HSE Grande Reserve XO

 This is a super delicious Agricole from the start to the finish! The Alcohol and wood is integrated very well. This is a good rum to pair with a cigar! I use this always as a agricole starter in a tasting for beginners and advanced drinkers.

 18.11.2023 Yet another retasting and I still like the profile. --------------------- Retasting at the German Rum Fest and I still like it. ----- We had a go at several HSE today and I'm a bit tipsy from it.

 Another very fine rum, but unfortunately only good. Edit: After another tasting, the rating remains the same. Solid, delivers what it is made for. But unfortunately nothing more. I definitely wouldn't need a bottle.

 Very nice Agricole. Harmonious and tasty. I like!

 A well-crafted HSE that focuses on a particularly dark, roasted profile, including tobacco, roasted nuts, coffee, chocolate, spice, oak, roasted notes and a hint of leather. More fruity and floral aromas are felt in the background, broadening the aromatic spectrum. The attack in mouth is quite greedy and pleasant, very concentrated on the empyreumatic aromas, with also woody notes and dried fruits. The finish is long, dry but just as elegant and drinkable. A nice XO profile and a nice standard for the classic HSE range.

 Rhum bien équilibré, on retrouve tous les marqueurs classiques des rhums agricoles Martiniquais comme le parfum de canne à sucre, le poivré , la vanille et ici il y a en plus des notes de boisé un peu toasté, du tabac et un leger chocolaté. Un rhum qui glisse plutôt bien

 The nose is round with woody notes but also a buttered and caramelized side quite present which gives a rather soft whole. On the other hand the mouth is very toasted, very animal and brings us on a much darker register with this oak present all along. The final confirms once again that the wood is present with rather dry notes. This rum is globally pleasant to taste but it remains rather simple.

 This rum is very complex and round, you can find something of all Agricole notes. In the mouth dry and spicy with leather and wood. Here, however, must also be particularly emphasized the roasty coffee flavor and spicy tobacco. Therefore, overall a little better than the other XOs.

 A lovely, well-wooded agricole with a surprisingly fine gourmandise.

 Tried on the 11th GRF: weak and rather too thin standard Agricole. Could not convince me.

 The first in a series of agricultural products this evening. Smooth and pleasant, really nice. A little thin on the palate, lacking a little length.

 Ce rhum HSE XO est très gourmand et très doux, l'alcool est très bien intégré. Il est facile à boire avec une douce saveur de vanille et un fond de caramel. Le seul bémol est la finale que je trouve trop courte.

 Nach langer Zeit erneut verkostet, zusammen mit paar anderen Agricoles aus Martinique. Alle fast eine Stunde im Glas atmen lassen. Schöne Note von Kokosnuss, die sich komplett von Nase, über Gaumen, bis zum Abgang durchzieht. Liegt vielleicht an Tagesform oder längerem Entzug durch Dry January, aber auch hier korrigiere ich heute nach oben.

 Hervorragend ausbalanciert und elegant, dabei sehr lecker und gefährlich süffig. Ich möchte mir gar nicht vorstellen, was dies für eine Geschmacksbombe in Fassstärke wäre, wenn der Rhum mit 43% schon so gut schmeckt...oder eigentlich will ich es doch wissen und werde wohl oder übel in der nächsten Zeit mal wieder etwas tiefer in die Tasche greifen müssen.

 The wood is very present, very round. Aging transforms this wood into musky, animal notes.