery on a Sunday morning. The palate is oily and well balanced between the wood, fruits and spices. The finish is long, warm and lightly dry with wood, spices and dried fruit."

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    8.4 / 10
    Review by: Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

    "Yes, the alcohol is already pulling properly. In the foreground a woody-spicy nose with dried apricot and some sulfur, reminiscent of sherry. In addition, some blackberry and cherry. But above that spicy wood, cedar and leather. Adds a chocolate note and some green sugar cane.Alcohol is also very present on the palate at the start. Comes salty-bitter with decent pepper, nutmeg and bitter orange. Licorice at the back and increasingly grassy.The finish remains bitter and grassy. At the end, the sugar cane also comes through.Too bad that the alcohol is not so well integrated."

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    7.8 / 10
    Review by: Frank

    "Caramel blackberry chocolate vanilla brownies on the nose with roasted nuts on the nose, taste then surprisingly quaffable and not too alcoholic for the young age and just under 67%. sweet, bitter and salty at the same time with notes of mocha, fruit bread and lots of spices. very tasty."

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    8.4 / 10
    Review by: crazyforgoodbooze

    "It's the wood that comes first in this rum, with a Souffre note that I find a lot in aged high proofs. It's almost like a fresh plank."

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    8.1 / 10
    Review by: Léo Delek
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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX1675
    ABV
    66,9%
    Category
    Column Still Rum
    Vintage
    2009
    Made from
    Sugar cane juice
    Distillation
    Column Still
    Age
    7 years
    Price range
    <100€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Damoiseau 2009 &nbsp; 7yr &nbsp; 66,9% 2009

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    The RumX community has already added 49 bottles to their collections:

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    Open rate
    31%
    Ø Market value
    59€

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    About the Damoiseau distillery

    The Damoiseau distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Damoiseau have been reviewed 1,138 times with an average of 8.0/10.

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