Saint James Reserve Privee 7-Year

this is a much better example of the more rounded and balanced agricole that I had prior. Minor details collectively stopped me rating as a 7. Very earthy with a blow back warming my eyes.
Dry, very strong rum which remains as a warming experience. Very pleasant with Cola.

I'm not sure if my rating is on the right place here, because my bottle looks different from the main photo above. Unfortunately I couldn't find my bottle. But it's also a 7 year old Saint James with 43 % ABV, but not a "Reserve Privee".
Nose : wood ! A little vanilla and also caramel in the back

Palate : the barrel is in front, but also a little sweetness in the back. Not unpleasant on my tongue. The 43% ensure a peppery spiciness. Some seconds later a little smoke joins in. Hmm, a whiskey note spreads. More and more. I'm not an expert on whisky but I can remember the few moments when I tasted a whisky. And this reminds me of that.
After a little while a little fruitness of some orange notes creep onto the tongue.

Finish : medium. The peppery spiciness on the tongue remains. Unfortunately not more.

Conclusion : that was my first Agricole. So I don't know if this is the typical taste of an Agricole. But for me it's to much on the whisky side and to less on the rum side. That's why I call it the "Whiskum" in the title. Not a bad whisky and not a bad taste, but not a typical rum taste. And I wanted to drink a rum. That's the reason why my rating is only a 6. But a good 6 all in all.

Rum decisamente anonimo. Bouquet "povero" e molto poco persistente.

Aromas of a botanical garden and a flavour upfront like johnnie walker which finishes with that earthy vegatative dryness and cedar with banana leaf. Pretty good but could obviously do with some further aging and a bit more sweetness. Oh and that funk of an aftertaste of an agricole is its best feature.

seven-year-old rum Agricole from Martinique's St James distillery, matured in small oak casks.

Nosing
Grassy, petrol, nail varnish, aniseed

Tasting
Olives ,grass , typical Agricole notes , pepper ,cardamom

Delicious representation of an aged Agricole....

The smell is grass, lemongrass, licorice and mint candy, hint of wood, the taste is pleasantly smooth and full, starts with honey-like sweetness (without added sugar), lemongrass, deeper tones of wood and cocoa, turns into aftertaste of toffee and licorice, ending with mint candy and lemon grass. I am still trying to get to terms with the Agricole rums, the characteristic grassy undertone in both smell and taste is something I am still learning to love, but this Agricole has style and depth.

Vůně - 2/5
Chuť je hrozná - 1/5
Tento rum mi nevyhovuje.

Au premier nez c est le boisé et la canne qui se font principalement sentir.
En bouche le boisé reste très présent ce qui pour moi est un marqueur très fort des Saint-James. Le fruits à coque prennent la relève suivi d arômes particulièrement fumé. La finale assez longue se prolonge sur la canne fraîche.

taste - 6.5/10
smell - 6/10
sweetness - 7/10
price/value rating - 6/10

It is the special niche of rums, that I am slowly getting my interest for. It’s whiskey-rums. Tastes like petrol, wood and tires. Not a bad one.