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Savanna Rhum Traditionnel Le Must
Honey, ripe pear and banana up front, then toasted oak, vanilla and a little coffee-chocolate bitterness on the way out. A small splash of Grand Arôme adds tropical fruit and light funk. Most people find it round, mild and genuinely easy to drink — the recurring gripe is that at 45% it feels watered down and thin, with flavors that fade fast. A gentle door into Savanna.
The community says- Round and balanced
- Easy daily sipper
- But: Feels diluted
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How does Savanna Rhum Traditionnel Le Must taste?
Aggregated from 237 community reviews.
Mild, fruity Savanna entry, a touch thin Members agree it's a friendly, well-blended entry to Savanna — round and fruity with real balance. The near-universal catch: too diluted and thin, with a short finish. Many wish it were bottled stronger.
People new to Savanna wanting a mild, fruity everyday sipper
Anyone chasing punchy, intense flavor or a long finish
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What does the community say?
61% rate it between 6 and 8. 46 selected write-ups from 237 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by Eric Frechin
Very good for starting to discover Savanna rums, especially for a beginner. It's easy to drink thanks to its roundness of fruit, caramel, vanilla, and light woodiness. The share of grand arôme gives it a bit of complexity without overwhelming.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
26.09.2025 Tasting with Savanna, while in Paris for the Whisky Live 2025. ---------- A bit sad that they watered it so far down because some of the flavors are really light. Would have preferred a higher ABV for more powerful flavours. Fruity with floral notes and roasted wood but a bit too light.
Review by Thunderbird
Most helpful mixed review
For me, a beginner's guide to savannarum! It offers a lot, but unfortunately only in the beginning! It's too thin to be really convincing, maybe as a sipper it still fits. Tasted again on 26.09.25 at the RumX-Savanna tasting
Review by Galli33
Thanks to the RumX Team for this great opportunity!! Unfortunately, I missed the only tasting due a delayed flight… This one took the third place in my tasting, very fruity, with some nice notes of furniture waxes, bitter orange and honey. A really nice daily driver, without looling on the price tag!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Wirklich schöne Nase nach reifen Äpfeln, tropischen Früchten und intensiven Gewürzen und Lebkuchen . Recht vielversprechend. Mir persönlich etwas zu holzig, kräuterig dann am Gaumen und auch gleichzeitig zu dünn. Im Abgang kommen leicht salzige Noten zusammen mit Apfelchips, weißer Schokolade und Tanninen vom Eichenfass. Ein paar % mehr Alkohol hätten hier sicherlich geholfen die Aromen etwas zu intensivieren. Trifft nicht ganz meinen Geschmack. Ist aber definitiv ein easy sipping rum.... Guter Einsteiger.
Review by Jakob
Savanna Masterclass for RumX July 2024/September 2025: An der Nase mit einladender Frische und Fruchtaromatik, die nicht bis in die für Grand Arômes üblichen Extreme geht. Am Gaumen verlängert sich das Aromenspektrum, und erhält noch etwas herbe Fassnoten dazu. Ein ansprechender Standard-Rum, dem es nicht an Reiz fehlt, und der auch dank seinem Preisniveau einen exzellenten Einstieg in die Savanna-Welt bietet.
Review by Rene Nielsen
Tasting 19/4-24 Peters vin. Nose: Some different flowery notes, caramel, a little spicies. Tast: A light rum, some Spice, little grassy notes, little smoke. The abv should have been higher. Finish: some light smoke, bitternes and pepper.
Review by zabo
Finally found some time to taste it again. Once again, a big thank you to the RumX team for the great masterclass, during which I had to say goodbye after a few minutes. As for the rum itself, a nice easy sipper that would have benefited from a few more turns.
Review by SaibotZtar
Fruchtig frische Nase mit etwas Vanille und Honig , etwas Banane und Anklang von Mango. Hier spürt man die Verdünnung sehr deutlich... Anfangs wirkt er fasst wässrig... dann kommt doch noch etwas Fruchtigkeit Vanille und leichte Holznoten. Alles in allem ok aber nix was man braucht nichtmal zum Mixen ein must have für mich jedenfalls.
Review by Christian Rudt
RumX Savanna Masterclass 12.7. Even today, the le must makes a very round impression, a light sipping rum that would benefit from a little less water. This leaves us with a very good impression and the hope of a somewhat stronger version in the future First tasting: Great, slightly medicinal nose, very roundly blended and correspondingly nice to drink
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
Nummer zwei im RumX Tasting und auch für mich die zweite Verkostung nach dem GRF. Während ich den weißen Metis wegen seines speziellen Profils sehr schätze ist dieser hier etwas sehr unscheinbar - trotz eines Anteils an Grande Arome. Der Rum ist zweifellos gut gemacht, aber ich wüsste nicht, was ich mit ihm anfangen soll. Pur ist er mir zu simpel und dafür zu holzig, gemixt ist er zu teuer.
Review by Tim
I really liked this Savanna rum, the nose is the best thing about this rum! Nice combination of fruit, spices, chocolate, and even herbs in the finish. However, on the palate, it feels too thin and somewhat sharp at the same time. For the price, the overall package works, even though the quality level is obviously higher elsewhere.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Tasted at the 11th GRF in the Savanna Tasting: a newcomer to the Savanna world, nothing more... Update in the RumX-Masterclass: Beautiful blend that delivers the typical Savanna characteristics. Blend of Traditional and Grand Arome
Review by Serge
Re-tasting the Savanna Masterclass we missed ... Immediately worlds better than the Métis. Spicy, mature, caramelly, full-bodied. You can drink it on its own, but I still think of it more as a mixer.
Review by cigares
Savanna Masterclass for RumX 2024. The nose is vegetal, with dried fruit, lemon and vanilla. There's a hint of dilution on the first palate, then roast, dried fruit, lemon and fruit arrive with a hint of spice. The finish is rather short, but surprisingly long for dilution. There's a roasted note with fruit and citrus and a light woodiness. A very fine finish for a rum that is, alas, too diluted, but nonetheless very well made, easy to drink and well balanced.
Review by Stefan Persson
Tasted this rum at the Sweden Rum Fest 2026. It’s a small-batch rum that’s a blend of traditional column-distilled molasses rum with some high-ester Grande Arome rum added. It’s tropical aged for up to 9 years in ex-Cognac casks. The nose is complex, fruity, sweet, spicy, woody, buttery, ripe and slightly funky with scents of banana, pear, peach, citrus, apple, honey, caramel, vanilla, ginger and oak. At the palate it’s elegant, complex, balanced, sweet, fruity, spicy and woody with flavors of honey, caramel, toffee, orange, mango, vanilla, pepper, oak, chocolate, cocoa and coffee. They finish rather long.
Review by LukaŽiga
8:On the nose, the first impression is of a small fruit salad in syrup. At first, pear, mango and cherry are quite fresh and pale, protecting themselves in the shade of a small film of crunchy sugar. With aeration, the lightness and freshness are retained, but the fruit is enveloped in a toasty woodiness, itself covered by a thin layer of sweet-spiced honey. This light patina tempers the toasty character of the oak, preserving the delicacy of the fruit.The second nose is nicer-8,5. 8,2:The mouth is more complex than we could have imagined, and shows several facets in fractions of a second. Let's try slow motion to see what happens. First, the toasty woodiness sends up a small cloud of sweet spices, which come to rest on a bed of roasted, caramelized pecans. Then, the fruit salad encountered on the nose is baked, the fruit becomes stronger, more tropical, more caramelized, its pits resurfacing.Light smokiness arises. 8:The finish is both roasted and pastry-like, with pits and red fruit tannins, followed by a layer of ripe exotic fruit that maintains the length.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Easy sipper aber insgesamt zu wenig spannend. In der Nase habe ich hier wieder diese Agave-Tequila Noten, die alles übertönen. Der Geschmack nimmt einem dann mit auf einen Waldspaziergang: Tannennadeln, Harz, Erde. Abgang passt mir nicht so.
Review by lars
Also in the second tasting - you can taste the potential. Nicely spicy, a little fruity, almost a little too woody. But unfortunately it's all over again very quickly. Very solid, but not outstanding.
Review by Oliver
Toller Einstiegs-Savanna mit schöner Kombination aus rostigen Noten (Kaffee, Toffee, …) und fruchtigen Assoziationen. Der Grand Arôme Anteil bringt eine schöne Komplexität in den Blend. Angenehme Trinkstärke.
Review by DomM
A little bit subdue on the nose - some fruits, vanilla, wood and spices. Probably attributable to the low-ish ABV. Much more going on on the palate with nice intensity, yet superbly balanced. Very nice.
Review by TheJackDrop
"Un must have ! En resume, mes notes de degutation : Au nez : Boisé, Fruité, Vanillé, surement un peu de pain d'épices, pourquoi pas un peu de poire. En bouche : Boisé, Vanillé, Zeste d'orange, Fruité La finale plutot orientee vers : Fût, Chêne, Chocolat, cognac évidemment" > Elle est désormais arrivée à la maison ! Edit : soirée RumX X Savanna : toujours aussi bon, finale plus fraiche qu'a mon souvenir.
Review by Mirco
In der Nase reife Früchte, Vanille und eine Spur Gewürz, begleitet von leichter Süße. Am Gaumen solide mit fruchtigen und holzigen Noten, etwas Karamell und einem Hauch Kräuterigkeit. Der Abgang ist mittellang und angenehm, bleibt jedoch ohne den letzten Funken Raffinesse. Insgesamt eine ordentliche Abfüllung, aber kein Highlight im Savanna Portfolio.
Review by mto75
pleasant nose, but for me a little too much wood on the palate.
Review by Alex1981
A bit weak on the nose, but nice flavor profile. Good balance of fruits, vanilla, roasted notes, honey, chocolate on the palate. Slight woodyness on the finish. Really like it! Could use some higher abv, otherwise great entry to Savanna.
Review by Skyfly
Ein Savanna für Einsteiger, bei dem ich jedoch gleich zu Anfangs eine alkoholische Note in der Nase verspüre. Im Gaumen dann deutlich vielschichtiger; man vermag sogar leichte Ester-, Erdbeer- und Olivenaromen zu vernehmen. Dennoch auf Grund der Verdünnung kein Rum für mich.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Dernière sortie « de masse » de Savanna et franchement très agréable à boire. On retrouve les marqueurs de Savanna, de cette mélasse boisée et légèrement amère. Belle réussite et petit prix (enfin !). Longueur trop courte cependant !
Review by Timo Groeger
Good savanna. Has a really nice woody and fruity nose, then also fruity and woody on the palate. You can also taste pear and caramel. Definitely a good bottling. Thanks Sam for the masterclass.
Review by Johannes
Good flavor profiles, but unfortunately too diluted and somewhat flat overall.
Review by Maxime Leclerc 🇨🇵
Very good entrance door at Savanna
Review by Rodolphe
Il faudra que je le goute une nouvelle fois pour apporter plus de précisions mais si on résume, c'est une entrée sympa dans la gamme savanna mais j'attendais un peu plus de personnalité. Il lui manque un petit quelque chose. J'aime beaucoup savanna, mais pour le même Tarif je prendrai plutôt une autre bouteille.
Review by Basti
Masterclass Savanna 26.09.205 Edit: Post-tasting. In the end, this remains the lowlight of the Savanna line-up. Lots of wood, spices, but overall rather flat and slightly pungent despite the low ABVs.
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Won with the RumX lottery. Pretty classival traditional styled Savanna. French oak. Toffee. Caramel: in the nose. More on the oak/coffee than on the fruited side. A bit of abricot and pear later on. Taste: agricoly, dry. More fruit. Hint of mango. Some "Werthers Original" cream toffee. Not overly exiting. But very decent and easy drinkable rum.
Review by Jarek
Savanna RumX Masterclass mit Samuel Pitarch, 2024-07-12: 2023 beim GRF in Berlin zum ersten Mal probiert und der Eindruck von damals bestätigt sich wieder. Gute Ansätze und ein angenehmer Einstieg in die Welt der Savanna Rums, aber deutlich zu kraftlos um zu überzeugen.
Review by Christoph
I am wavering over children's toothpaste, children's cough syrup to coffee. A delicious easy zipper.
Review by Maxance Cornet
At first nose banana and plum
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Savanna-Online-Tasting WLP 26.09.2025
Review by TheRhumhoe
Rhum d’assemblage issue de la gamme permanente de Savanna, cet embouteillage s’avère un peu plus élaboré. Le nez est moelleux et revêt des arômes mielleux et fruités (banane et fruits secs), mais aussi des épices douces (vanille), du boisé toasté ainsi qu’un brin de notes florales. C’est un profil doux, rond et accessible mais qui a un peu plus de lourdeur qu’un profil classique. En bouche, la dilution se fait un peu ressentir, ce qui est dommage car les arômes sont plutôt sympathiques. On retrouve le chêne, les épices (vanille, piment). le café et pas mal de douceur sur le caramel et d’autres notes plus sucrées. La touche de Grand Arôme présent dans l’assemblage fait son travail avec les fruits exotiques (banane, mangue) et apporte de la complexité. La finale fait la part belle au boisé vanillé et épicé, au café et aux notes de banane, de pomme et de cognac. Elle n’est pas très longue mais assez ample pour se faire ressentir au palais. Un rhum que chaque amateur doit goûter pour explorer le terroir de la Réunion, abordable tant sur le plan aromatique que sur le prix.
Review by Martin Spooner
Floral Nase mit Honig und Mandel und vanille. Leicht süßlich sehr schön rund. Im Geschmack süßlich und mild mit einer kleinen kick high Esther am Ende. Sehr angenehmer blend mit der gewissen würze. Empfehlenswert! Die Zweite Verkostung schiebt die Bewertung etwas nach unten.
Review by SNYBOR 🇧🇪
Un Savanna encore facile d'accès avec un prix de +- 70e A l'ouverture j'ai été un peu déçu, et une fois oxygénée je l'ai trouvé bien meilleur. Qualité/prix 8.5/10
Review by Master P
RumX Masterclass Savanna Von dem Rum bin ich angenehm überrascht, leicht & fruchtig mit einem Hauch Vanille/Fass. Am Gaumen dann leider zu leicht, schmeckt sehr verwässert. Aber als easy sipper kann man schon machen.
Review by MarcT
I am not inspired, it is quite thin. Not a bad rum, at all, but nothing special either. Easy to sip, but i prefer others for it.
Review by Nicofr
Un délicieux rhum de la réunion, bien meilleur que le 5 ans. Au nez on a de bonnes odeurs boisés, en bouche il se révèle très moelleux toujours avec ce goût boisés et une pointe de réglisse/vanille. Le seul bémol est qu'il aurait pu être un peu plus fort que 45°
Review by Manuel
Schöner Savanna mit einem für mich sehr guten Preis Leidtungsverhältnis. Sehr schöne florale Einflüsse in der Nase als auch im Geschmack. Dazu gesellen sich eine leichte Süße sowie würzige und holzige Noten.
Review by Jussi Piirainen
On the nose: Its fruity but really mild and balanced. I really had to dig so to speak for flavours. Touch of honey. Floral and woody. Expecting this rum to taste mild. Taste: Fruity, Orange peel and honey. Then you get coffee and woody notes. Flavour palate is in overall quite interesting but thin. Finish: Quite short finish. Mild and citrus upfront. Then you get roasted flavours, woodyness in the end. Ok, its a good entry level rum and a good starting point for someone new to Savanna rums. The higher abv would have probably increased this rums points in my book.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
In der Nase ist der Rum schön frisch. Im Geschmack sehr ausgewogen mit einem leicht trockenen Abgang. Durch den niedrigen Alkoholgeghalt ist er schön süffig. Preis Leistung passt meiner Meinung nach hier.
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This is something that I think would be a great introduction to Savanna. At 45% it’s not too scary, not too intense, but has enough there insight, more curiosity into a higher proof liquid from the distiller tastes like. My tasting note: bubblegum, pencil eraser, clove, smoke, lemon, honey, vanilla
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Details about Savanna Rhum Traditionnel Le Must
A Column Still Rum from Reunion, distilled by Savanna, at 45%.
Community purchases
234 bottles logged by 209 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
35% opened, 29 emptied and repurchased.
What does Savanna Rhum Traditionnel Le Must cost?
Community paid 40–69 €.
Current best price: 56.43 € – within the typical community range.
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+6 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
234 purchased · 248 tasted · 95 wishlist · as of
About the Savanna distillery
The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 8,349 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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