Depaz Grande Reserve XO White Label 12-Year

Rhum agricole XO de la distillerie Depaz située au pied de la Montagne Pelée.
Assemblage de rhums entre 8 et 10 ans d'âge, ce Depaz XO titre 45°.
Design : bouteille standard de la marque, sobre et plutôt élégante.
Couleur : belle couleur ambrée.
Nez : très parfumé, pruneau, fruits confits, tabac.
Dégustation : attaque douce et fruitée puis explosion de saveurs, tabac, alcool, pain d'épices et boisé.
Finale : très longue, goût de canne avec des notes d'épices.

Encore un grand rhum de la maison Depaz, malheureusement assez cher.

Visited the Depaz distillery while vacationing in Martinique. Nice distillery tour followed by a full open tasting bar. Depaz Grande Reserve XO has a pretty nice and sturdy bottle and label design. Traditional dry Rhum Agricole flavors complemented with plenty of grass, floral notes and strong oak to your nose and palate. Mild and very short burn at the end. Rhum Agricole lovers can add 2 points to the score.

Perfect agricole aroma, rum of darker color, bitter, smooth and woody taste... I love this one!

Aroma is firstly sweet and later fruity.
Taste is full, round and lined by spicyness. Tones of brandy, oak and vanilla finish.

This one is much alike the Clement XO. Smooth, nice and subtile with rich flavours and only overruled by Clement XO.
It starts to get quite hard to get it in the old bottle with its wooden etui (have 3). Instead there is a more common bottle with a blue label. I have tried to get an answer from Depaz if it’s the same rhum, but no answer yet.
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September 2019;
It seems like the two different bottles of Grande Reserve XO are two different Agricoles. The one in the image bottle (same as the one I’ve reviewed) should after what I’ve read contain distillates that’s at least 12yo and the one with the blue label is a blend of distillates that’s between 8 and 10yo.
So some of the reviews here doesn’t review the bottle at the image.
Picture: My Martinique shelf (Excl. Rhum J.M)

Honiggelbes Bernstein im Glas.
In der Nase, wow, frisch gepflückte weisse Früchte und noch mehr Früchte, ja ein riesiger Korb voller Früchte, richtig frisch und lecker. Etwas Holz und dezenter Rauch sind auch mit dabei.
Im Gaumen tanzt Dir der ganze Früchtekorb über die Zunge. Die Holznoten halten sich dezent im Hintergrund.
Im Abgang wunderschön lang und fruchtig.
Ein herausragender Agicole, weich und geschmeidig. Für Einsteiger, die in die Welt des Agricole-Rhum eintauchen möchten und natürlich Geniesser. 8.5

Honey yellow amber in the glass.
In the nose, wow, freshly picked white fruits and more fruits, yes a huge basket full of fruits, really fresh and tasty. Some wood and subtle smoke are also included.
On the palate, the whole basket of fruit dances over your tongue. The wood notes are subtly in the background.
In the finish beautifully long and fruity.
An outstanding agicole, soft and supple. For beginners who want to immerse themselves in the world of the Agricole-Rhum and of course connoisseurs. 8.5

My personal best agricole so far. Very warm and spicy ( pepperish spicy ), maybe even cognac like, but also little sweet and woody.

Virkelig fantastisk duft. Jeg er normalt ikke til agrocole. Men denne virker lovende. Dufter dejlig sødt af karamel. Der er en smule læder i duften lidt hen af Caroni.
Smagen er ikke helt så sød som jeg havde håbet. Det er nok en flaske jeg kunne finde på at købe, men der er mange andre på ønskelisten også.

Virkelig lækker agricole rom - ikke for tør - dejlig blød med god smag

With mahogany color, this beautiful rum has woody notes with vanilla and other spices. In the mouth, it is very hot and fat with vanilla, wood and spices. The finish is long on spices, nutmeg, clove and pepper. Very nice rum.

Bcp d'épices, vanille chocolat... Boisé. Un régal.

Depaz - Rhum très vieux - Cuvée du Centenaire - XO
Gouté en Martinique

One of my wife favorite even if its a little bit too dry...

Un grand rhum de Martinique

Very aromatic :smooth spice, chocolate , vanilla and light oak . In spite of its age , very powerful !