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Barbancourt Estate Reserve 15-Year rum

Barbancourt Estate Reserve 15-Year

Haiti | Aged

7.6/10
91 ratings
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91 Barbancourt Estate Reserve 15-Year Ratings

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Niklas 🇸🇪 | 72 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Väldigt positivt överraskad! Rund och välbalanserad, inte för söt

Mike Pooch 🇺🇸 | 39 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Just found this hidden treasure upon organizing my bar, given to me by a client and I found it very useful for my tiki mixology, I have used it in many mixes with great success and just tried it neat with an ice cube and really enjoyed it! It is oak aged and has some bite which may be too much for some, I normally like sweet sipping rums like Diplimatico, but I still enjoyed this agricole. Update...Feb 2020, I have a few years under my belt regarding rum sipping and mixology. I would not mix with this, it’s too good!!! It is very similar to El Dorado 15, not grassy at all, just full bodied molasses, brown sugar, baking spices, caramel notes. I would definitely always have a bottle of this on hand, a superb sipper on the rocks or neat.

Jagsroy (PREMIUM) 🇨🇦 | 288 ratings
Posted almost 6 years ago

I originally rated this rum a 7 a few years ago as I didn’t care much for this rum. Fast forward to 2022 and I have had a chance to sample many more rums and fine tuned my taste for rums. I opened my second bottle of Barbancourt Estate Reserve 15 yr rum and thoroughly enjoyed it. I believe my palate has grown and expanded its taste to accept agricole rhums. This is, indeed, a very good rhum and definitely deserve an “8” score out of 10 in my books.

Paul B 🇺🇸 | 472 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

It has been a very long time since I have tried any rum from Barbancourt and since reviews after the quake were mostly bad, I did not want to buy a whole bottle. So I ordered one shot of this 15 year old neat in a well stocked bar. The bottle is totally new, which is why I did not recognize it behind the bar.

It is very dark with no aroma and a slight burn on the tongue with no after burn. There are also no notable flavors and this is just an average tasting dark rum that tries to hide it's agricole roots. For what it is, this one is too expensive at $48 per bottle or $9 per shot. I could not wait to finish it so that I could move on to my third and final trial of rum shots tasted.

Update August 28, 2020: Inspired by a recent review from mujuru and going back to read my original review from more than two years ago, I did not give this rhum a fair shot from a one ounce pour at a bar. No telling how long their bottle had been opened. So I plunked down $44 for my very own bottle today. This time around, I let it breathe in the snifter for 15 minutes. What a difference that made! No offensive aromas and followed by a buttery like taste going down with very little burn. This is the Barbancourt Rhum that I remember from my younger days. Using my list of previously rated agricoles, It had to move up in my ratings from a 5 to an 7. It is now in my top 3 agricoles that I have tried. Thanks mujuru!!!!

Pierre 🇨🇦 | 86 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

The smell is sweet and easy. The taste is a truly rum taste. No spice, no extra sweetner. Simply grand rum taste. Smooth enough as well.

Rumrunner95 🇺🇸 | 69 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Very smooth with little to no burn. Notes of caramel, pineapple, and a bit of spices.

piratejabez 🇺🇸 | 322 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

43% ABV. Very rich in nose and flavor. Deep vanilla and caramel. Dried fruits. Leather. Thick, oily mouthfeel. Hint of tar (yes!).

One of those rums that you want to keep nosing all night long—even the empty glass. The 15-year is a huge jump above the 8-year (I tried them side-by-side); I'd skip that one entirely. My only complaint is that I wish it had a little more bite. Would LOVE a 100+ proof version of this :)

8+, 9-

Rodney 🇦🇱 | 24 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Would but again. What else can I person say but I'd buy again

Joseph Blossman 🇺🇸 | 40 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

A local Cuban restraint here in Memphis has the whole line of these stocked on the shelf, and let me tell you this rum didn't disappoint. Although, I have had this rum before with my father, the bottle I had was from many many many years ago (long before I was born) and I wasn't expecting Haiti to be able to put out that quality rum anymore. Especially not after the toll that the country has had. Yet, I was surprised when I got to this one, because I saved this one for last of the three I had, I wasn't expecting much from it. Not after the 4 and 8 years let me down. However, this rum is a well balanced of fruit and spice that's not over the top sweet. However, it does have an over earthiness aspect to it but an ice cube helped mellow that out without diluting the other flavors.

sandman_01 🇺🇸 | 9 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

Nothing really wrong with this rum, but it wasn't a standout for me. At $50, it doesn't compare favorably with the competition. Subtle and smooth, slightly dry. Finishes nice.




Brand Details

Name: Estate Reserve 15-Year
Years Aged: 15
Type: Barbancourt
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No