Aroma visualization from community tastings
Rhum J.M 2004
Most tasters land in the high 8s to 9s here, and the one recurring gripe is the modest 42.9% — a few wish it hit harder to push the aromatics further. What everyone agrees on: dried fruit, leather, chocolate and gingerbread over 15 years of tropical aging, with a spicy, faintly bitter-cocoa finish. One caller found the nose too pungent and anise-heavy, but that's the outlier.
The community says- Dried fruit depth
- Leather and chocolate
- But: Light finish
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How does Rhum J.M 2004 taste?
Aggregated from 42 community reviews.
Elegant dried-fruit and leather agricole Widely loved as an elegant, well-balanced agricole full of dried fruit, leather and chocolate. The only real catch: at 42.9% the finish runs a touch light for some.
Agricole fans who like aged, dried-fruit and leather profiles
Anyone wanting a punchy, high-ABV agricole
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.8 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 →
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What does the community say?
90% rate it 8 or higher. 19 selected write-ups from 42 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Joachim Guger
Most helpful positive review
Very oily and a wonderful color. Excellent nose. Dried fruit, spices and gingerbread. Blended to absolute perfection.😍 As far as I know, the rum is not diluted, powerful despite the low strength. 15 years of tropical maturation and no lignification whatsoever testify to skill in the cellar. When it enters the mouth, it seems a little thin at first, but then the spiciness really kicks in. Plenty of tingling lemon a la Neisson 2005. Medium-long, spicy finish. An extremely round, outstanding Agricole. High craftsmanship from a friendly, small winery.
Review by Jackie Flannery
Most helpful mixed review
Taste of 3 random rhum agricoles, let´s see. Rum Artesanal Clement 2015, 55,5% Tamosi Hiali Peré Labat 2013, 57,5% J.M Millisime 2004, 42,9% C: Dark Gold N: This is new! Burnt anis, lots. Dark fruits here as well, but it´s the anis that almost takes an ester kind of form. It´s pungent. It makes me think of spoiled fruits. After a while it calms down and the pencil shavings appear. Is this typical of long-time-tropical-aged rums? Not a fan. I also get bourbon and vinegar. M: Milk chocolate, that was nice. Faint pencil shaving fumes. I wasn’t expecting a big taste since this is the only rum that’s reduced to 42,9%. F: It vanish rather fast. B: No.
Review by Thunderbird
A wonderful Agricole.... Very balanced and with a density of dark fruits, spices, wood and chocolate. It's really fun. It remains at a consistently high level of quality from the nose to the finish. The low alcohol content is not noticeable here
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a wonderful rum and the price to quality is very good. I'd say this one is better that its predecessor. More elegant in a way. The nose is intense and fruity with leather, chocolate, wood trailed by light vanilla and nuts. The notes become much clearer once rested for more than 15 minutes. The palate is intense and well balanced with fruit, leather, chocolate as well as light wood and vanilla. The finish is medium to long with dried fruit, coffee and light wood and tobacco. I will have to order a bottle of this rum :-)
Review by RumTaTa
Wundervolle Nase! Gar nicht vordergründig wie ein Agricole sondern Trockenfrüchte, Nüsse, würzig und röstig, gefällt mir sehr gut! Am Gaumen trotz relativ geringem Alkoholgehalt schon intensiv und übereinstimmend zur Nase. Würze und Röstnoten treten aber mehr in den Vordergrund. Der Nachklang ist mittellang bis lang, leich bitter und ebenfalls sehr angenehm. Alles in allem ein sehr guter, ausgewogener Agricole-Rum.
Review by TheRhumhoe
This 2004 vintage is a J.M. for the ages. The nose is very greedy and fruity, with notes of lemon, mango and marmalade, before moving on to gourmet notes of caramel, cream, chocolate and brown sugar. Subtle woody, spicy and nutty notes complete the olfactory profile. On the palate, the diluted aspect is not so distracting. The attack is smooth, but more spicy and woody than the nose. Notes of coffee, leather and tobacco give character to this rum, which loses a little of its greediness and fruitiness here. The finish evokes agricultural freshness, a floral and spicy profile with a dry, fairly complex structure. A rum that evolves both on the nose and palate with time, offering a highly diversified aromatic palette. A successful vintage for J.M.
Review by zabo
What a fine drop. This rum goes down like oil. Beautiful legs in the glass. Drinks like an easy sipper that's insanely complex, smooth, and elegant. From memory, by far the best J.M I've had in the glass so far.
Review by Jakob
Heavy sweetness of dried fruit, nougat chocolate, nuts, wood, subtle citrus fruit aromas, spices, coffee...the variety of flavors is impressive. All of this remains very harmonious in an all-round harmonious, almost elegant profile. Thanks to its delicacy, this is one of the best J.M Rhums I know. Excellent.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
Angenehm runder Agricole. Das Fass hat auf alle Fälle ordentlich Einfluss auf den Rum genommen. Aber im positiven Sinne. Im Hintergrund halten sich die fruchtigen und pflanzlichen Noten. Vielen Dank Manuel für das Sample.
Review by TheJackDrop
"Si seulement j’en avais une bouteille. En resume, mes notes de degutation : Au nez : Cuir, Chocolat, Boisé, Fruits secs En bouche : Boisé, Cuir, Fruits secs, Chocolat La finale plutot orientee vers : Café, Boisé"
Review by jonathan.p🇫🇷
Attention ….. très très bon rhum ! Un nez intense dans les fruits sec et sur le cuir. En bouche que c est bon, les fruits sec fondu sur du bois légèrement épicé… wouah ! Je valide à 100%, si j ai un truc à redire….. c est que j aurais aimer un % d alcool peut être un peu plus fort pour faire encore plus ressortir tout les arômes !
Review by Manuel
Sehr beeindruckender Agricole. In der Nase sehr intensive Einflüsse von Holz, Gewürzen (Vanille) und Früchten, leicht pfeffrig. Im Abgang finden sich die Einflüsse auch wieder, gefolgt von einer leichten Süße.
Review by Émile Shevek
Al naso pieno e avvolgente con sentori intensi di frutti rossi misti (tra cui anche amarena), zucchero bruciato, legno, lieve tostatura, tanti frutti secchi (albicocche, prugne, uvetta), leggero agrume, vaniglia e qualcosa di floreale e intenso, davvero buonissimo! Al palato spezie(tra cui anche pepe), frutti rossi, frutta secca, pelle, legno, vaniglia e un po' di cioccolato. Peccato per il finale leggero, con un abv più alto sarebbe stato un gran Rhum da 9+(perchè il naso già lo è), resta comunque una bevuta molto piacevole e con un gusto unico. Consigliato a tutti gli amanti della Martinica
Review by Agricoler
Erstklassiger J.M. Sehr schön hierbei die Zitrusnoten die ins marmeladige gehen und gleichzeitig ein tolle würzigkeit sowie Vanille. Immer wieder spannend J.M zu probieren, da doch immer wieder deutlich unterschiedliche Profile.
Review by Benoit Mahe
Pas mal de fraîcheur pour un rhum si vieux. Très équilibré.
Review by DeMaddin
Sehr runder und ausgewogener Agricole. Gefällt mir sehr gut, ideal für laue Sommerabende. Trotz seines nicht all zu hohen Alkoholgehalts, bringt er doch ein recht tiefes, rundes und ausgewogenes Profil mit sich.
Review by Niels LTAR
Dans la lignée du millésime 2003, le 2004 est une excellent. Au nez le coté boisé propre à la distillerie est présent avec des notes sur le pruneau, les épices avec la vanille, les fruits à chair jaune et les fruits sec avec l'amande. En bouche l'attaque est ronde avec le côté boisé, vanillé et le mélange amande, fruits jaunes qui donne un côté frangipane presque. La finale est très longue sur le côté boisé, amer cacao très agréable.
Review by Michal S
A pleasant and elegant rum, slightly better than its predecessor from 2003. Wood, dried fruits, freshness.
Review by Chris2000
Impressionnant, parfait ! Jolie étiquette en cuir, bouchon ciré, je regrette juste que le bouchon ne soit pas en liège massif dans le style des bouchons Neisson, mais en liège recomposé... c'est le 0,5 en moins sur la note... Le nez est extraordinaire, une odeur très forte presque chimique qui se dégage du verre. Une odeur d'amande artificielle et d'esthers, presque de champignons frais, et de bois, en fond on sent la mangue et l'ananas. En bouche, le caramel très fin, un goût de bonbons d'autrefois, de vanille et de nougats, notes d'ananas et d'agrumes viennent compléter cette bouche. Goût réconfortant et gourmand. Un rhum exceptionnel et agricole.
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Auction results 171 € – 171 €
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Avg. community purchase price 196 €
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Details about Rhum J.M 2004
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Rhum J.M, at 42,92%.
Community purchases
117 bottles logged by 89 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
10% opened, 10 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Rhum J.M 2004?
Community paid 98–200 €.
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117 purchased · 42 tasted · 51 wishlist · as of
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