Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year

Decent bar level rum for mixing mixing with a diet coke. Better than the standard well level.

Light and fruity, but with a peppery sting of alcohol. I expected it more balanced after 8 years in limousin oak. Pepper, pepper, pepper.

I liked the previous Barbancourt and this one does not disappoint. A woody rum with vegetation funk and grassy citrus. A bit too sweet but hopefully an older variety mellows that out. Good Haitian Rum.

Smoky taste. Sweeter with time but nothi'g exceptional.Not my kind of rum.

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 little hotter than some Agricole but nice aroma, and taste. You can smell the brown sugar, the field, and oak. Get yourself a bottle.

Tastes very mild but it has all of the good things there.. slight whisky, vanilla, oak.
Slight sweetness. Not so much
Super smooth

Na nose dřevo, lehce karamel, vodka, trocha ovoce. Pořád celkem ploché, ale pořád příjemně čisté a šťavnaté. V chuti dominuje karamel. Dochuť krátka. I přes tu plochost mě na tom něco babí.

Vanilla and caramel aroma, cocoa, coffee and wood barrel in the palate. Decent burning ending.

Intenso, pungente, note di solvente e di pepe, ma senza finale o profondità, lontane le note mielate