Smooth, caramel and bananas, easy to drink straight

Aroma - cinnamon orange peel followed by pineapple and mango

Taste - toasted sugar followed by lemon cake, caramel and an oak finish.

This is probably a good catch for ones that are 1st starting their journey. It is smooth till the end where the bite catches up. I don't find any significant notes at all. Just another bland blending is all I detect. After all the hype with this blender I went for it. Glad I did but will not revisit. It got a 7 because it is drinkable and it's not another sugarbomb, but that's it! Boring is the best I can describe this average rum.

not as good as gosling gold by a long mark, but ok for a mixer and so much better than Myers imo.

Much to my surprise get value for money and a very pleasant drink

what is the chemical flavour that causes one to put the glass down and reconsider the importance of life?

Solid sipper, but at $50 there are other more complex and tasty alternatives.

Same as the standard, but a bit more interesting on the finish with 3% extra ABV. N: fruit and banana peel and light funk, reminiscent of a better, controlled plantation dark/overproof... T/F: a bit of spice a bit of sweet, an easy sipper that hits the right in-between spot of not-too-sweet, not-too-boring.

The wine cask takes over, but in a good way that makes this sip more like a cask finished scotch than a rum (a Macallan-like rum). N: very scotch-like, big wine with caramel hiding beneath. T/F: scotch wine cask follow through that reminds me of a sherried finish. It's good, but it's tough to down more than one dram in a sitting.

A relatively lower priced single cask from Plantation ($60) that delivers more than I expected, with a top tier lighter vanilla cream, chocolate, oaky nose and a solid - if not overly complicated, sweet and spice finish. I appreciated but didn't really like the Cihuatan 8yr solera gran reserva from the same (only) Ingenio La Cabana El Salvadorian distillery, but this takes the best pat of that overly vanilla experience and expands it. Definitely worth the price.

Tasted at Fernside in San Diego on 5-19-24. Pours clear. The aroma is like a charanda in that is seems to be a balance between a Jamaican Funk and an agricole. Storms in hot, but moderates quickly like Rum Fire does. Heavy simple syrup sweetness gives way to an anesthetic numbing. Juju Fruit finish. Upon adding some water, this agricole aroma is totally gone. Candy sweetness remains, but somehow it burns even more. Oddly, this is an overproof that should not be diluted!

Tasted at Fernside in San Diego on 5-18-24. Pours clear. Wonderful aroma bringing the funk and some gooseberries. Mild palate and delightfully easy going down. Slightly woody finish. Mild black peppery finish

Tasted at Fernside in the Southpark 🐴 of San Diego May 19 2024
Appearance: clear
Aroma: sourdough, funk.
Flavor: bread, must, some band-aid. Tasting notes: This is a delicious rum, excellent for sipping. The flavor lingers and does not veer. This is a fine example of a Jamaican rum.

Tasted this very good Agricole from the Esperance distillery in Guadeloupe, producer of Longueteau, at the Sweden (Stockholm) Rumfest 2024.
Before blended and aged it consisted of 65% red cane rum known for its fruitiness and 35% blue cane rum characterized for its citrus notes.
This blend was then rested for 1 year in stainless steel vats before being barreled in 2017 in an ex-Cognac barrel. Finally it is bottled by Excellence Rhum, 6yo in 2023 at 56,9% in just 249 bottles.
The nose is fruity, mild, spicy and oily with notes of nuts, apricot and honey.
At the palate it’s elegant, fruity and woody with strong apricot flavors and hints of ripe fruits and cherries.
The long finish is spicy with the flavors from the palate persistent.
Overall an elegant and rather intense rum.
Picture: A bottle at the Excellence Rhum stand at Sweden Rumfest with my poured glass.

A dark red bottle with a light red liquid. It has a light smell with a sweet fruity aroma. Tasting straight gives a mild burn ,odd considering the only 70 proof, with the sweet fruit flavour I’ve had this bottle for quite some time, so I don’t remember where it came from or how much it was. It does work well in my friends fruity mixed drink.

It is a very flavoured rum but not so sweet as A.H. Riise. It's a manly one.

Al naso caramello, zucchero bruciato, cacao, caffè, spezie, tutto leggero
Al palato inizialmente è molto morbido con caramello, vegetali, frutti secchi dolci, caffè, liquirizia, poi spezie pepate/pungenti e qualcosa di floreale sul finale.

Not very drinkable, but could be really good in a cake!

Found this at a Hilton hotel on La Defense area in Paris.

Great sipper and and notes of butterscotch and caramel. Almost burnt caramel. Quite sweet on the back end.

An ice cube really opened this one up.

What a great rum! The smell is that of a soft warm tawny port. The taste is not to sweet and smooth from beginning to end. It lingers a bit and you can experience it as a small after burn.

In my opinion, this was my expectation when I tried the 15y abuelo port cask, that was gasoline. So sip this instead!

Co kntomu pisat.
Je to proste tuzemak, z liehovaru.
Ochuteny a navonany lieh, mozno nejaky cukor. To ke vsetko

Bolo mi to ponuknute od kamarata. A je to strasne. Mam rad sladke rumy, ale nech to je aj rum.
Toto je nejaka presladena, ani neviem akym sladidlom a velmi dofarbena emulzia.
V arome je citit len nejaka vonavka a alkohol.
V chuti iba to sladidlo.
Ani som nedopil pohar, musel som to rozriedit v pol litry kofoly.

Tasted at Havana 1920 in San Diego on 5-18-24. Pours clear. Weak aroma with more of an isopropyl burn when mouth inhaled. Not much there. The burn continues upon tasting. Hot and unidimensional. Not for me.

Not gonna write a deep review, as there are a lots of good comments which you can read below. My opinion is this release is better than 5 and 8. It's smooth, fairly priced and i have it constantly in my cabinet. It's a everyday pleasure!

Amazing rum from Savanna. On the nose is very fruity, you can smell a candies and tropical aromas as well. A lot of funk and smoothness despite the 57%. There's a warm aftertaste and it's quite pleasant. It's a interesting and different rum, not for everyone. However, if you like funky and high ester rums this is for you.