St. Nicholas Abbey 5 Years old
Most enjoy its elegant, fruity-grassy profile and smooth sipping. Critics find it too subtle, slightly disjointed and overpriced. Consensus: a good, characterful but gentle 5‑year rum.
Those building their palate who want a gentle, slightly grassy Barbados rum with fruity sweetness and no added sugar, and who value elegance over intensity.
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Gentle, grassy Barbadian sipping rum
If you like softer Barbados rums and are curious about a touch of agricole-style grassiness without leaving your comfort zone, this is an easy, low-risk bottle to try.
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About the St. Nicholas Abbey distillery
The St. Nicholas Abbey distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from St. Nicholas Abbey have been reviewed 62 times with an average of 7.8/10.
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Overall a fantastic, elegant and round rum that must be one of the absolute best low ABV 5 years old rums. This one has been on my shelf for a while. Everything from St. Nicholas Abbey is hard to get in Sweden so I waited for a second bottle before opened it up. This is the first aged rum produced by the distillery all by themselves. It’s made from their white rum that’s made from cane syrup in their hybrid still (column/pot) whereafter it’s aged in old bourbon barrels that previously contained their longer aged molasses rums from Foursquare.
C too grassy for me. R enjoyed a lot.
Tastingnotizen 05.02.2016 mit Dirk Becker auf der Hanse Spirit: Nase: Süße Noten vor allem Vanille Mund: ebenfalls Vanille, Holz und eine feine Süße Wertung +