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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.

6.7/10
246 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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246 Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year Ratings

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Mihai 🇷🇴 | 212 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

Fara pretentii, un rom tanar, simplu, cu arome slab conturate. Probabil in mix-uri e bun..

Mayo 🇮🇹 | 22 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

Not a Grest aroma.The flavour Is compsed by dry fruit and a Little bit of vanilla but the alcool is very dominant.

Pascal 🇨🇦 | 231 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

commentaire a venir

Calmar 🇷🇺 | 25 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

Цвет - Тёмный янтарь.

Аромат - Сдержанный, влажный, травянисто-тростниковый, слегка спиртуозный, зелёные бананы, шоколад.

Вкус - Маслянистый, слегка водянистый, тростник, шоколад, какой-то усреднённый - по сладости, пряности, мощности, всего понемногу и ничего в итоге, no guts, как говорят наши англоговорящие коллеги.

Послевкусие - С этим вообще плохо, слабое, быстро угасающее, одномерное, тростниково-травяное.

Вывод - Ни рыба ни мясо, не коктейльный, конечно вариант, кола здесь не потребуется, но какой-то особой радости тоже нет от этого рома.

Оценка - 5/10

Pirate 🇺🇸 | 34 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

Best I can say is this one is OK. Nothing special, for the money it's OK, but it just doesn't have any one specific spice or flavor that makes it more than just an average rum. I'm used to trying hard to pick out the subtle flavors in a good rum but there just wasn't a definitive flavor.
I wis I could say more about it, but for a one-word descriptor I would have to go with:
MEHHH.

A.Greenleaf 🇺🇸 | 51 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Not what I normally drink but I can see where it could be nice. just not for me.

R.Ennell 🇨🇦 | 26 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

You don't have to drown this one with fruit juices to make it palatable.
On par with the basic Appleton "Special Gold" as a mixer but definitely much harsher and lacking all the smoothness of the Appleton
For those who think that a burning throat means an alcohol is good and strong.

Spinelli Cataldo 🇮🇹 | 27 ratings
Posted 8 years ago

Assolutamente da non consigliare. Adatto per uso in mitologia, ma per uso troppo costoso.

Jimmy Cliff (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 495 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

This was my morning email and I realized it’s a rum I never tried, even though I’m not a Haitian rum fan. First I didn’t like the scent lots of alcohol on the nose, then color is a light yellow gold color, lighter than I like. Now tasting neat, smoke, very little sweet, some fruit funk, and just a warming burn that doesn’t go away. Kind of medicinal, or what you might want trapped outside in a snow storm. Not finding this mildly redeeming. I’ll try it again after having to rub dust off the bottle. Don’t even think I can finish my initial tasting. Can only come up with a 5, almost went 4.

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




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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