The Origin: now available to everyone. While stocks last. →
9902804B-0E6B-40FD-BC30-9D7E31D36821French Polynesia Manutea
Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017 70cl bottle
Bottle
Aged rum · 3 years · 58,7%

Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017

Almost everyone here calls it the most surprising thing they've poured from Tahiti — a cane-juice rum aged in ex-Banyuls wine casks, and that fortified-wine barrel does the heavy lifting. Fresh mint runs through the whole glass, so much that several tasters joke it drinks like mint syrup, backed by ripe banana, licorice and dried figs. The 58.7% sits well integrated. A few find the woody, tannic finish turns bitter.

The community says
  • Fresh mint note
  • Unusual origin
  • But: Tannic bitter finish
Currently no offers for delivery to Germany.

The look inside the bottle

How does Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017 taste?

Aggregated from 47 community reviews.

Mint-forward Tahitian cane rum in Banyuls casks Most drinkers land on "surprising and worth trying" — an unusual, complex pour from an unexpected origin. The catch is a tannic, slightly bitter finish that some don't warm to.

Perfect for

curious drinkers chasing an unusual cane-juice profile

Less suitable for

anyone put off by bitter, tannic finishes

Style & occasion

How the community classifies this rum. Each category takes you to similar rums.

Which glass for which rum? The community guide →

23 of 47 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums

Recommendation

Your next rum

One difference each to this rum.

How is Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017 rated?

RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 97% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →

Community voices

What does the community say?

51% rate it 8 or higher. 21 selected write-ups from 47 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.

Review by crazyforgoodbooze

Most helpful positive review

crazyforgoodbooze
Jul 20252,540 reviewsGermany
8.3/10

Unglaublich schöne und ungewöhnliche Abfüllung aus Tahiti. Überreife Banane, Brombeere, Vanillemark und Zartbitterschokolade und Karamellbonbons, bitter süße Tahiti Vanille mit Meersalz und Kaffee, dazu eine ordentliche Portion Zuckerohr, Honig und Tabak. Alkohol ist sehr gut integriert und extrem komplex und langanhaltend! Absolute Benchmark Underdog Abfüllung zum sehr guten Preis aus Tahiti und dazu ein recht ungewöhnliches einzigartiges Geschmacksprofil! 💯

Review by Benoit Mahe

Most helpful mixed review

Benoit Mahe
Benoit Mahe
Mar 2025389 reviews
7.8/10

Un rhum très étonnant, ça change de ce qu'on a l'habitude de boire.

Review by Vincent D

Vincent D
Apr 2022672 reviewsFrance
8.1/10

Menthe omniprésente, au nez comme en bouche. A se demander sérieusement si on n'a pas à faire à un sirop de menthe. Le rhum est ensuite fruité, puis oiucre en fin de bouche. Découverte totale pour moi. Et surprise très agréable.

Review by Timo Groeger

Timo Groeger
Aug 20242,096 reviewsGermany
7.8/10

Na ja, da gibt es weitaus bessere Rums mit 58% ABV. Dieser hier sehr holzig in der Nade, außerdem ist noch Minze und gebrannten Zucker zu erkennen. Am Gaumen dann überwiegend Lakritze, aber auch Minze und Zucker. Alkohol doch zu sehr zu spüren.

Review by ElReyTristan

ElReyTristan
ElReyTristan
Apr 2022111 reviews
8.5/10

Nez très gourmand et belle couleur acajou. Au nez le boisé domine avec une belle gourmandise apporté par des notes de canne à sucre au maximum de sa sucrosité. En bouche la canne à sucre apparaît longuement au départ. Puis le vieillissement en fût Ex-Banyuls apporte tout son potentiel: une belle richesse aromatique, chaude et rappelant les saveurs méditerranéennes, dates et figues séchés. En finale il reste une certaine amertume et astringence, probablement lié aussi aux tanins du Banyuls, un peu dommage mais il se mariera probablement bien avec cigare dominicain ou nicaraguayen épicé.

Review by Frank

Frank
May 2024691 reviews
7.6/10

I've also never had a Manutea or a rum from Tahiti in general in my glass. Nose: Sweet, fruity and spicy. Scented peach with lemon and a hint of fresh mint. In addition, soft cream toffee with vanilla, slightly chocolaty. In my opinion, the sweet wine barrel is clearly present. Overall, however, very pleasant on the nose. 8.0 Palate: Sweet, spicy and fruity. Peach at the front, then clearly spicy, with pepper, salt, nutmeg and a little caraway. Now sweet again, with soft liquorice and chocolate. Lemon zest brings acidity and bitter notes, but also fruitiness. Swings constantly back and forth between sweet, bitter, citrus fruit and chocolatey texture. A little green at the back. Too unstructured for me. 7,4

Review by Barnagricole

Barnagricole
Barnagricole
May 202283 reviewsBelgium
8.3/10

👃: Vin blanc liquoreux, doux, fraîcheur mentholé sous un fond légèrement fruité et bois jeune et d'épices pas facile a distinguer. L'alcool est très bien intégré. Le deuxième nez annonce davantage de fruits, c'est assez funky. Ça sent bon mais c'est assez timide. On sent qu'on a quitté les petites Antilles françaises.⭐⭐⭐ 👄 : Explosion de saveur, texture très grasses rappelant le vin liquoreux. l'attaque est frange sans être désagréable, l'alcool est plutôt bien intégré. Prédominance de fruits plutôt mûrs et vient ensuite les fruits a coques et les épices dans un fond de bois. J'aime beaucoup cette bouche. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⏳: Bois humides pas très agréable avec des épices types poivres, cardamomes. Dans l'ensemble assez amer, ce que je n'aime pas d'autant qu'elle est assez longue ⭐⭐

Review by Johannes

Johannes
Jun 20232,933 reviewsGermany
7.9/10

Exciting, complex rum! Milk chocolate, nougat, light medicinal notes.

Add your rating

Expert reviews

Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..

Market value

Avg. community purchase price 88 €

What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.

How we calculate this →

Details about Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017

A Pot Still Rum from French Polynesia, distilled by Manutea, at 58,7%.

DistilleryManutea
CategoryPot Still Rum
DistillationPot Still
ABV58,7%
Volume70cl
Age3 years
Vintage2017
Cask no.#BNY21
Limited edition300 bottles

Embed this rum on your blog Create widget →

Community purchases

11 bottles logged by 11 collectors.

A drinker & collector.

27% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.

8 sealed 2 open 1 emptied

What did the community pay for Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017?

Community paid 76–94 €.

What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

11 purchased · 48 tasted · 11 wishlist · as of

About the Manutea distillery

The Manutea distillery is located in French Polynesia. Rums from Manutea have been reviewed 184 times with an average of 7.9/10.

To Manutea →

Read on in the RumX Guide

Aged rum

Style

Aged rum 

Avg Rating 8.0/10 over 16,000 Rums

Aged rum is where the spirit earns its complexity. In a tropical warehouse a barrel loses 6 to 10 percent of its contents to evaporation every year, which is why an 8-year Caribbean rum can taste deeper than a 20-year Scotch. This page gathers every rum on RumX that has spent real time in wood, with community ratings to separate the genuinely mature from the merely dark.

You may also enjoy

Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:

Price alerts · in the RumX app

Never miss a price drop.

Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.

★ 4.8/5 on App Store & Play Store
Oliver, founder of RumX Oliver · Founder

By rum lovers, for rum lovers

I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.

What began as my digital tasting diary is now the world's most comprehensive platform for rum fans, today carried by a small team with Jakob, Lukas and Katharina, with Robert supporting us as a freelancer. We combine the collective intelligence of our community with an integrated marketplace, so you can choose with confidence, without paperwork, detours, or expert jargon.

Oliver, Stuttgart

About RumX →YouTube channel (in German)
53,000+ Active tasters
320,000+ Independent reviews
25,000+ Rums catalogued
★ 4.8/5 iOS & Android app
As featured in
Stern Stuttgarter Zeitung Rumporter fizzz About Drinks

Rating guide

RumX's 0–10 scale is strict. Here's what each band means.

9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good your rum Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.
` between two key/value pairs terminates the expression and Hugo fails the whole build with `unexpected "{" in operand`. Put notes here. `headerDeliveryCountry` feeds the aria-label of the destination picker under the express row (commerce/express-destination.js). The strip's visible text is rendered by Hugo itself in rx/price_block.html — nothing else needs seeding. */ -}}