Depaz Vieux VO 3-Year

Bought me this bottle on my way down to Spain.
It’s aged for at least 3 years in oak casks.
Recognizable aromas is vanilla, tobacco and coffee.
The taste is dry, oaky, spicy and fruity. I recognize prunes, vanilla, cinnamon and black pepper.
During the medium long finish that goes on in the same way the tobacco comes back again.
Overall a quite intense Agricole that’s a little demanding.
Picture: My opened bottle and a poured glass out at my balcony by the Estepona Harbour.

This rum is not something, I would enjoy. The smell is, well, like not really good whisky. The taste is at the beginning sweet a little bit, but I wasn´t able to distinguish any ingrediency. Then it seems to be smooth, but the rum will in a second return in a very kicky form. The ending is dry and a bit fruity.

If you want try a sample, but it is not worthy to buy a bottle.

I cannot understand the less than positive reviews for this rum. Folk complaining about an alcohol burn?, it is 45% proof an not that bad at all in my opinion.
So many beautiful and complex flavours in every sip. It reminds me somewhat of Smith and Cross's Traditional Jamaican Rum, which just explodes with flavours in every sip.
One of the tastiest rums I have experienced for a long time. Perfectly sweet and "spicey".

full off flavour 45 abv
very good value very smooth

Vzorek z rumoveho kalendáře. Můj první agricole. Nevím, co si přesně myslet. Barva vcelku rumova, ale vůně jako ovocná pálenka. Na vzorku nejdou % znát. Chuť je proměnlivá asi i dle teploty, kromě ovoce se občas objeví i vanilka. Zatím mě agricole cesta neláká, ale…

taste - 5/10
smell - 5.5/10
sweetness - 8/10
price/value rating - 3/10

Was nice to try, not that super bad but you have better for same price

Eye: light amber with gold nuances.
Nose: warm. Peach and raspberry
Mouth: tropical fruit. Anice / metallic finale. A bit alcholic

Drsný agricole rum, můj šálek čaje (či sklenka rumu :-) to tedy není.

Sladká a příjemná vůně, hodně kokosu. Chuť dobrá, na agricole jemnější, úplně mě ale neoslovila.