Barbancourt 5 Star Reserve Especiale 8-Year

Pleasant aroma. Smooth taste with no added annoying sweetnes. Balanced tones of smokey oak

I agree with @Delactablee, Almost a whiskey flavor. Smooth, well balanced. Can't tell it's over proof. Kind of dry, but the sweetness sneaks up later.

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

I must have something to collect, so here is another fine rum.
In time, i must taste it, but not now :)

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Smooth drink, nice color and very pleasant aftertaste. Not quite great,but pretty good.

My first supposedly sipping rum, given to me as a gift from someone who did not drink. Smokey, light in body and harsh going down. My first and last bottle.

Reading about this rum I discovered it to be one made from sugar cane juice rather than from molasses and from what I have read is produced in the French Caribbean tradition.

Now what "French Caribbean tradition" means in detail is unknown to me at this point. I may learn about that later one being that I am now fascinated...perhaps infatuated...with rum.

Anyway for me this is a borderline sipping rum. Rather smooth but just not quite smooth enough for me. However it is still a pretty good rum. I cannot really put a good descriptive term concerning its aroma in the bottle other than to say I like it. And I really cannot put my finger on why.

The flavor is quite nice. Rather complex mixture of flavors, none of which stand out meaning it's well-balanced. Not really a burn but more of an enveloping warmth that coats the tongue then fades but lingering in the throat. I get a butteriness to it along with a mild sweetness. Very good rum. And at $25 a bottle I think it is a good rum to keep on hand. However for me, it's best as a mixer but I cannot argue if someone prefers it neat. Works well either way.

Great sipping rum for a rum lover. The extra quick from the agricole notes plus wood notes makes it a great dram. One of the most underrated brands out there but great value for the one looking for something special without having to brake the bank

It is different from any other rum that I've tried. I like it.