Dillon Hors D’Age XO 9-Year

This rum agricole of Dillon is absolutely sociable, gentle, soft with great fruity flavors, he is totally round and was for me to enter the agricole world an absolute highlight. In addition, this rum has an absolutely outstanding price / performance ratio.
39€ costs a 0.7L bottle in Germany.

Bought two bottles of this in France, while driving down to Spain.
It has replaced the “XO Hors d’Age Grenadier” which is still to be found even if it’s getting tougher and tougher to find it.
This one is aged for at least 9 years while the precursor “The Grenadier” was aged for at least 10 years.
It was sold at sales at the supermarket together with two Dillon glasses for just 26€. The ordinary price is between 40€ and 55€, without glasses.
It’s very aromatic and complex and you can recognize wood, vanilla, fruit and cinnamon.
It’s a great Rhum, but I don’t think it reaches the level of the precursor, the Grenadier.
Pictures: My opened bottle & My Dillon shelf.

A dry rum (this is what I like) with a soft final.

Nose: synthetic, tobacco, prunes, ripe pears. The intensity and distant sharpness prevent you from enjoying it. Palate: sweet, fruity with sourness, tartness, cherry, a little bourbon, a lot of barrels, cloying, although dry. A little irritating to the throat, like perfume. These heavy substances don't give a rating of 9/10. .,.,.,. Очень богатый вкус, позитивное настроение, запоминающийся. Однако избыточность масел переходит в приторность и ощущение парфюма, несколько поперёк горла и задерживающийся шум наутро. Несомненные 8,5 баллов.

Toto je moj prvy agricole /rum z cukrovej trstiny/ zazitok a musim napisat, ze som si celkom pochutil. Nie je chutovo az tak harmonicky ako spickove rumy alebo lubivy ako dosladene, ale jeho sudove pozadie a jemna zemitost ma cosi do seba. V chuti citit vanilku, oriesky, ovocne a cokoladove tony. Nutnost pit chladeny.

Krajina pôvodu: Martinik
Obsah alkoholu : 43%
Cukor: 0-5g/l ? /predpoklad/
Doba zrenia: zmes rumov minimalne 9 rokov starych

I bought this rhum in French supermarket following a promotion offer. I was quite doubtful considering the xo age and the more than affordable price. It is a very good surprise, it is very tasteful with a woody note. Nevertheless I think that the reference of this rum is erroneous, there is no mentioned of a specific aging on the bottle (9 according to title), this bottle is intended to be marketed in supermarket only. I bought elsewhere the bottles xo 7years and 12years and I can tell you that the price is not the same! I will share feedbacks on these 2 bottes once I will drink them.

Яркий агриколь, достаточно сухой. Ожидал немного большего от него.

I taste pistachio and nuts! Very interesting Agricole

Nose is almondy, taste is like a rougher AH Riise but finish is a bitter burn which takes off a point

Dillin XO byl první agricole který jsem ochutnal. Úmyslně jsem zvolil střední cestu, ani nic levného, ani extrémně drahé, přecejenom agricole nechutná každému. Voní hezky, i když proti jiným rumům zvláštně, chuť mě opravdu neoslovila. Tuhle láhem mám už delší dobu a ubývá, oproti jiným lahvím, pomalu. Postupně snad přicházím Dillonu i na chuť.