Barbancourt Rhum vieux Réserve du Domaine

"Surprisingly good, better than expected. The nose is fruity and spicy with additional aroma of leather. At the palate it’s very spicy and intense but also woody and with additional flavor of leather and licorice."

"Nice profile but lacks complexity and alcohol integration could have been better. Still a good quality / price ratio."

"A deep golden color.A very nice nose, dried fruit, tobacco, vanilla. Balanced and melted - as the French would say - not very complex.In the mouth it continues similarly.Great flavor profile, very good rum. The 43% alone prevents higher consecrations. Highly recommended (at the price).The reading material to go with it: Greene's "The hour of the comedians".This was the best - and cheapest - rum in the Grand Park Hotel Rovinj."

"A rum tasted at the Lucerne Gin and Rum Festival 2024. A sweet, intense nose with vegetal, roots, dried fruit, caramel and bitterness. Marked bitterness on the palate with woody/vanilla, dried fruit, caramel and licorice. The finish is marked by bitterness and an afterglow of sugar. A much more interesting rum than the 4 and especially the 8 ans."

"Today we did a widespread tasting with very different rums. "

"Disappointed with this rum. Too light, lack of character and non-existent finish. Probably due to its 43% but something is missing!"

"7:On the nose, the wood is strongly burnt, which immediately leads us to a roasted register, some vegetal notes. There's cocoa and a fair amount of coffee, note of forest berries . Although this is a pure cane juice rum, a molasses aroma also takes over, with a hint of licorice, accompanied by roasted nuts. One expects something rather sticky, like a very dark honey. The nose is quite intense and full, but also rather linear, gripping but simple. When you air the Rhum, you get the sensation of something powdery catching the nose, the burnt aspect contributing to this impression. There's also some caramel. 7:On the palate it is sweet, the rum sliding over the tongue like a candy. We're still on the same register, i.e. caramel - coffee - molasses (the latter is still a little liquoriced), a black currant note. The woodiness seems less burnt, simply toasted. 6,5:It's this toasted side that lingers, with a hint of alcohol, hint of red fruit, raspberries, blackcurrant... Dry it is... For now, I will leave this rating, with a possibility for some improvements in the future.A bit disappointed..."

"Smooth, a touch of vanliga and oak, not a typical Haiti but in a good way."

"Pour moi ce rhum n est pas très abouti, je n arrive pas à lui trouver d originalité. Il lui manque quelque chose... peut être un fût plus marqué 43 degrés et pourtant alcool assez présent. Pourtant Je trouve les blanc Haïtiens différents des autres blancs , mais ce 10 ans ne se démarque pas vraiment."

"Who likes Agricole Rhum, should rather stay with the Rhums from the island of Martinique In this Rhum sugar is used, 6g/L. You can drink the rhum but still good, but is not Agricole Rhum AOC."

"Unfortunately tastes thin and alcoholic."

"A good rum for gently introducing pure juices, but it is either over-reduced or badly reduced, so lacking in character and depth."

"Significantly sweeter than the 8 year old. My opinion remains close to what I said about the latter. The double distillation has the effect of creating a rum very close in taste to a molasses rum in spite of being a pure cane juice rum. It's charming, easy to drink, and elegant, but the pleasure of the discovery for this brand evaporated for me a little bit after I realized that the taste produced is too close to a sweet and smooth English style rum like the ones from st lucia or even barbade. It's well made, but not that unique, especially considering the price."

"This “Rhum agricole” is really nice. Want to discover an interesting aged rhum, well made, accessible and at good price tag: this is my bet."

"Better than expected."