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over 4 years ago
This is very nice. I’d heard that the quality had dropped off due to the horror show the last decade+ has visited on Haiti, but I’m very impressed with this. A good entree point for people curious about agricole rhum as I find a very nice balance between sweet and dry; grass and fruit! Santé!
Posted
over 5 years ago
Found this and was impressed by the deep fruity taste without too much sweetness. Will be my regular go-to rhum.
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over 6 years ago
Sugar: estimated at 8-10 gpl. To me it seemed that the blender added some form of sweetener to soften the Agricole bite in this rum. Okay taste with wood, caramel but it tasted like they added sweet n low to the blend leaving a what is that taste. Good mixer, but not a sipping rum for me.
Posted
over 7 years ago
The thing is how many times are you in Hati. So not exactly the easiest to find but one to grab if you can smooth and nice.
Posted
over 7 years ago
Nice rum for a cool night. Great over a big cube. A favorite. Served to a few whiskey drinkers and they loved it.
Posted
3 months ago
The nose is delicate and slightly sweet with a floral undertone. The sip gives you that grassy taste distinct to agricole but it’s not harsh, light and delicate like the nose. Then you get a wave of sweetness but that isn’t overpowering either. The mouth gets warmed, a little bit of spice from the proof, its sips hotter than it is, and finished with a baking spice with a hint of cinnamon.
I’ve been drink Rum Barbancourt for a years, and I steel love it.
One of my best
Posted
6 months ago
My first agricole. Smooth with grassy notes very different from typical rums, but still good to drink.
Posted
8 months ago
My favorite year for rum is 15yrs. This is just a revamp of the original 15yr old. Figued I'd give it a try. Maybe same but different label. " It's OK" rum but not making my cut! The ElDorado 15 is a bit lighter but does a better job at this age. Although its higher proof than the el dorado and same price range it's still lacking. Not going back!
Posted
9 months ago
Nice change of pace. Different flavor but not too agricole or clairin. Keep going back and buying it.
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A dark aged agricole rum
7
/10
out of 10
It has been a very long time since I have tried any rum from Barbancourt and since reviews after the quake were mostly bad, I did not want to buy a whole bottle. So I ordered one shot of this 15 year old neat in a well stocked bar. The bottle is totally new, which is why I did not recognize it behind the bar.
It is very dark with no aroma and a slight burn on the tongue with no after burn. There are also no notable flavors and this is just an average tasting dark rum that tries to hide it's agricole roots. For what it is, this one is too expensive at $48 per bottle or $9 per shot. I could not wait to finish it so that I could move on to my third and final trial of rum shots tasted.
Update August 28, 2020: Inspired by a recent review from mujuru and going back to read my original review from more than two years ago, I did not give this rhum a fair shot from a one ounce pour at a bar. No telling how long their bottle had been opened. So I plunked down $44 for my very own bottle today. This time around, I let it breathe in the snifter for 15 minutes. What a difference that made! No offensive aromas and followed by a buttery like taste going down with very little burn. This is the Barbancourt Rhum that I remember from my younger days. Using my list of previously rated agricoles, It had to move up in my ratings from a 5 to an 7. It is now in my top 3 agricoles that I have tried. Thanks mujuru!!!!