Discover top rated rums by country
Welcome to your one-stop guide to the world's best rums by region. From the complex flavors of Jamaican rums to the smooth blends of Barbadian delights, this curated list is a sneak peek into the RumX universe. But the full adventure? That awaits you in our RumX Mobile App, where you can delve deeper, read reviews, and even leave your own notes. So start here to explore the crème de la crème of rums from around the globe and get ready to unlock the ultimate rum experience in our app. Your global rum journey begins now!
RX867
Top review from Giorgio Garotti:
"Over the years that I have been passionate about this distillate I have always dreamed of tasting this legendary rum!And today I too can be part of those people who have had the privilege of doing so!I don't know if perfection exists but this rum definitely is!Really intense in flavors and smells!You can perceive everything sharply!The finish is endless!Chapeu!"
RX6901
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"After a long wait and many bids, I finally won an auction and received this one yesterday. Considering the price some may think I'm mad, but I just love rum. This particular one is one year older than me (destillation year) and has matured for 36 years! The nose is amazing and heaven 17 with fruits and spices topped with smoke and molasses. In the back i can find leather, wow, so nice. The palate is complex and very well balanced candied fruits, spices and toffee followed by tea and nuts topped of by oak. The finish is forever nutty with toffee and coffee and again oak. Money well spent :-) "
RX3758
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Luckily this was the last rum of the evening or all the other samples would have failed horribly in comparison. A great rum and again one that was hidden in the back of a top shelf at a tiki bar., where they had a rum aficionado. The nose is complex and well balanced with fruits, smoked Wood, vanilla and chocolate. The chocolate and vanilla really come out if you leave the empty glass for a while. The palate takes off where the nose finishes. Complex and well balanced with fruit, smoky wood, vanilla and a hint of coffee/mocha. The finish is incredibly long with wood, cherries, chocolate and vanilla. I know this is a rare bottle, but my oh my, what a great rum."
RX7680
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"When it comes to REV this is one of the best ones I have tried. It gets to you as soon as you pop the bottle. I left it to rest for 15 minutes after which the flavours eminating from the glass were very intense. Very fruity with roasted wood and some leather and caramel. I also find a light earthy note in the back. The palate is complex and very fruity with roasted wood. Secondly I get vanilla, chocolate and a hint of tobacco. A full bodied rum, wow. The finish is long with roasted wood/smoky wood, chocolate and raisin. Great rum that deserves credit."
RX703
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a true masterpiece well worth the 100 score and also the high price tag. Though it has a very high proof, which you of corse can taste, it explodes in your mouth. A very long and complex finish that just keeps going. "
RX690
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Last Sundays tasting was a great one and one of the best ones this year. This rum was the last one we tasted and it deserves first shot at rating. So great a rum that I decided to get a bottle! Lightly dry in a good way and a perfectly balanced and complex rum. I'd say this is a super refined XO! "
RX703
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a true masterpiece well worth the 100 score and also the high price tag. Though it has a very high proof, which you of corse can taste, it explodes in your mouth. A very long and complex finish that just keeps going. "
RX1255
Top review from Jakob:
"Is often called the King of Hampden - and especially in direct comparison with other representatives of the already extremely exciting 1993 vintage, the outstanding quality becomes more than clear. The balance can only be described as famos - here nothing negative stands out: overripe fruits meet vanilla, caramel sweetness, dark spices and light roasted aromas. Superb!"
RX10991
Top review from Anton Krioukov:
"What a pleasant and intense experience! This rum is crisp, bold, and surprising with each sip. It is light in both color and wood notes, considering it’s been in the cask for 19 years, but if you’re looking for funky rums, this is it! This rum brings lots of fruit, funk, and there’s everything you would expect from a high ester rum of this caliber."
RX892
Top review from Adrian Wahl:
"I am incredibly grateful to be able to drink this sample. Thank you @ Saibot Ztar. I was hoping the 94 would drop and it would beat the Nobilis 93. But alas, on both the palate and the nose, it's not enough. 92 is still legendary...but I expected even more. In direct comparison with the TRC30 for me on par."
RX7786
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Sampling this one right now and I have to admit that it's one of the most well balanced rums I have ever tried when it comes to ABV integration.Very fruity and lovely funk from nose to finish. There is a slight roasting note on the finish that I like a lot.Wonderful rum that is virtually impossible to get.Put my nose in the glass today and the smoke is very strong today :-)"
RX432
Top review from Dom M:
"Given some time in the Glas the nose is amazingly round and balanced, yet complex and interesting. The high ABV is very well integrated making this an excellent rum to experience its complexity. Brilliant MM :)"
RX328
Top review from Galli33:
"#10th dec RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: delicious, pineapple, ester, fruitbasket, glue Mouth: Pineapple, ester, barrel, oak Finish: long, pineapple, barrel, oak, dry, a bit astringent Amazing delicious High Ester Hampden 😍 Funk Extreme! A lot of fruits in the nose, the more time you’ll give it the more fruits you’ll get. Important: This rum needs time to fully open min. 1 hour. I think it’s a hampden… in the high ester section <>H ca.60% approx. 30 Years"
RX3949
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I just cracked open this bottle because I finished the older brother. Just noticed I didn't score the older ones yet, so I will have to check my binders for it. An absolutely wonderful rum, well balanced, lovely nose and great palate with a perfect medium to long finish. Flibuste is the only brand where I always buy at least 2 bottles of each of their old releases because I know their baseline is ver high. I can only recommend this rum even if you're not an Agricole fan. "
RX4113
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Dove back into a retaste of this one and it's still a very good release. Despite the steep price of 1300, - euro I decided to buy this bottle and opened it for a taste after it arrived yesterday. Wow, this is a great rum, though expensive I must say it's almost a perfect rum."
RX9591
Top review from Lawich Lowaine:
"Très sombre. Très beau profil beaucoup plus sombre que son petit frère le 15ans de 2004. Le chocolat et le café sont bien présent en bouche avec un ton de fruits rouges. Un grand neisson mais je lui préfère le 15ans plus solaire et complexe. J’y reviens un an après et c’est toujours une merveille. Et ça a du caractère et de la complexité en bouche."
RX943
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Retasting with the RumX guys. -------- This was my favourite of the evening. A lot of lovely oak and oak spices from nose to finish. Dry and kind of sweet at the same time. Wonderful balance between the heavy oak notes, fruits and spices. The sprinkle of chocolate and tobacco makes it a very smooth Agricole."
RX7429
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a great rum and the price to quality is very good in my mind. The nose is fruity with wood, nuts and vanilla with trailing caramel and a nice floral note. The palate has toasted wood and fruit trailed by vanilla, licorice and chocolate. There is also a hint of menthol in there. The chocolate and fruits become very clear in the empty glass. The finish is long and has wood, chocolate and raisin with trailing vanilla."
RX5964
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This one is even better than the 15 year old but also carries a price tag that's a lot heavier. Well rounded and balanced rum with a fruity and floral profile with some spices and nice integrated wood. You barely feel the ABV and it draws really nice curtains in the glass. The empty glass is really nice and fruity."
RX5811
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I wouldn't say this is a watered down rum, but it's extremely well balanced and well rounded and in a tasting this should take spot one. Fruity and nice wood well balanced with spices. The alcohol is barely noticed."
RX4844
Top review from Benoit Mahe:
"Elegance and greediness. A very fine Neisson, which reveals itself quite fresh on the fruity and spicy side with a very seductive and mastered gourmand side (milk chocolate/cappucino). The finish is quite long on wood and spices. The alcohol is perfectly integrated."
RX867
Top review from Giorgio Garotti:
"Over the years that I have been passionate about this distillate I have always dreamed of tasting this legendary rum!And today I too can be part of those people who have had the privilege of doing so!I don't know if perfection exists but this rum definitely is!Really intense in flavors and smells!You can perceive everything sharply!The finish is endless!Chapeu!"
RX6901
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"After a long wait and many bids, I finally won an auction and received this one yesterday. Considering the price some may think I'm mad, but I just love rum. This particular one is one year older than me (destillation year) and has matured for 36 years! The nose is amazing and heaven 17 with fruits and spices topped with smoke and molasses. In the back i can find leather, wow, so nice. The palate is complex and very well balanced candied fruits, spices and toffee followed by tea and nuts topped of by oak. The finish is forever nutty with toffee and coffee and again oak. Money well spent :-) "
RX3758
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Luckily this was the last rum of the evening or all the other samples would have failed horribly in comparison. A great rum and again one that was hidden in the back of a top shelf at a tiki bar., where they had a rum aficionado. The nose is complex and well balanced with fruits, smoked Wood, vanilla and chocolate. The chocolate and vanilla really come out if you leave the empty glass for a while. The palate takes off where the nose finishes. Complex and well balanced with fruit, smoky wood, vanilla and a hint of coffee/mocha. The finish is incredibly long with wood, cherries, chocolate and vanilla. I know this is a rare bottle, but my oh my, what a great rum."
RX7680
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"When it comes to REV this is one of the best ones I have tried. It gets to you as soon as you pop the bottle. I left it to rest for 15 minutes after which the flavours eminating from the glass were very intense. Very fruity with roasted wood and some leather and caramel. I also find a light earthy note in the back. The palate is complex and very fruity with roasted wood. Secondly I get vanilla, chocolate and a hint of tobacco. A full bodied rum, wow. The finish is long with roasted wood/smoky wood, chocolate and raisin. Great rum that deserves credit."
RX3543
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This bottle has been resting for too long on my shelf so today was the day to finally open it. Righ from popping the bottle open, the flavours start spreading. The nose starts off with a hint of solvent and rubber that quickly disappeared. Then apricot and oak with a hint of licorice, tobacco and caramel. The palate is well balanced and complex as well as warming with fruit and some anise. The i get oak and chocolate, yum. The finish is very long and warm, fruity with oak and spices and in the back some marzipan. "
RX5657
Top review from Robert Bauer:
"Nose The Bouquet is a Versace dress in liquid aggregate. Incredibly oplulent, vibrant and yet of undeniable elegance. Feels almost like a perfume called Eau de Demerara, coming straight from the jungle. The scent of the finest, freshly cut woods such as sandalwood and cedar alternates in continuous play with lovely blossoms of ylang-ylang, poppy blossom, lilac and myrrh. The whole weave is carried by sweet mangoes, sticky glue and a light coconut blossom note, which absolutely corresponds to the Diamond profile. Palate La grande bellezza! Sweet, super concentrated and oily, the first sip fills the palate with dried mangos, fried cassava slices, tamarind paste and milk chocolate with coconut filling. But there is also a note of Masala Chai in there, giving it an oriental twist. The sweetness is striking! At no point does the 61.4% abv seem dominant or sharp. The tropical maturation has done a perfect job here! It's clearly a Diamond Coffey Still Rum, yet it somehow tastes more refined and sophisticated than the other Velier Diamonds. ғɪɴɪsʜ Long like the red carpet of Cannes, flanked by the abovementioned fine woods and a whole bunch of citrus peels."
RX7784
Top review from Johannes:
"Benchmark Rockley! ❤️A liquid dream!Compared to the SS, Nobilis and Plantation, it has both the best nose and the best palate. Very nice roundness, alcohol top integrated, some smoke, but overall a honey monster!"
RX3896
Top review from Jakob:
"Absolute royalty from Barbados - the "Rockley" style reaches its highest form of art here. Smoke, honey, fresh fruit, plus green notes - all this with perfectly integrated alcohol and without ever developing any form of heaviness. In one form: Formidable."
RX1028
Top review from Zucker und Zeste:
"Ich fand ihn etwas frischer als den Rum Artesanal, dafür war dieser noch eine ganz kleine Spur komplexer und reifer. Bei beiden Abfüllungen ist es erstaunlich wie genial Alkohol in einen Rum eingebunden sein kann."
RX635
Top review from Jakob:
"To date, the most impressive testimony to the quality Foursquare is capable of producing. Aging in former Madeira barrels brings a perfect flavor complement to the usual Foursquare profile and puts the Destino in a different league than the bulk of other Foursquare bottlings. Excellent."
RX53
Top review from Oliver:
"One can directly recognize the Foursquare DNA. Compared to other bottlings, however, an uncanny complexity and depth awaits, reminiscent of tropically aged Demerara bottlings. On the palate, round, nutty-spicy, intense, multilayered with a great sweetness. Similar to the 2006 just a touch more complex. Best Foursquare so far. A real firework in the mouth - Love it!"
RX13563
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Thinking about the price tag on this bottle you Gert a lot of Barbados on your table. A surprisingly good rum with fruit and spices. The wood is light but the spices on the palate makes it warm. I like it."
RX12303
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a great Barbadian. Once poured you know you're in Barbados. I love the coconut that is there from nose to finish. Seems like they hit the right barrel for this release. Well balanced overall and natural sweetness on the palate. Price to quality is very good."
RX9744
Top review from Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪:
"Au nez, il y a de la coco à profusion. Aucun doute sur la provenance de cette quille. On est en plein dans le stéréotype de Foursquare ! Mais pas que … c’est boisé (14 ans de vieillissement, ça se sent), avec de belles épices poivrées et de muscade fraichement râpée. On a également quelque chose de plus lourd, de résineux (colle, vernis). C’est plutôt bien attractif et concentré comme nez. En bouche, c’est très gourmand, c’est épicé, mais pas trop. Beaucoup de douceur avec les fruits secs, le chocolat noir et le tabac. Les fruits sont également de la partie ! Les notes traditionnelles de la maison ne font pas défauts : vanille, noix de coco, réglisse, miel … La finale est plutôt soutenue sur le chocolat et l’orange sanguine ! En conclusion, c’est une belle réussite."
RX3680
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a very rare rum as only 250 bottles were made. If you get the chance then you should have a go. It virtually explodes in your mouth, and you really taste the alcohol. Let it rest in the glass for at least 15 minutes to avoid a punch from the alcohol. "
RX3497
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Teil 4/8 unseres 1986er Rockley Tastings: wow! unglaublich intensiv sowohl an der Nase als auch im Geschmack! richtig schön dick, cremig und ölig. Papaya trifft Minze, trifft Piment trifft Banane und zum Schluss kumquatmarmelade mit frischem Vanillemark. geile Nummer! unglaublich smooth und dennoch komplex genug und nicht so schnell weg wie sonst oft bei Trinkstärke. in kurz: die beste Rockley 86 Trinkstärke!🤤🇧🇧"
RX15940
Top review from Oliver:
"In the nose much fruitier and a little lighter than the Destino. Great aroma! On the palate creamy, spicy and somewhat edgy. Very good, but the alcohol is integrated in the Destino but again ne number better. The Oloroso maturation is noticeable, but not too dominant. Very good Foursquare, but to my taste does not reach the epic quality of the Destino."
RX3804
Top review from Jakob:
"The nose is still relatively unspectacular, as far as one can speak of a tropically aged Caroni from the over vintage 1996 - but on the palate then rises a real fireworks. Sweetness, spice, borderline smokiness, wood, rubber and tar...I feel well taken care of all around, precisely because this rum definitely has rough edges and also the high alcohol content does not hide and brings out the Caroni-typical notes almost perfectly. Impressive level."
RX258
Top review from Jakob:
"Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: Brings the whole package - elegant sweetness, dirty notes, spice, wood...sensational depth. For me, one of the best representatives ever from the legendary distillery. Caroni Champions League."
RX203
Top review from Jakob:
"Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: Exquisite and stylish HTR representative from 1996. Rich sweetness with powerful gum and tar notes. Balanced, quaffable, yet with rough edges. My personal favorite in the Employees series."
RX10722
Top review from Mike H.:
"I’m extremely honoured to have a few drops of rum history in my glass. The colour is quite dark and once you plunge your nose into the glass you are hit with a ton of aromas. Dried fruit, vanilla, wood, spices, caramel and leather. I could n’ose the glass for hours. On the palate I get the same, the rum is round and complex with a lovely finish. Quite amazing when you think about the sailors drinking this and similar blends. They sure got some good stuff back in the day. Many, many thanks to Michael for the sample! 🤗"
RX555
Rum Artesanal Ethereal Blended Rum (Single Cask Rum...
Top review from Jakob:
"Chapeau to the two gentlemen blenders. An impressively good blend, an incredible play of flavors ... here is taste everything that makes a good Navy blend. This bottling is just so damn much fun!"
RX231
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Retasting and I still like it a lot. ------- This is also e very expensive bottle and I'd say the price can be argued, but you can't argue the quality of the rum. The nose just hits you right in the face. Fruit and smoky oak hits you first and then comes the molasses and caramel with a whif of leather. The palate is complex yet wonderfully balanced. Roasted wood and oak hit the palate right away closely followed molasses, vanilla and light chocolate. There is an ever so light bitterness to the palate. The finish is long and surprisingly smooth with oak, vanilla and dried fruit."
RX16068
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4197 It's very rare that blends like this, in my mind, very bold choice of rums. This one however Hits the nail on the head. The two mice very well and you get the cross cross of flavours from the two destilleres. Bold blend that pulls all the right strings."
RX14138
Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 31 (Navy Blend Rum...
Top review from Jakob:
"Definitely not a straightforward Navy blend. Impressive complexity, much Jamaican influence, the high age is clearly recognizable. Mint, eucalyptus, tropical fruits, wood, spices...impressive! As a lover of complex rums, I feel perfectly picked up here. Definitely not a standard Navyrum because the heavy Guyana notes are almost entirely underrepresented, but that doesn't change the fact that this is an exquisite release. Chapeau!"
RX1757
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a piece of history and of course I had to try it once possible and straight out of the belly of the beast. Lightly fruity wit roasted wood and some licorice. Complex and very well balanced rum. Great ABV integration."
RX4513
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I just love this rum so I have ordered yet another backup bottle. This is a pretty well blended and also well balanced rum from Black Tot. Spicy bit well balanced with the other elements and you barely get a burn from the proof once rested for 15 minutes. The dominant rum in this blend is clearly the one from Guyana. You only get hints of the ones from Jamaica and Barbados. For the price a pretty good rum."
RX15817
Top review from Jakob:
"Successful blend - the DOK is of course tamed, but gets a successful counterpoint by the sweet notes of the Spanish style, which unlike the sherry finishes without the heavy fruit notes. Great addition to the high-ester spectrum, little insider tip."
RX10617
Top review from Jacques etdom:
"Waouw. Bravo M. Ricci. Blend qui frôle l excellence. C est un vrai rhum et non une addition de différents rhum. Une belle unité. Le caramel, le boisé, très gourmand avec un côté vert "dark" qui devient addictif. Une merveille!"
RX568
Top review from Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪:
"Un rum come il Mulata 15 anni che al gusto mi ricorda il Caroni con quelle note forti di barile e catrame. Veramente interessante con ottime potenzialità peccato il finale leggero. Sentori leggeri di spezie, tostatura e cioccolato, comunque ben integrate. Al momento viene 130 euro e a causa di un finale così fugace non saprei se meriterebbe l'acquisto."
RX690
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Last Sundays tasting was a great one and one of the best ones this year. This rum was the last one we tasted and it deserves first shot at rating. So great a rum that I decided to get a bottle! Lightly dry in a good way and a perfectly balanced and complex rum. I'd say this is a super refined XO! "
RX4678
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is also an older tasting and at the release the price was very good compared to what you got. This rum is heavy, really heavy and it hits you as soon as you open the bottle. I'm not a certain but I made a note that I thought there was a hint of raisin in there. The nose is heavy on roasted wood with tar, molasses and some nuts. The palate is heavy, very complex and extremely well balanced with lots of roasted, even burnt wood actually, tar, molasses and a hint of mint. The finish goes on forever and has lots of roasted/burnt wood and tar. The note I have is that the colour was beautifully dark, bomb of a nose and heavy curtains in the glass."
RX801
Top review from RumTaTa:
"Second tasting: the nose is the hammer, very similar to the '95! On the palate then a dream, incredibly creamy and the alcohol excellently integrated, there is the '95 much sharper (+1). In the nose first resin and cough syrup, very complex! Palate: surprisingly mild, excellent integrated alcohol, strong spicy and again very complex. The medicinal notes are in the foreground. Aftertaste: the rum fades very slowly. The medicinal and grassy notes prevail. The medicinal character dominates the rum and makes it something special, top!"
RX1070
Top review from Jakob:
"Completely different league than all other Montebellos known to me - it should of course also be noted that it is in the comparison field in terms of distillation vintages a difference of more than three decades. What is offered here, however, is simply sensational: In the nose already of breathtaking depth with heavy fruits, fresh cola aroma and floral notes, the bouquet thickens on the palate to an oily texture with chocolaty sweetness, heavy fruitiness, excellent spice and perfectly balanced wood influence. Whatever Carrere (or whoever - the exact origin is still rumored) did differently than today: Play it again, Sam!"
RX7210
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"An older tasting from 2000 where I have the following notes. Beautiful colour, intense, complex and fruity with spices and cherries on top. Oily on the palate and very long finish. Bought a bottle at the tasting and it's long gone 😊"
RX6791
Top review from cigares :
"Un très beau nez, cerises au kirsch, boisé, vanillé mais toujours dans l’équilibre. Une attaque en bouche assez douce, mais la bouteille arrive à la fin. Toujours des fruits très équilibrés avec le reste. Une finale moyennent longue mais avec beaucoup d’élégance. Regoûté et encore meilleur que dans mon souvenir. Un tout petit peu en dessous des versions à 54%, mais je chipote. Un rhum magnifique qui fait rêver."
RX6589
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"Super Nase. Vanille, Karamell, getrocknete Früchte. Darüber schweben schöne Lösungsmittel- und Lacknoten. Erdig, frisch (Artischoke?). Sehr komplex, allein länger daran zu riechen erfreut das Herz. Sehr komplex und würzig im Mund. Ein wirklich toller Rum. So schön können Lösungsmittel- und Lacknoten sein.🤪 Schade, dass er so selten ist."
RX3736
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"If you like Bellevue then this is one of the really good ones. Price to quality was great at release. The nose is intense and fruity with wood, cinnamon, honey and herbal notes after resting for more than 15 minutes. The palate is both intense, complex and well balanced with fruit, honey and leather with light candied, chocolate and herbal notes. The finish is extremely long with dried fruit, wood, leather, honey and herbal notes. Leave the empty glass for a few hours and whiff it again to get the full experience."
RX5633
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Had two tastings this weekend and Très Hombres was the first one. This rum kicks just the right places and I needed a drop of water to release more flavours. The oak is only there in the background, but I like that on this powerful rum. Spices, chocolate and coffee are more in the center. Lovely rum and very rare i found out. "
RX4120
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Just had another go at this rum and knowing now, that it needs to rest for around 30 minutes, it scored better this time. A very rich and full bodied rum with a nice long strong finish. There is a nice vanilla and molasses hint to it throughout and the price definitely matches the quality. Remember to rest it to get the full experience. "
RX1782
Top review from Tim :
"Ein milder Geruch und Geschmack von rauchigem Fass, Karamell, Schokolade, Rosine/Rotwein und Vanille. Etwas süß, moderat komplex, ein bisschen rauchige Schärfe, aber sehr rund und stimmig. Ein Rum im spanischen Stil, der vom Standard etwas abweicht und mit verstäkrtem Holz- und erdigen Tabakcharakter auftritt. Bis ca. 2016 war dieser Rum mit einem Portweinfinish gekennzeichnet, danach hieß es, dass er in amerikanischen und französischen Eicherfässern gelagert wurde. Keine Ahnung, ob die aktuelle Version immer noch Portweinfässer sah, aber etwas Rotwein wird im Profil angedeutet."
RX1254
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is the best one from this year. Needs to rest like the other releases and with a drop of water (not really needed) you get more flavours. Resting it for 30 minutes instead of adding water was my favourite. "
RX10542
Top review from Leo Tomczak:
"Not at the level of the 1st batch for a long time. But still a great Everyday Spanish Easy-Sipper with depth and sweet wood flavors. Excellent for newcomers and is also always great with my guests.For barrel strength warriors certainly not the right rum."
RX9883
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I would have loved if this rum had a higher ABV because it's very light in the profile. This also makes it sweeter that it should have been in my mind. Fruity with nice roasted wood. Draws really nice curtains in the glass. The empty glass is really nice and I can pick up some tobacco and citrus."
RX1480
Top review from Émile Shevek:
"Al naso è accogliente con melassa, caramello, pelle e lieve cacao/caffè. Al palato è leggero e setoso, con sentori di caramello e di barile, nel finale caffè e qualche spezia. Finale molto leggero però estremamente rotondo. Piacevole. Nel bicchiere vuoto melassa, cacao e caffè"
RX10534
Rumclub Private Selection Special Release for KaDeWe Berlin...
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"What a wonderful and rare set of drops to enjoy. Beautiful dark colour with long and steady curtains in the glass. Fruity with lots of roasted wood without it being too dominant in near perfect harmony with chocolate and very light caramel. Extremely good ABV integration and you barely feel the alcohol."
RX242
Top review from Jakob:
"Toller Panama-Rum. Deutlich austarierter als der bereits recht bittere Rumclub und mit schönem Gesamtprofil - getrocknete Früchte, Holz, wohldosierte Süsse und dezente Würznoten. Sehr positive Überraschung! "
RX1377
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"A nice surprise with a lot of smoke on the nose and barely any smoke on the palate. The barrel is there from nose to finish. Pretty well balanced. The price is pretty high for such a young rum."
RX3992
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Once rested this becomes a pretty good release. Fruity and nutty with wood and very light roasted notes. I like the caramel in the profile because it's subtle but adds something to the profile. Balanced and oily on the palate and very nice curtains in the glass. The empty glass was amazing after an hour or so."
RX14882
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This one was a huge surprise. A very well balanced Panama rum with very good ABV integration. Lightly fruity profile with roasted nuts and a warm oily palate. Draws really nice and slow moving curtains in the glass. Even today the plum/prune note is in the empty bottle."
RX8761
Top review from cigares :
"Un rhum de l’embouteilleur Suisse Origin R. La qualité de ce rhum est une surprise vu le prix plutôt bas. Les arômes ne sont pas très profonds mais l’ensemble est très équilibré. L’alcool est aussi très bien intégré. Délicieux !"
RX5229
Top review from Michael Turner:
"Mein erster gereifter Savanna HERR, zufällig in einem Restaurant entdeckt. Geruch und Geschmack waren eine große Überraschung. Die Fruchtigkeit des HERR und die Reife- und Fassaromen harmonierten hervorragend. Geschmacklich sehr intensive vergorene Fruchtaromen und eine gewisse Eleganz des Cognacfasses ergänzen sich wunderbar. Der Abgang ist unglaublich lang und liegt noch auf der Zunge, wenn die Rechnung längst bezahlt ist. Was wäre das genial, wenn es besser erhältliche und bezahlbare Herrs gäbe!"
RX219
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This was my favourite Savanna and rum of the tasting. Nice complexity and lovely balance between the fruit, caramel and spices and you could also get some molasses. I really liked the light smoky feel and wood in this release. Chocolate comes at the end of the palate. Yummy 😊"
RX7182
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Crass Savanna Lord but that was to be expected ... Has taste what of very overripe kiwi, plus neat Wick ice candy, raw tobacco leaves and herbs and olive brine. Personally, it is a little too grassy and could be even fruitier. Nevertheless, a great representative of Savanna Lord in pure form!🤤"
RX373
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I got this bottle on Friday and sitting here enjoying it on a Sunday :-) I have tried a few Savanna grand arômes and I mostly like them. This one however is really good. The glass needs to rest in order for all the flavours to be released. I got most flavours after 30 minutes where it really gets fruity and you can pick up on the wood. I like the spicy touch well balanced with the spices, varnish and some licorice. A great rum and the price to quality is very good."
RX1907
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I just love grand arome because they're usually a flavour bomb. This one is no exception. Intense and lightly funky with fruits, spices and wood in a nice balance. I like the nutty flavour as well as the chocolate that is released once rested for a while. In the finish there is nice roasted/smoky wood 😊"
RX282
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"what a grenade!!🤤⚡💥🤯🇷🇪 incredibly complex.After 1H breath cinnamon pastry, apple pockets and honey banana in the nose. In addition Incredibly mild for 65%, horny sour cherry, pineapple, strawberry and mint, chamomile olive notes and very complex and dangerously drinkable. Musty, fermented and glue-heavy to no end. This thing is definitely the full broadside of Savanna but almost a bit too much for me. The lava and madras are more my cup of tea here."
RX10630
Top review from Thunderbird:
"A very fresh and fruity Savanna! This fruit is consistent from the nose to the finish...very very tastyToday for the second time in the glass:This fruity is just brilliant , Physialis in pure form, dreamy,on the palate it continues, mixed with some foamy strawberry candy. I like it! It gets 0.2 points more"
RX10442
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"The special thing about this rum that I like is the long and very slow fading finish. It just sticks to your palate for a very long time. Only lightly frimuity but with smoke, tobacco and vanille in a nice well balanced mix for your senses."
RX8686
Top review from Rowald Sweet Empire:
"Thick and syrupy rum. Pretty sweet aftertaste. But also dry and bitter. Coffee and cocoa powder. Intense and big. Warm. This is the sort of rum you need to be in te mood for. If you are...you will love it. Good pick from Cadenheads"
RX5940
Top review from Jakob:
"A bit rough still with the alcohol, otherwise reasonably inconspicuous. Caramel, vanilla, wood, some coffee and dark chocolate, plus spices - but not much more. Nice, nothing more. The fact remains: I'm not really warming up to the Transcontinental line."
RX533
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"just an absolute grenade. Freshly opened he is a bit woodier as expected and in addition comes a slight note after I wrote you yes, that I like to explain. From uncommented pass on was not the speech. and tree resin ... for me still one of the best Venezuela Rums on the market. Especially at this MSRP, this was an absolutely fantastic rum."
RX10740
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Pretty OK compared to the other previous releases. Still on the sweet side and good for beginners and dessert or an everyday rum. The nose is sweet with dried fruit, vanilla and a hint og oak. In the back i can fint a little coffee. The palate is sweet with fruit, vanilla and light chocolate. The oily palate also offers smoky oak with sherry notes. The finish is medium long with dried fruit and oak with a hint of chocolate. The nose the day after eminating from the glass is lovely."
RX67
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a very well balanced rum from the single vintage releases. I have almost all of these vintages and I like them a lot. Like the others, this one is lightly sweet, but not as sweet as the 2005 version. The nose is wonderful and the palate is well balanced between sweet and bitterness and spices."
RX462
Top review from Stefan Persson:
" Tasted it together with my last glass from a 2004 and I think it’s slightly better than that one cause it’s not as sweet as the 2004 but on the other hand it’s also feels thinner. The fragrance is quite complex with clear barrel character, hints of muscovado sugar, raisins, arrack, marzipan, dark chocolate, orange and vanilla. In mouth and palate it’s also complex with some sweetness and clear barrel character, hints of raisins, muscovado sugar, orange, chocolate, arrack, nuts, cinnamon, Sherry and vanilla fudge. The finish is medium long and tastes more or less the same."
RX9280
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a great rum and if you save the glass for the day after sampling it you'll get surprised at the nose. A complex rum with a nice balance between spices and fruit. I really liked the oaky finish. A rather high price tag compared to the quality, but rare bottles are not cheap. "
RX314
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"Wonderful Agricole!Dried fruit, almond, lots of spices. Very complex, very well integrated alcohol, a few drops of water it needs.I can still remember, he stood with 120€ in the specialty store on Stephansplatz in Vienna. It was then with me only the normal version at 80€. If only I had..."
RX1997
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"Da ich ein großer Liberation-Fan bin, ist es ein Muss, diesen Rum mal zu verkosten und die Erwartungen sind entsprechend hochgeschraubt. Zuerst mal lang atmen lassen, er wird komplexer und frischer. Die Liberation-Marker sind gut erkennbar: Mandel, Marille und Pfirsich. Prickelnde Zitrusfrucht. Sehr komplex, Alkohol perfekt integriert. Aus dem Gedächnis etwas holziger und dunkler als der reguläre 2015 Integrale. Herausragendes Mundgefühl, warm und samtig. 😍 Der Abgang ist fein, aber relativ kurz und nicht besonders kräftig. Ein toller Rum und ein weiterer Grund für die Reputation der Liberation-Serie. Ich muss aber sagen, dass mir RX880 um einen Hauch besser gefällt, dieser hier ist etwas einfacher gestrickt und es fehlt die sonnige Fröhlichkeit.😎😎😎"
RX862
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is another very rare bottle and the content only has one flaw, the bitterness and black tea is far too dominant basically destroying what could be a truly perfect rum. A few drops of water can't smooth out the dominance. "
RX6777
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"The rum needs some water, otherwise it is too strong and a touch unbalanced. Sugar cane, brioche, great integrated wood maturity, tobacco. Very nice, pronounced peach notes. In the mouth complex spice bazaar. The finish is ultra great. Very nice licorice. A great, mature Bielle. Highest craftsmanship, powerful and perfectly balanced."
RX2025
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I don't know where they got their hands on this sample, but I'm happy they did. This is a very, very rare bottle and I love it. I let it rest for 15-20 minutes before having a go. Fruity and intense. Love the dry palate and finish. The ABV is really well integrated."
RX16236
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"#4159 This one is the bomb, especially when looking at the price tag. Intense and really fruity with very nice Agricole "green" notes. Needs to rest for a good while before it gives up all its flavours, but once ready it's a great rum. The empty glass is really nice and I can pick up some mineral and very light nuts."
RX1203
Top review from Thunderbird:
"Ein sehr komplexer intensiver Agricole! Ich bin begeistert , Agricole in Fassstärke passt einfach Heute erneut verkostet: Ein schier unglaublicher guter Agricole, von derNase bis zum Abgang voller Aromen, sehr komplex. Die Holznote ist meines Erachtens perfekt integriert!"
RX5768
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Another nice surprise when tasting this one at a rum event in Copenhagen. The nose is wonderfully fruity with some coffee and a tail of wood. The palate is nice and complex while well balanced between alcohol and fruit and spices. In the back i get some wood and nuttyness. The finish is long and fruity with some vanilla and wood. "
RX5117
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Yet another nice Bielle, unfortunately it's a rather rare bottle which makes the price go through the roof. The quality is really good but doesn't match the 500 euro+price tag. The nose is wonderful and fruity with spices. In the back there is a light wood note with a hint of nuts. The palate is lightly woody with fruits and spices. The palate is also warm and well balanced with a peppery note and nougat hidden in the back. The finish is medium to long with light wood and lovely fruits. There is a nice balance in spices and a nice refreshing menthol touch. A very good rum but the price is a bit off."
RX4918
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Some may say this is an expensive rum but once you had a meeting with it I'm pretty sure you're going to change your mind. A super rum Agricole worth every penny. After resting for. Awhile the nose reveals roasted oak with nice fruits and spices. There is a bit of honey and very light grass notes as well. A very intense but nice array of flavours. The palate is a wonder of intensity and complexity as well as being very well balanced. The ABV is perfectly integrated and you barely feel it. Again lightly roasted oak with fruits and spices as well as a hint of caramel and chocolate. The finish is løng with oak and spices topped off with a touch of raisin. Wonderful rum indeed."
RX9146
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a nicely balanced Labbé and I think the price is pretty good. Well balanced on the nose and intense and complex on the palate. It did need to rest for a good while before all flavours were released. Lightly fruity and I like the nutty touch and the licorice on the finish. The empty glass was really nice after a few hours 😊"
RX442
Top review from Zucker und Zeste:
"I like even better than the already extremely good 2018 bottling. Is more complex with a very nice fruity berry note. Otherwise also green and grassy with lots of sugar cane and pronounced ester notes. One of the best white rums!"
RX7850
Top review from cigares :
"Hard to find, I wanted this bottle exactly because I was already disappointed by Velier's Haitian. A pastry nose with sugar cane and funky (ex Jamaican rum barrel?). On the palate we find the funky with woody, banana and rum grapes which still reminds us of Jamaica.Very disappointing and volatile at the opening, it has mellowed and complexified with oxidation and time.A very good idea the aging in rum cask. Better than younger Sajous and more interesting than an older clairin."
RX5143
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Velier does it again. The nose is fruity with tobacco and some roasted notes. There is an acidic/sour touch to the nose. The palate is warm and oily with fruit, coffee and a hint of tobacco. The wood note is very light and nice. Medium to long finish that is warm and woody with some berries. Price to quality is OK."
RX9378
Top review from Benoit Mahe:
"Un rhum génial ! Ce clairin de trois ans est déjà superbe : on retrouve le caractère du clairin blanc (viande, fumé, rôti, esters) mais un poil adouci. Je serais très curieux de voir ce qu'un Rocher entre 5 et 8 ans pourrait donner."
RX5463
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a very nice Clairin and price to quality is very good. The nose is fresh and fruity with varnish, and wood as well as light earthy and floral notes. The palate is complex, balanced and very well rounded and fresh with brown sugar, fruit, vanilla and light floral tobacco notes. The finish is medium long and sweet with dried fruit, wood and light vanilla."
RX3086
Top review from Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪:
"A great rum! You can feel the initial strength of the alcohol, but the aromas that come after a while are well marked and you don't have to sniff the glass for too long. A firm, old-fashioned rum. On the palate, in addition to a fruity and vegetal component (where olives stand out), this aftertaste of solvents/esters never unpleasant stands out. Very long finish where in turn all the previously perceived flavors are felt. Predominant on the finish is a hint of peat/smoky always accompanied by solvents/esters.Unique!Velier nailed it! Long live Velier!"
RX5487
Top review from WiltChamberlain:
"I usually don't really like these sugared Spanish-style rums and I even doubt that the age statements of the Malteco rum-line can be trusted but the 'vintages' from them are very, very tasty and I like them a lot. Update: Now too thin for me, good daily sipper though."
RX2845
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This release was bottled between 2002 and 2005 and it's virtually impossible to get your hands on one today. A very nice edition from Zacapa that also explodes in your mouth. They have released XO versions since this one but they're not an exact match though pretty close. "
RX1940
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Many think this is a version of the traditional Zacapa XO, but it's actually been stored for two additional years in French cognac casks. A super smooth rum that literally explodes in your mouth. "
RX2811
Top review from Rowald Sweet Empire:
"Rum for whisky drinkers. Heavy on the American Oak/bourbon cask. But well done. Good and strong flavours. And that from the same stills that give us that sugared Zacapa and Botran. This is so much better."
RX23
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This nice sipper has to rest for a while before nosing or you'll get a punch of alcoholic blast. The nose is wonderfully smooth even velvety I'd say. Smoky wood and fruity with toffee and spices. The palate is complex and very well balanced with smoky oak and spices and a hint of the cognac cask it was finished in. The finish is long and sweet with spices and coffee and once again a hint of the cognac cask."
RX720
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Another Limitada to join in and it does so pretty well. Though sweet it's not super sweet on your palate. Though this is a solera method rum, blended from rums aging from 6 to 24 years, they came out with a very decent rum. "
RX812
Top review from Stefan Persson:
"This is the Zacapa I like best. I think it’s better than both the “23” and the “Royal”. It’s more powerful and had a deeper taste. It’s also well balanced, smooth and len."
RX977
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I love the bottle this one comes in and the price is pretty OK when comparing to the quality. Lightly woody with fruits from nose to finish. Pretty well balanced and the finish is only lightly bitter but nice and warm."
RX2744
Top review from Tim :
"Wow, on the nose it reminds me very much of a Guyana Rum or even a Foursquare, with citrus and other fruits being dominant here. Lots of roasted chocolate, caramel, wood and all sorts of fruit. Very pleasant in the mouth, despite 60 °. Complex rum, at a more than fair price! My long search has paid off and I found another bottle - ordered directly!"
RX12261
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is a nice rum even considering the price tag. The moscatel cask is there, but in a very discreet kind of way. The nose is spicy and fruity with floral notes and light wood and herbal notes. The palate is also spicy and fruity with light floral, wood and vanilla. The finish is long and balanced between wood, plum and vanilla. I love that they kept it at a good ABV instead of watering it down."
RX798
Top review from Frank:
"In der Nase noch recht zurückhaltend. Am Gaumen wie ein Hügel: ein kräftiger, bitterer Antritt, ein fruchtiger würziger Zenit und ein zitronig marzipaniger Abgang. Überraschend vielschichtig. Gefällt sehr gut."
RX13444
Top review from Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓:
"Since @crazyforgoodbooze hooked me on Mauritius at the 11th GRF, I've been trying to get to know that country's rums better. With this one, I like the expressive currant note on the palate. A really pleasant rum, but with an unremarkable nose and short finish that can't match Perola's Grays (RX12865) from the same year. Update 2023-07-02: I must have had a bad day at the first tasting, only 82 points just doesn't do the rum justice. Now, at the second tasting, it has a super long, fruity-woody finish. The impressive red rum now gets a well-deserved 86 points. Pretty good PLV for a single cask and still available, wonderful."
RX12864
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Clearly milder and more drinkable than the 11y old without finish. The additional 20 months in the Armagnac finish have softened the rum perfectly and taken him some of the edges. The 11y is clearly more funky and intense, this one is clearly more harmonious but still with enough power. Exciting are the light peachy / apricot notes with eucalyptus and dark chocolate with cappuccino, cinnamon, nutmeg and nuts, as well as some lemon zest and at the very end comes back to me the characteristic menthol / grapefruit peel note. I also like very well, almost a little better depending on the mood!😁🥳Anyway, both bottlings are imho absolute Mauritius Gray's benchmarks!👌🏽"
RX9668
Top review from Jeremy Roger 🇫🇷:
"Found by chance in a small restaurant. Very pleasantly surprised! On the nose it seems good but without much surprise either, but on the palate it's very sweet, fruity and very good with spices and a dosage that reminds us that Antho worked on this bottling. It's really very good and goes great before the meal ❤❤🔥🔥Bravo Old Bro."
RX5466
Top review from Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓:
"Sehr angenehmer Rum. Rote Früchte, aber kaum die erwartete TDL-Minze. Der Rum ist nicht herausfordernd, trinkt sich so weg, daily sipper. Hervorzuheben ist die wirklich hervorragende Einbindung des Alkohols. Hatte ihn mir nach dem aufmerksanen Lesen der Bewertungen hier zugelegt und wurde nicht enttäuscht. Schöne Bereicherung meiner New-Grove-Bibliothek."
RX15471
Top review from Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓:
"Ein weiterer Rum aus meiner neuen Lieblingsdestillerie Grays. Und auch dieser Rum enttäuscht keineswegs, das Gegenteil ist der Fall: er begeistert (mich)! Guckt euch mal allein die Farbe des Rums in der Flasche an! 😍 Herrlich dunkel, kaum zu glauben bei einem Rum aus dem Jahre 2009. (Wurde da doch nachgeholfen?) Wie auch immer, ein sehr, sehr angenehm-ausgewogener Rum, tief, würzig, fruchtig, die für mich identitätsstiftende Johannisbeernote darf nicht fehlen. Runde Sache, Alkohol gut eingebunden, annehmbares PLV - Empfehlung vor allem für alle, die gern auch gern mal abseits ausgetretener Pfade spazieren."
RX13861
Top review from Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓:
"I'll make it short: You can rely on Frank's ratings. His assessment of this rum has made me curious. I got myself a sample and did not regret it, on the contrary - now I have to get a bottle. Exceptionally successful distillate of the little-known distillery Saint Aubin on Mauritius (which is always worth a visit). I can only unreservedly agree with the assessment of Frank. Delicious!"
RX12865
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Horny shit. Very strong and intense, the cognac barrel is not too dominant at any point makes the whole but also very dry, furry and astringent. The intense bitter notes of grapefruit peel, bitter orange, as well as eucalyptus tea and menthol mouthwash, as well as a light sour cherry throat candy are just the hammer and extraordinary. Definitely imho a benchmark rum when it comes to Mauritius in general and the Grays distillery!"
RX12262
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is like the 2012 release also in a nice bottle and equally good. The nose is intense and fruity with spices and light herbal, earth and woody notes. If you leave the empty glass you will also get chocolate notes after a while. The palate is fruity with caramel, vanilla and light wood, tobacco and herbal notes. The finish is medium long with wood, caramel, chocolate and raisin. I recommend leaving the empty glass for a few hours and then whif it again. Again, love that they kept a high ABV."
RX1922
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Though this is a costly glass it's well worth the money and you should try it at least once in your life. This bottling is released in a limited number every year so there is always a chance to taste it. A perfectly balanced and complex rum from Havana Club. "
RX16876
Top review from Jakob:
"Die Erwartungshaltung ist nach dem Review auf whiskyfun.com schon sehr hoch - und damit bereits in etwas unfairen Dimensionen unterwegs. Nein, wir bewegen uns hier nicht auf dem Niveau der Demerara-Königsklasse, wie das Alter, die Pfeifentabaknoten und auch das tiefe Mahagoni im Glas erhoffen lassen (zumindest schlummerten diese Gedanken in mir). Aber wir haben trotzdem das ausgesprochene Vergnügen mit einem ausdrucksstarken und sehr ansprechendem Rum, dessen imposantes Alter keine störenden Bitternoten einbringt, sondern zur aromatischen Dichte beiträgt. Dabei gewinnt am Gaumen die an Paxarette erinnernde Süsse zunehmend die Überhand über das in seinem Ursprung vermutlich überschaubar komplexe Destillat, was einerseits bedeutet, dass wir hier nicht in den absoluten Olymp vorstossen, andererseits aber immer noch auf extrem hohem Niveau unterwegs sind. Summa summarum: Ein sehr ansprechendes Release, das sehr viel Spass anbietet."
RX642
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Had a retaste and this time I had the right cigar to go with it and wow what a difference, this is truly a mix well worth a try even though the cigar is slightly expensive and hard to get. Just decided to crack open this wonderful bottle and I regret not having a Cohiba Piramides to go with it. I know it was made to match the Cohiba Siglo VI, but that is too heavy a cigar for me :-) A cooperation between master blender Asbel Morales and cigar sommelier Fernando Fernández and they made something out of this world. A wonderful deep and elegant masterpiece that has a long, warm and elegant balanced finish. A rum worthy of the price tag and then some!"
RX3072
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I was so lucky to try this one the other day and I found it to be so good that I have ordered one. A truly complex and well balanced rum in my mind and a true winner. Fruity with a touch of oak and sweet on the tongue. A true master piece ad I love the decanter, which looks very fragile. "
RX16159
Top review from Zucker und Zeste:
"The Eminente Millesime 2012 not only met our expectations, but far exceeded them. With its aroma and flavor profile, it offers a fascinating and refreshing alternative to the often monotonous offerings of Cuban rums."
RX5451
Top review from Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓:
"Compared to the parallel tasted RX930 clearly more accessible, here the lower alcohol content pays off times properly.The Bristol Cuban is a typical representative of the Destilería "Paraíso", light and fluffy and wonderfully fragrant and tasting of apple and pear.An ideal companion for a lively evening and quite offerable to friends who otherwise have nothing to do with rum.I would probably prefer the rum with 5-10% more alcohol, if he would bring the same flavors so beautifully to the fore, but he is also so a pleasant rum with recognition value."
RX9687
Top review from cigares :
"Un rhum à la robe très claire. Un nez plus complexe que ne laissait penser les 3 ans d’âge. De la poire, du poivre, des raisins. La bouche est un peu trop diluée sur le poivre, la poire encore et du bois jeune. La finale est courte, sur les piments. Une belle expérience pour un rhum si jeune."
RX3536
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This weekend was very busy because I've been building a new shelf system for my 250+ bottles so my Saturday and Sunday tastings haven't been added :-) I love Cuban rum because it goes well with Cuban cigars. This one has a long velvety finish. "
RX16160
Top review from Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓:
"So this is how a rum tastes that consists of 100% aguardiente (a first for a Cuban distillate, as far as I know). And indeed: Something comparable I had not yet in the glass. Blind I would not have been able to assign the rum at all. In this first tasting, I focused on finding differences between Batch 1 and Batch 2. And they are indeed there: While Batch 1 gets going right away fruity-floral on the nose, Batch 2 is clearly more timid, more discreet. On the palate, however, it's the other way around: Batch 1 tends to confirm the impression gained on the nose, coming across like a light rum in a summer meadow with a gentle breeze blowing over it. Batch 2 is different: While Batch 1 seems somehow slightly broad, Batch 2 is clearly more astringent and has more depth, more wood and tobacco. On the latter, one could perhaps recognize the Cuban DNA - but only maybe.Overall, both are solid rums and which one tastes more, is probably dependent on the day or what weight you attach to the olfactory impression. Because of the interesting transformation from the nose to the palate, Batch 2 is a point ahead for me today.As I said, a very exciting bottling of Excellence Rhum and La Confrérie du Rhum. But if one wanted to dare at least a geographical comparison: To the long-stored consistently exquisite 98s of Sanct Spíritus ((Cuba) reach both batches not yet."
RX11458
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I have many of the really good releases from Havana and compared to them this one lacks some complexity. Not that it's a bad rum, the profile is nice and fruity with nice spices and caramel, but I would have loved some more punch."
RX5103
Top review from Giorgio Garotti:
"In my opinion a mix between long pond teca 2003 and the white river antoine!A really particular rum where you go from fermented and acrid parts to a moldy part to a sour fruit!From the background a charred feeling not annoying!Not for everyone but I like it very much!"
RX14878
Chairman‘s Reserve Master Selection (Romdeluxe)
Top review from RumTaTa:
"After pouring into the glass, the rum immediately takes possession of the surrounding air with thick, heavy swaths. Closer to the glass I find sour cherry, red berries and cassis. The fruit compote is accompanied by very pleasant and balanced roasted and barrel notes. Pleases me excellently. I have compared on the fly with some other St Lucia but this one is a blast on the nose! On the palate, the tannins clearly have the upper hand: lots of spice, oak, leather, salty licorice. The fruit is only subtly in the background and from the bitter category. The rum reminds me of old Armagnac on the palate. The ever-long aftertaste is clearly dominated by barrel and spice. I would have liked the fruits of the nose to reappear but so there is a certain break between nose and palate. The bitter notes, however, are not in the unpleasant range for my sensation. Regardless, an excellent, intense, powerful rum."
RX11948
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Another retaste and I stick to my initial score. This is the bomb of Chairman’s Reserve. A very intense and well balanced rum. I was very locky to get a sample and I like it a lot. The nose is intense and has smoky wood and fruit trailed by cinnamon and coffee. The palate takes off where the nose left. A warm and intense rum, yet well balanced with smoky wood, fruits and spices. The finish is extremely long and warm with smoky wood, dried fruits and spices. Price to quality can be argued, when I compare it to my other old Chairman’s Reserve rums for which I paid less than half :-)"
RX1462
Top review from Thunderbird:
"Day 24 RumX calendar What an unusual rum! I couldn't place it in any corner! St. Lucia I would never have suspected! Black Adder was almost 100% certain for me due to the charcoal residue in the glass! The flavors are more on the herbal side, but harmonize neatly as the spices provide good contrast! I like the St. Lucia very much"
RX13084
Top review from Thunderbird:
"In der Nase eine Fruchtbombe aus Süss- und Sauerkirschen, mit etwas Butterscotch.. gefällt mir. Am Gaumen anfangs Marzipan und Keksteig, anschließend folgen Pekannuss, Schokolade, etwas leicht röstiges mit Espresso! Das setzt sich fastnahtlos im Abgang fort..später folgt noch etwas Trockenobst. Ein solider sehr guter Saint Lucia"
RX11670
Chairman‘s Reserve Master's Selection (Grape of the Art...
Top review from Jakob:
"The long tropical aging is reflected in intense wood notes with hints of coffee, plus heavy dark dried fruits, a spice blend of leather, licorice and pepper, and black tea. A rum not devoid of tart notes, but of aromatically impressive variety and vibrancy. Excellent St. Lucia!"
RX11266
Chairman‘s Reserve Master's Selection (The Nectar 15th anniversary)...
Top review from lukasdrinkinghabits:
"St. Lucia can be very diverse: sometimes towards Barbados, sometimes towards Jamaica or even some Guyana - this one is more Jamaican.The nose is still a bit closed, very balanced between fruit, herbs and spices. Even after hours in the glass, this isn't quite the big explosion, but in the mouth it's great cinema This is the Chairman's with the best mouthfeel I've tasted so far - very fruity and fantastic alcohol integration. Besides the overripe tropical fruit, ginger and fresh herbaceous menthol notes.Compared to the GotA a bit juicier and not as extremely dry. As with the GotA, I get strong Clarendon vibes - I mean that as a compliment 😉.The finish is surprisingly dark with coffee (chewing beans) as the lead note, then menthol and herbs. Top!"
RX7689
Chairman‘s Reserve Master's Selection (Old Brothers & Excellence...
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"For the price you get a lot I think. Once rested you get a nicely balanced rum with light fruit and nice roasted wood. Intense and lightly dry on the palate."
RX13440
Top review from Jakob:
"The 2001 vintage from the South Pacific Distillery manages to pick me up time and again. Here, a very own dirty note (burnt plastic) meets deep spice, menthol, wood, fruit esters, a minimum of caramel and plenty of medicinal hints. Must be liked or tolerated, aromatically the whole thing is in any case almost breathtakingly complex and worth consciously engaging in each sip - there is simply much to discover. My rating is certainly also a little dependent on my personal preference for very complex rums; but the breadth of the flavor spectrum is simply impressive."
RX9382
Top review from Joachim Guger:
"What a great nose. Honey, smoke, fruit etc. Complex, perfectly balanced.In the mouth then the full load of plastic. Warm and strong, again a lot of honey.At the end you suck on a leather bag (real or yet imitation leather?).Geil. Really not my Beuteschema, but has surprised me positively.😄"
RX13025
Top review from Alex1981:
"Wow, great selection! Full of esters, fruits, slight spices and a suprising vanilla gentleness. The dry finish stays with you for a long time, producing extra saliva that brings back the esters for a final goodbye. Alcohol is well integrated, what an orchestra of flavors. Top notch!"
RX11133
Top review from crazyforgoodbooze:
"Blind I would never have thought of Fiji from the nose, rather Jamaica high Ester. Brutal stuff, full in the face glue, red berries, tangerine and a whole mouthful of old leather bicycle chair 🤣and bicycle tube but especially leather is blatantly dominant. in ne very perverse way unfortunately really horny with an eternal finish and makes surprisingly fun to drink despite the high age and alcohol content.I am once again similar to the recently released Hampden extremely flashed that such a quality again from the house Plantation comes on the market!Definitely one of the best Fiji rums to date!At the 2nd tasting, the typical burnt bicycle tube aroma is almost too much for me! Nevertheless, a blatant device as far as Fiji is concerned! "Tastes like you're burning your bike and then eat ne horny dark chocolate mousse with red fruit jelly, plus bissl salty banana chipsAber your whole face is full of burnt rubber" 🤣🌋🚲🔥"
RX379
Top review from Leo Tomczak:
"In der Nase Gummiabrieb, Kautschuk und Muffiger Keller. Im Geschmack dann typisches Fiji Profil mit minimaler Salzigkeit und einigen Estereinflüssen. Im Abgang Holz, leichte Bitterstoffe und etwas Süße. Leider recht kurzer Abgang. Alkohol in Ordnung eingebunden, man merkt ihm den Dampf an. Für den 2001er Jahrgang kein herrausragender Fiji, aber dennoch ein sehr guter Rum."
RX1717
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"Some migh consider this a light rum, but it's one of the best Fiji rums I have tasted. Fresh and fruity with some grass and flowers on there. I really like the smoky wood finish that last for a good while. On the first sip it is kind og heavy but it settles after that. Leave to rest for a good while and all the goodness comes at you. Leave the glass once empty and whif it after a couple of hours, pure joy I can tell you."
RX13439
Plantation Fiji Islands 2007 (Finished in Ferrand 10...
Top review from Jakob:
"The 2007 vintage is dominated by tropical fruits, which gallantly play to their strengths; they are joined by light sweetness of pastry and sugar as well as floral aromas. All of this plays out well on the palate, and the alcohol is well integrated. The fruit melange is very appealing and offers complexity, light tobacco aromas, a bit of tart spiciness and toasted aromas from the barrel. Overall, however, the spectrum remains a bit too straightforward, the present counterpoints to the herbal-fruity freshness and thus the other aromatic influences that could provide additional excitement are missing. However, this remains almost the only flaw in this rum, which basically knows how to convince absolutely."
RX6386
Top review from mto75:
"the 16 years in American oak are already very noticeable on the nose. With the oak barrel then also comes the accompanying vanilla flavor, plus some caramel. The alcohol also stings a bit on the nose. On the palate, vanilla, dark chocolate, roasted flavors. Impression as with the Nobilis (No.16) 2004 South Pacific: unfortunately rather below average and far from the great 2001 bottlings."
RX5279
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I like this bottler and I have just oddered three different releases from Jamaica. Their average quality is pretty good and the price tage even better. The nose is fruity with smoky wood, vanilla, tea and a hint of varnish. I love the cherry flavour that becomes clearer if you leave the glass empty for a while. The palate is lightly dry with smoky wood, fruits and spices. There is a lovely minty touch in there as well. The finish is lightly dry with smoky wood and a mix of fruits. Price to quality is very good."
RX510
Top review from Alex Kunath:
"Schlichtweg der beste Fiji, den TRC angefüllt hat! Geile Nase, geiler Geschmack! Nach Cross Tasting mit dem RC Fiji und dem LMDW Fiji ist dieser knapp auf dem ersten Platz weil er für mich die dreckigeren Fiji Noten hat, die ich so mag."
RX1967
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"I just returned from a luxury tasting I was invited to and I'm actually a bit tipsy this time because all the rums had a high proof. This tasting was Plantation extreme only and this is the fifth one of the six. This just keeps getting better. Some of the best Fiji has to offer and then matured to perfection by Plantation. Sweet and soft bodied rum very well balanced with the proof. Typical Jamaica style rum and you won't regret a sip or two. Price to quality is good. "
RX13902
Top review from TheRhumhoe:
"Un rhum fidjien particulièrement puissant et charpenté. Le nez suggère pourtant un rhum plus souple, avec des notes de fruits exotiques, des esters, de la cerise, du boisé, des notes toastées, des notes florales, du caramel et du chocolat au lait. Le fût de bourbon renforce cette impression de gourmandise. L’attaque en bouche est très musclée et intense. Les notes empyreumatiques et les épices font vite monter la température, suivis par un boisé sec et des tannins. Une amertume s’installe avec les esters, tandis que l’ananas et les herbes aromatiques tentent de se frayer un chemin parmi l’alcool, ici particulièrement puissant. La finale est très longue et très clivante. Les notes fumées, boisées et épicées sont dominantes, mais des essences florales, herbacées et médicinales, accompagnées de fruits exotiques et secs, viennent équilibrer ce profil très concentré. Un rhum à sensation forte, à ne pas mettre entre toutes les mains."
RX343
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This rum is a blend of solera rums where one set is aged up to 40 years and the other for up to 21 years. All aging has been done in Europe so a very controlled aging process. This is another of those rums where people can agree to disagree. A sweet rum that is pretty well balanced. The price tag is a bit high compared to what you get. "
RX52
Top review from Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰:
"This is definitely a rum for the fan base of A. H. Riise. Sweet like the usual rums from this company. The nose is sweet and fruity with a tad of smoke and mint. The palate is very sweet and the fruitiness continues from the nose. Creamy charred mint and vanilla. The finish is short to medium long and sweet with orange and oak. A tad too sweet for me but it will probebly have a huge fan base out there. "
RX16875
Top review from Jakob:
"Delicious navy rum with sweet Demerara backbone, which is gallantly complemented by tropical fruits. In addition, present spicy notes and subtle latte flavors...not settled in the Champions League, but this is still really fun!"
RX8529
Top review from zabo:
"Ist mal was ganz anderes. Wer den bayrischen Wald und einen Blutwurz und Bärwurz kennt, der wird hier beeindruckt sein. Es hat so gar nichts mit Rum wie man ihn gespiced kennt zu tun. Fazit: Blended Rum meets Bär/Blutwurz. Die typischen Kräuter des bayrischen Waldes sind dominant. Glaube es gibt nur 2 Möglichkeiten, entweder man liebt ihn oder man hasst ihn. Penninger hat hier eine komplett neue Geschmacksrichtung ausprobiert."
RX99
Top review from Tim :
"Der Geruch ist lecker, nicht komplex, aber sehr gefällig. Kokosnuss, Ananas, etwas Banane und viel Toffee und Sirup. Gewürze, Holz eher schwach. Im Mund setzt sich der Geruch fort mit vielen süßen und fruchtigen Noten. Trotzdem auch ein warmes Gefühl. Könnte ein gesüßter Mix aus niedrig-Ester Jamaica, Barbados und Dom Rep sein?!"
RX385
Top review from Tim :
"Ähnlich zu Project 1 und 4: Süßigkeiten, Früchte und Vanille, wobei hier die Banane und rote Früchte eher im Vordergrund sind. Sowohl in Nase, Mund und Abgang finden sich diese Komponenten. Meiner Meinung nicht so gut wie P1, aber besser als P4."
