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Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year rum

Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year

Haiti | Aged

Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year Rum is agricultural, meaning it's produced from fermented sugar cane juice rather than the more typical molasses. The sugar cane juice is double distilled and aged for eight years in Limousin oak barrels.

Dupré Barbancourt created the Barbancourt rum recipe in 1862 in Haiti, where the rum is still produced today. A French national, Barbancourt incorporated traditional French methods including double-distillation in the process.

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246 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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246 Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year Ratings

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TomasM 🇨🇿 | 78 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Nice marriage between wood and cane, fruits and oak.

Hummus 🇺🇸 | 2 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

Nice light amber in bottle and glass. Nose was grassy, some green (black) pepper maybe nutmeg and oak. Still have some nice burn front and finish but between was a fruity mix of maybe pineapple and peaches, but not sweet at all. Finish, the alcohol was still pleasantly there with pepper and grass. Very fine finish. A quarter ice cube changes it, more fruity less alcohol, so it could be even more versatile. Permanent on the shelf.

mankri 🇭🇺 | 33 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

This agricole rum has a nice taste and a good character despite being young, only 8 years old.

Patrick 🇨🇭 | 24 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

In my collection, the description follows later. I have to taste it again.

Kurt Lauerman 🇺🇸 | 41 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

I found this Haitian rum to be good, but not great. I was hoping for a bit more complexity, and this fell a bit short. However still a nice rum overall, with a bit of bite.

Mike 🇺🇸 | 2 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

I thought I liked most rums, but this was gross tasting. It smelled like medicine, and I felt faintly ill after drinking it.

Claudio 🇮🇹 | 30 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

Rum produced from sugar cane juice in french style, aged for a long time if compared to Martinique/Guadaloupe cousins.
A real 8 years old agricole, for a price under 30€ is a very good value for money.
I enjoy this rum neat, there is a very good balance between the fresh, dry notes of the sugar cane and the wooden notes of a sipping spirit.

Wyatt 🇨🇦 | 7 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

At first sip, this rum goes down smooth but it bites with a powerful oak punch. Doesn't mix well in my opinion with cola, so neat or on the rocks it is. It tastes fantastic and has a genuine originality to it. It's my favourite Jamaican rum at this point! It's made from cane sugar which is a fresh change from big name rums using beat sugar or molasses. It isn't my favourite overall, but I highly recommend it nonetheless!

Pavelitti 🇨🇭 | 42 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

Rum classico, sapore neutro con un piccolo nota acerba. Va bene sia liscio che per cocktail.

S.L. 🇳🇱 | 9 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

It had lots of flavour and has a real strong kick to it.

Johannes 🇩🇪 | 62 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

A little "rough" maybe but excellent with a bit of ice.




Brand Details

Name: 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year
Years Aged: 8
Type: Barbancourt
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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