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Montebello Le brut de fût 8 ans 2014
Sipped neat, the nose sells it hard — fresh sugarcane juice, honey, lemon peel and a little roasted wood and spice. The palate is where opinions cool: sweet and syrupy up front, green and vegetal like a much younger agricole, then wood, nutmeg and a drying, sometimes bitter citrus turn. Only 47.9% for a cask strength, so it drinks soft.
The community says- Honeyed cane nose
- Easy-drinking
- But: Sweet, syrupy
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How does Montebello Le brut de fût 8 ans 2014 taste?
Aggregated from 44 community reviews.
Honeyed, sweet Guadeloupe agricole, better nose than palate Most find a lovely nose that the palate doesn't quite match — sweet, gourmand and easy-drinking, if a touch unbalanced. Fans of drier, punchier agricole should look elsewhere.
agricole fans who like a sweeter, gentle pour
anyone wanting dry, punchy brut de fût
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How is Montebello Le brut de fût 8 ans 2014 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 88% 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?
50% rate it 8 or higher. 20 selected write-ups from 44 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful positive review
Overall a sophisticated rum with a great nose, that maybe has a little bit too kind and soft flavors to get a really high score in my opinion. This rum, a Brut de Fût, from the Carrere Distillery in Guadeloupe is aged for 8 years in Ex-Bourbon barrels before bottled at a rather low cask strength.
Review by Jacques etdom
Most helpful critical review
Pleasant nose, but too much citrus on the palate. I liked the 10-year-old much better. No finesse. Not worth the price.
Review by Thunderbird
This Montebello is totally unbalanced ... The nose is still okay: relatively sweet and fruity, but on the palate: herbal, like young Agricole, then. Woody, spicy and sweet! Nothing really goes together, it tastes more like a blend of different vintages, unfortunately thumbs down 👎🏻
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Super sweet agricole. Toffee/tonka bean/dried hay/vanilla pods and biscuit dough. Reminds blind rather of reimonenq. Very delicate, elegant and neither too dry nor too sweet. Also an unusually low alcohol content for such a young brut de fut! Overall, however, really harmonious and dangerously drinkable with enough character to remain exciting.
Review by mto75
Quite sweet on the palate, a bit like pear syrup, alongside the herbal notes that I have usually perceived in even younger agricoles. On the palate then clearly roasted aromas, nutmeg, barrel impact. For me, not quite the top Agricole (Montebello) league, compared with the 12-year-old Velier Basseterre, for example.
Review by Rodolphe
A good representative of Guadeloupe in cask strength. Very sweet, so pleasant and easy to sip. Personally, it's not the style of Agricole I prefer.
Review by Jakob
Verführerische Nase mit schöner Fruchttiefe und Würzaromatik. Am Gaumen dagegen leider sehr flach - Gewürze, etwas Holz, der Rest des Profils ist sehr übersichtlich und mir schlichtweg zu uninspiriert. Auch hier zeigt sich: Für mich gewinnen Montebellos mit der Reifung.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,5:On the nose, the first impression we get is a honeyed sugarcane, herbaceous, citrus with a lemon peel, roasted wood, spicy and hay. On aeration, the fruits are dried with raisins, yellow and citrus with some orange peel, wood notes are dark with mocha, chocolate and nuts, as the cane is floral. 8,6:On the palate, the attack is tasty, balanced with sweet and honeyed sugarcane, mineral, vegetal, floral and herbaceous, the roasted wood with caramel, later nuts, cocoa, leather and mocha, spicy with vanilla, anise, the fruits are dried, yellow and citrus. 8,4:The finish is long, dry with sweet, juicy sugarcane, grassy, herbaceous, flowery and earthy, spicy and roasted wood, dried, yellow and green fruits, citrus...
Review by DomM
Feels unbalanced. Fresh/vegetal notes fight with notes from the cask without creating a working picture. Starts off rather sweet wirh a bitter turn on the finish.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5728 28.09.2025 Day two of the Whisky Live 2025, which this year looks better organized/arranged inside. A very nice Brut de Fut with light astringency, wod and nice spices go well with the fruity notes and light caramel. There ae light floral notes in the profile as well.
Review by Jarek
Nose still quite good, disappointing on the palate.
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Tasted at the Whisky & Rum aan Zee festival IJmuiden 2023. Tasted this next to the Bielle 2016. Very different. Creamy. More woody.
Review by Serge
Nette Nase mit viel frischem Zuckerrohrsaft und fett Süße. Riecht gar nicht nach 8 Jahren, sondern bleibt recht nah an Agricoles blancs mit etwas Gewürz und Holz. Am Gaumen gefällt er mir deutlich weniger und hier verliert er die meisten Punkte. Alkoholisch und bitter (wie von Zitruszeste) hinten raus und wenig finesse sowie insgesamt recht kantig.
Review by Léo Delek
La gourmandise est bien représenté avec le cote epice et patissier qui dominent. Épices, pain grillé/Brioche, Belle attaque, des épices avec toujours canelle et muscade et une vanille bien presente, raisins secs et quelques autres fruits secs par ci par la. On a aussi une dimension végétale avec du tabac et du foin. En bref, un truc très gourmand avec un cote beurré que montebello arrive à avoir et le démarque des autres agricoles. Je ne sais pas comment ils arrivent à avoir ça mais c'est la gourmandise qu'on attend d'un spiritueux en fin de repas ou en pairing avec un dessert.
Review by Eric Frechin
Je trouve le nez très intéressant, le verre posé à côté dégage une odeur fruitée. En se rapprochant plus végétale, épices, un peu alcolleux. En bouche on perd un peu d enthousiasme, le premier contact est amer et sec sur notes végétale et zestes. Finale assez longue et agricole
Review by Jazz
Des notes de fruits mûres et d’amandes ! Un rhum rond et satisfaisant ! Manque légèrement de puissance!
Review by Werner10
Not bad but could also be better. Trying this one after a Bielle 2014 brut de fut wasn't my best choice.
Review by EUDIER Vincent
Joli moment quoi qu’un peu décevant : Un brut de fût 8 ans, je m’attendais à plus expressif moins végétal et mois sucré : Le nez est un peu trop effacé, pas assez aguicheur, La bouche est un peu trop végétale et sucrée/sirupeuse à mon goût… Bon… mais attentes plus hautes,
Review by Pascal Gwada
Nez original sur le reglisse ou pruneaux Bouche trop énolique sans finesse , trop décevante par rapport au nez.
Review by Alexander Rasch
Mmm... erste Nase sehr angenehm. Sehr süffig. Um so mehr man dich damit beschäftigt um so mehr kommt eine Off Note durch. Am Gaumen wieder süß mit mehr Kräutern. Der Abgang mehr Holzeinfluss. Hatte auch schon süsere Bielles oder La Favorite. Hier stimmt die Balance aber nicht ganz. Trotzdem gut trinkbar.
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Details about Montebello Le brut de fût 8 ans 2014
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, distilled by Montebello, at 47,9%.
Community purchases
61 bottles logged by 50 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
9% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Montebello Le brut de fût 8 ans 2014?
Community paid 69–130 €.
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About the Montebello distillery
The Montebello distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Montebello have been reviewed 1,515 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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