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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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Mujuru 🇺🇸 | 152 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

I wanted to like this. The smell is nice with vanilla notes and slight citrus. The first taste is immediate spice and alcohol. There seems like maybe there are some citrus undertones there but really the alcohol just overwhelms everything. The burn lingers and overtakes the aftertaste to where I get nothing but heat. That’s unfortunate. Hopefully I can find a good agricole that isn’t overwhelmed by the alcohol burn.

Nose: 7
Palate: 4
Aftertaste: 5
Smoothness: 4
Versatility: 7
Price: 4

Total: 5.1

jru 🇺🇸 | 113 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Tastes very mild but it has all of the good things there.. slight whisky, vanilla, oak.
Slight sweetness. Not so much
Super smooth

Drinkia 🇨🇿 | 394 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Na nose dřevo, lehce karamel, vodka, trocha ovoce. Pořád celkem ploché, ale pořád příjemně čisté a šťavnaté. V chuti dominuje karamel. Dochuť krátka. I přes tu plochost mě na tom něco babí.

ripperussr 🇨🇿 | 475 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Vanilla and caramel aroma, cocoa, coffee and wood barrel in the palate. Decent burning ending.

Foglialuce 🇮🇹 | 281 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Intenso, pungente, note di solvente e di pepe, ma senza finale o profondità, lontane le note mielate

revsteph 🇺🇸 | 368 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Tasted at Laka Lono 8/19/21
Notes indicate that this had a sweet taste and that our discussion was mostly around the confusing naming system for these rums, involving both years and stars
UPDATE: Also entered in my passport on 1/31/22 with notes that this was a little more agricole in flavor than I prefer. Interestingly, I did give it the same rating as the first time.

jacobaustin91 🇺🇸 | 8 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

I'm not always into Agricoles but this one was drinkable. Although hella affordable, I probably won't be getting this again for sipping- but would definitely not say no if someone offered it.
It was good I just can't put my finger on anything that WoW'ed me.

BayouBengal 🇺🇸 | 1 rating
Posted 1 year ago

In cocktails, this does an OK job. Neat, however, this rhum does not have a pleasant nose and the first sip is pretty overwhelming with a medicinal/chemical taste. Second sip is not as bad, but still not great. Wouldn't buy again.

Poncho 🇨🇦 | 15 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

My favorite rum for sailing, drink as ti-punch: 1,5 Oz rum, 3/4 Oz cane syrup, 1/4 Oz (or less) of fresh pressed lime juice, find the sweet spot of lime juice where a coconut flavour appears, it’s pure magic

TheJayHawk 🇺🇸 | 37 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Good Aroma. Very warm flavors of wood barrel, spices brown sugar, and a nice vegetal note at the end. A great choice.

Rumrun11 (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 125 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

I have only tried agricole rum a couple times and was not impressed at all. I gave it one more shot with Barbancourt and I am done with agricole. This rum has a bit of a smokey aroma and nothing else. More gold than amber color and a flat alcohol taste mixed with smoke and a bit of sweetness, and just not mixed in a good way. Gave a 4 and not a 3 because did use also as mixer and was not bad at all but I really prefer rum neat or on the rocks.




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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