Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year

A little hotter than some Agricole but nice aroma, and taste. You can smell the brown sugar, the field, and oak. Get yourself a bottle.

Best I can say is this one is OK. Nothing special, for the money it's OK, but it just doesn't have any one specific spice or flavor that makes it more than just an average rum. I'm used to trying hard to pick out the subtle flavors in a good rum but there just wasn't a definitive flavor.
I wis I could say more about it, but for a one-word descriptor I would have to go with:
MEHHH.

Smoky taste. Sweeter with time but nothi'g exceptional.Not my kind of rum.

I liked the previous Barbancourt and this one does not disappoint. A woody rum with vegetation funk and grassy citrus. A bit too sweet but hopefully an older variety mellows that out. Good Haitian Rum.

Light and fruity, but with a peppery sting of alcohol. I expected it more balanced after 8 years in limousin oak. Pepper, pepper, pepper.

Decent bar level rum for mixing mixing with a diet coke. Better than the standard well level.

Dette bliver nok aldrig en af mine favorit rum. Men har været fin at smage. jeg bruger den oftest til cocktail

Klares Bernstein im Glas.
In der Nase exotisch und speziell. Rauch , Kräuter und Gewürze sind nebst dem stark getoastetem Holz sehr dominant. Früchte sind stark karamellisiert und kommen kaum zur Geltung.
Am Gaumen noch exotischer und spezieller. Eher ein Medizintrank als ein Rhum, Kräuter aus dem Arzneischrank sind auch auf dieser Ebene sehr dominant. Karamell, stark getoastetes Holz und Rauch sind auch auf der Zunge sehr präsent, die Früchte sind da, gehen aber auch hier unter.
Im Abgang immer noch exotisch und speziell. Die Früchte sind inexistent, das Karamell schnell weg, zurück bleibt etwas Holz und Rauch.
Ein sehr, wie soll ich sagen, spezieller Rhum. Wird als Agricole geführt, hat aber das Profil eines Melasse-Rums, mag vielleicht daran liegen das er aus Zuckerrohr-Honig (eingedickter Zuckerrohrsaft) destilliert wird. Auf jeden fall einen Versuch wert, für Einsteiger, Entdecker und Geniesser.
Für meine 8. Rumrunde.

Clear amber in the glass.
The nose is exotic and special. Smoke , herbs and spices are very dominant along with the heavily toasted wood. Fruits are strongly caramelized and hardly come to the fore.
Even more exotic and special on the palate. More of a medicinal potion than a rhum, herbs from the medicine cabinet are also very dominant at this level. Caramel, heavily toasted wood and smoke are also very present on the tongue, the fruit is there but goes down here as well.
Still exotic and special on the finish. The fruits are non-existent, the caramel quickly gone, what remains is some wood and smoke.
A very, how shall I say, special rhum. Is listed as Agricole, but has the profile of a molasses rum, may be because it is distilled from sugar cane honey (thickened sugar cane juice). Definitely worth a try, for beginners, explorers and connoisseurs.
For my 8th rum round.

this is simply one of the best values out there.
Great stuff, works surprisingly well at (low) 43% abv.

Very easy rum good stuff smooth and a pleasant drink