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

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Beukeboom 🇺🇸 | 304 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Reading about this rum I discovered it to be one made from sugar cane juice rather than from molasses and from what I have read is produced in the French Caribbean tradition.

Now what "French Caribbean tradition" means in detail is unknown to me at this point. I may learn about that later one being that I am now fascinated...perhaps infatuated...with rum.

Anyway for me this is a borderline sipping rum. Rather smooth but just not quite smooth enough for me. However it is still a pretty good rum. I cannot really put a good descriptive term concerning its aroma in the bottle other than to say I like it. And I really cannot put my finger on why.

The flavor is quite nice. Rather complex mixture of flavors, none of which stand out meaning it's well-balanced. Not really a burn but more of an enveloping warmth that coats the tongue then fades but lingering in the throat. I get a butteriness to it along with a mild sweetness. Very good rum. And at $25 a bottle I think it is a good rum to keep on hand. However for me, it's best as a mixer but I cannot argue if someone prefers it neat. Works well either way.

Schpyder 🇺🇸 | 18 ratings
Posted 5 months ago

Not really like any other rum I've had, you definitely get some of the grassy agricole character due to being a cane juice distillate, but it's pot-stilled as opposed to column, and imparts a whole other mouthfeel and flavor profile. Citrus and molasses are prominent, with herbal, grassy hints on the back. Definitely worth trying.

filovo 🇨🇿 | 504 ratings
Posted 5 months ago

bohuzel vubec mě tohle nebavilo a ve výsledku tohle mělo horší hodnocení

Les 80 🇬🇧 | 70 ratings
Posted 6 months ago

Very easy rum good stuff smooth and a pleasant drink

maltpunk 🇦🇹 | 38 ratings
Posted 6 months ago

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

cpfoutz (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 11 ratings
Posted 9 months ago

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

Pepperman 🇩🇪 | 22 ratings
Posted 10 months ago

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

Andrewofcalgary 🇨🇦 | 272 ratings
Posted 12 months ago

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.

Johnmckenzie 🇫🇷 | 28 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

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

Pirate 🇺🇸 | 34 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

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.

Mekpdue 🇺🇸 | 25 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

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.




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 Led Rum: No

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