Trois Rivières Triple Millésime 2001-2005-2011

 09.02.2024 Nordlichter treffen. Retasting and I stick to the score. ----------- This is a very nice and fruity rum. The price tag is really good as well. The Agricole notes are there but more in the background, where the wood and dried fruit is in front. The empty glass is really nice after a while.

 Insanely great nose, super fresh and floral then full of fruit, especially orange and aniseed. In the mouth less floral, more spicy, coffee, wood and walnut? The finish is fruity again with fresh floral notes. For the alcohol content, a beautifully versatile taste experience. PLV also top!

 A beautiful three-river structure. On the nose, incredibly pleasant European fruit, in particular an apple that feels like it's in your hand, and on the palate, dry fruit and very well worked oak.

 A super TR, well-balanced, elegant and aromatic enough not to get bored. Very good!

 That's on my dad. Dead for 2.5 years, but still unforgettable :-( Delicious Agricole anyway. Very woody on the nose. On the palate there is also sugar cane and some vanilla. In any case, a very successful rum :-)

 MaJ: Des pommes et des fruits secs domine ce rhum. Au premier dégustation j’ai commis l’erreur de chercher des fruits tropicaux mais les fruits présent sont distinctement Européen. Un vrai plaisir, meilleur que je l’ai trouvé la première fois. A very good rhum agricole. The bottle promises that cellar master Daniel Baudin has managed to combine the best of both strength and delicacy of flavor in his mix of 3 different millesimes, and indeed the bottle does deliver on that. Also a fantastic value at the price this is sold for. A true sipping agricole with an outstanding length to the after taste. This has been aged in bourbon barrels and brand new oak barrels and the aging creates something quite reminiscent to a very good cognac. Recommended as an affordable sipping agricole.

 This Trois Rivières unfortunately loses some of the complexity of its predecessor (1999-2000-2010), with woody, vanilla notes taking over from the fruity side. The palate is softer, less marked and less expressive. The same aromas return at the end of the mouth, but without creating a "coup de foudre". However, the quality/price ratio remains very good.

 Notes of wood, tobacco, cork, leather and dried fruits, with a short, silky, rounded finish, lets you appreciate sip after sip on a tropical beach -------------- Re-tasted after a few years, the 9.3 is by no means reconfirmed, on the current palate it is about an 8.5, but I will still leave the first rating, because that flavor I first heard I still remember and it was magnificent (whether it was because of the bottle getting a lot of exposed air in the bar on a beach in the tropics or the overall context), albeit very different from what I currently perceive. However, it is not a matter of the rating or body of the rum, but of a dry aromatic hint that I love, which I no longer find and is absent. (It must also be said that Trois Rivieres are among the most volatile and changeable tasting rhums I have encountered.) I had also re-tasted it with rhumattitude a few months later along with RX226 , reconfirming the same flavor and even rating them on par (in fact it too and the Cuvée Saint-Pierre re-tasted have a lower rating). PS: at this point I wouldn't know if the difference is from the evolving palate, the different batch or the oxidation process 🤷‍♂️ I will have to do a vertical tasting with closed bottles to know.

 Un rhum agricole très bon. Bien fruité au nez, en bouche les notes fraîches et boisées prennent le dessus. Je n'ai pas goûté les précedents mais ce mélange de trois millésimes est réussi, l'alcool est bien intégré également

 Un côté pommes aux four au nez et à la bouche. Une belle rondeur. Un côté cognac toujours présent. Très rond. Belle sucrosité. On passe clairement un bon moment. Cela donne un rhum accessible mais intéressant.

 Fruity on the nose, very woody and animal on the palate.

 Nordlichter Treffen, danke w00tan Schöne Nase die nicht mit dem agricole Noten überfordert sondern das ganze mit orange und Lebkuchen einfängt. Im Mund angenehm nussig, etwas Apfel und eine schöne süße. Hinten raus wird’s dann etwas röstiger, aber die Nuss bleibt.

 Un rapport qualité prix de fou pour cet agréable trois rivières !

 This triple vintage is very well blended. It is balanced on the nose and palate, with a pleasant, fine finish of spices and toast.

 Au nez on retrouve les marqueurs classiques de la Martinique. La bouche est gourmande et agréable. La finale manque peut-être d'un peu de texture et de longueur. Beau rapport qualité prix.