Spirit of the day #3 La Reunion 2017
Most enjoy the buttery toffee, tropical fruit and light olive/brine notes, praising value and uniqueness. Critics find the alcohol harsh and the flavour a bit thin. Consensus: interesting, but imperfect wild youngster.
Curious explorers of Savanna and Réunion profiles who enjoy young, intense cask strength rums with buttery caramel, tropical fruits and a touch of olive/brine, and don’t mind some alcoholic bite.
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Wild young Savanna‑style, tasty but hot
If you enjoy youthful Savanna or low‑ester Worthy Park and like testing edgy cask‑strength bottlings, this will interest you—just be ready to give it time in the glass and maybe a splash of water.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers wanting super-smooth, deeply aged complexity; the hot alcohol and relative simplicity may feel rough or underwhelming.
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There are good foundations, but I find this rum a little unstructured. It would have benefited from longer tropical aging. Its main negative point is the integration of alcohol. The attack on the palate is not obvious. What I liked was the fruitiness, the caramel aspect and the smoky vanilla touches. Given the price of some bottles of Savanna, it's a good buy.
To describe it briefly and concisely, this bottling has a very poorly integrated alcohol. It overpowers pretty much everything on the nose and palate. Even after some time, there is not much more to it. Despite the alcohol, it seems a little watered down.
Édit : nouvelle note dégustation : Au nez, je n’ai pas le bois patiné habituel de La Réunion, c’est déroutant. Par contre il y a des notes d’olives et de fruits murs qui ne semblent pas tromper. Un petit Savanna de derrière les fagots ? Surement, mais on ne le saura jamais ! Pas mal de beurre, une légère vanille. C’est très gourmand. En bouche, une réelle chauffe, qui s’estompe assez vite, heureusement, laissant place à une trame assez proche du nez, supplément fruits tropicaux, caramel au beurre. Le piquant du début de bouche a refait la part belle au beurre, et au fruits. C’est sacrément gourmand. L’espère d’un instant on pourrait croire à un petit Worthy Park low ester. Finale, entre fruits exotiques, bois léger, et onctuosité, mais plutôt de courte durée.
The nose is ok, it's fruity and pleasant. You can taste there's something but it's overwhelmed by the alcohol. I don't get the reunion vibe. The finish is vegetal. Conclusion: Lack flavours for the proof.