Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Grotte 2014
Most praise its fresh yellow fruits, floral-herbal nose and sharp agricole character. Critics find it thin, with off-notes or a grappa feel. Consensus: atypical, dry, rewarding but polarizing.
Curious agricole fans and Savanna enthusiasts who enjoy high-ABV, dry, floral and yellow-fruit profiles with a cognac twist and don’t mind a slightly austere mouthfeel.
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How does this rum taste?
Fresh, floral, agricole – but quite polarizing
If you already enjoy Savanna agricoles or dry, high-strength French-style rums, this pushes those traits in a fresh, floral, ex-cognac direction that rewards patience and plenty of air.
Beginners, those sensitive to 60%+ ABV, and drinkers wanting rich sweetness or classic molasses notes instead of dry, floral, slightly grappa-like agricole character.
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About the Savanna distillery
The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 7,187 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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Au début, j’ai ressenti une trame pâtissière légère, et des notes franches de melon. Puis avec l’aération, un léger cuir, des notes marquées de bois & de camphre apparaissent, et si le fût de cognac se fait discret, quelques notes de fruits exotiques se cachent parmi les tanins. En bouche, il y a du peps & une belle acidité. De la nectarine, de la clémentine, j’aime beaucoup ! C’est assez direct, agricole oblige, mais plaisant, et l’influence du fût de cognac monte en intensité. Des noyaux de fruits, quelques épices légers s’installent petit à petit. La finale, de longueur moyenne, oscille entre un étonnant sucre candy (plutôt typique de la mélasse), des fruits jaunes, du poivre, et un boisé présent sans être écrasant. La patience est de mise pour laisse la gourmandise du cognac s’installer.
Missing notes of cable/plastic/electro. Hardly drinkable.
Tasting of a 2cl sample. 👃 A moment of remembrance: as soon as I pour the sample into my glass, I smell a floral perfume that reminds me of the toilets at my grandparents' house. Little sachets and still life of dried flowers, flower smoke. I've had these aromas in Folle Blanche Armagnacs aged for at least 20 years. It fades with time. Then, sweet spices, a light woodiness tinged with leather, the impression of smelling the earth in my hands. Fruit takes over, with melon, yellow fruit, mirabelle plum, raisins (gros manseng variety) and even a hint of exotic fruit with "starfruit". The nose ends with fleeting herbaceous notes of green olives and tiger balm. Very good integration of alcohol in the service of an atypical, refreshing fruit profile. 😋 A variety of fruits (melon, tangerine, carambola, pineapple, yellow kiwi) in the form of tangy tutti frutti candy. Spices including cardamom, always this floral and smoky perfume, iodine (yet the canes are not so close to the edge of the Indian Ocean in my memory), camphor, green olives, a light, melted and dry woodiness. The palate echoes the nose. A mention for the integration of ABV. ⛳ Medium-length, warm, dry, slightly bitter. Combination of yellow fruit, sugarcane and iodine. Peppery oak, smoky floral aspect with some raisins. 💡 I'm amazed by the other first tasting notes. This Savanna is a very good agricole, atypical, fresh, with a real identity.
Small Savanna crosstasting with immediate assessment, therefore only brief: Unfortunately unsuccessful, both on the nose and on the palate. More like marc spirit.