Saint James Royal Ambré
Most enjoy the fresh cane, fruit and woody spice, especially in mixed drinks. Critics find it thin, sharp and too alcoholic when sipped neat. Consensus: functional, great value mixer, weak sipper.
Cocktail enthusiasts and curious agricole explorers wanting a budget-friendly cane-juice rum for Ti’ Punch, rum and cola, or long drinks rather than serious neat sipping.
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Great-value agricole for mixing
If you want an affordable way into agricole for mixed drinks, this delivers fresh cane and wood without additives—but it’s not the one to linger over neat.
Beginners wanting an ultra-smooth sweet sipper, and neat-only drinkers sensitive to sharp alcohol or young, woody profiles.
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About the Saint James distillery
The Saint James distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Saint James have been reviewed 4,391 times with an average of 8.1/10.
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7,6:On the nose, we can find typical Martinique agricole, with apricot, raspberries notes, volcanique identity is strong. It is very fresh, notes of sugar cane are omnipresent, freshly mowned grass is very pleasant, flowers like geranium smell nice, certainly there is wood and spices like pepper, even some of them are sweet-vanilla...lastly dried fruits. 7,7:On the palate freshness is continuous, it is pretty smooth, notes of spices arise, like cinnamon, vanilla. Raspberries and apricots are zesty.Sugar cane is very juicy and syrupy. Volcanique notes are unmistakable from Martinique, strong. 7,4:The finish is long and soft, fruity, volcanique, syrupy and quite dry..
It smells fruity, the sugar cane is still well represented but already somewhat tamed by the wood. Accordingly, the wood component is also present in the aroma, plus some glue, slightly spicy.Also in the taste, the sweetness and the wood component is again represented, the finish is somewhat sharp.
This was my first real rum mixology where the master did some pretty good drinks. Please be aware that the score is based on the final result and not for the "raw rum" in a clea tasting, which would be pretty different! Rum'n'coke 4 cl Saint James Cola to your liking Fresh lemon juice This was a pretty good rum and cola and the lemon juice did it really well.
Well, a rather below-average Saint James. The nose is predominantly woody and alcoholic, but glue can also be detected. The palate is also predominantly woody and alcoholic, but fruity notes can also be detected. Really not good.