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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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Posted
5 months ago
One of the first of this style I tried over a decade ago. Definitely a good intro to Agricole, but leaves more to be desired.
Update: I recently revisited this rum after a long hiatus, updating from a 6 to a 7. It's very approachable, affordable, and smooth. Nothing to dislike other than there are tastier aged cane juice based rums, however nothing really in this price range.
Posted
6 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.
Posted
6 months ago
bohuzel vubec mě tohle nebavilo a ve výsledku tohle mělo horší hodnocení
Posted
6 months ago
Very easy rum good stuff smooth and a pleasant drink
Posted
6 months ago
this is simply one of the best values out there.
Great stuff, works surprisingly well at (low) 43% abv.
Posted
10 months ago
Decent bar level rum for mixing mixing with a diet coke. Better than the standard well level.
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.
Posted
1 year 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.
Posted
1 year ago
Smoky taste. Sweeter with time but nothi'g exceptional.Not my kind of rum.
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.
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Smooth
6
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My first "Rhum" Agricole so I can't compare it to others of this type. I will say that it's very smooth and not very sweet which I expected. The base flavor reminded me of RL Seale's 10 year but with less complexity of leather, oak, and vanilla if that makes sense. There is an earthy natural flavor to this one that I wouldn't describe as bad, but I will use it as a mixer just because I personally prefer more sweetness in rums that I drink neat or on the rocks. Smokey and grassy is how I would describe this as well. Smooth rum overall.