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Clément XO
Sipped neat or over a little ice, this drinks light and clean, with cut grass, apple, white pepper and a dry French-oak backbone that pushes vanilla and a cognac-like note forward. Several tasters call it a good "daily sipper" and aperitif; a few find the oak dominant and the fruit that shows on the nose fading on the palate. Fresh cane is subtle here.
The community says- Clean and refined
- Grassy freshness
- Oak can dominate
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How does Clément XO taste?
Aggregated from 105 community reviews.
Dry, oak-forward agricole with grassy freshness Well-liked as a clean, dry agricole XO with grass, oak and vanilla. Some find the wood a bit much and the palate simpler than the nose promises, but most rate it fair value.
Fans of dry, oaky rhum agricole and cognac drinkers
Anyone wanting sweet, fruit-forward rum
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What does the community say?
76% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 105 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8,3:The nose of this rhum agricole is fresh and minty, green apple arises. It's also loaded with real smoke, spices, also fresh (curry). It's complex, vegetal and decidedly fresh, like cut grass or Alpine tea. Then a lovely woodiness enters the scene. Finely spiced, it is reminiscent of a cigar box with a hint of vanilla. This woodiness grows stronger, appearing whiter and younger. The cane becomes more powerful, accompanied by its faithful white pepper. A certain naturalness is restored with this wood and fresh cane. On aeration, sophistication returns with licorice spiked with caraway seeds. We return to the depths of the oak barrel. The woodiness is softened by honey. Its freshness now brings up again apple and pear. 8,1:The palate is well-balanced, typical agricole with as much room for cane as for spice and wood. A certain acidity stimulates the taste buds, which seem to deliver a sweet juice where wood and vanilla merge. 8,2:The spices persist, little vanilla joined in the end by past fruits, some nice peaches, licorice, that had remained discreet until then... Edit:6.4.25, an upgrade, 15.11.25
Review by Timo Groeger
Most helpful mixed review
This Clement is quite ok, but somehow not my cup of tea. It's mainly woody on the nose. Some vanilla is also recognizable. The palate is also predominantly woody and oaky, but also some vanilla again.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Retasting at the German Rum Fest 2024 --------------------------- This one was a huge surprise. Only 6 years old and the packed with flavours. Oak and fruits from nose to finish. A really well made XO. Price to quality is very good I'd say.
Review by Martin Ekrt
I almost forgot the cast sample before disposing of the bottle. Very fine aroma of fruit, apple, nutmeg. The taste is also more subtle. Again, apple, peanuts and bergamot tea, cognac. Similar finish. A very fine rum for easy sipping.
Review by Paul Christiaens
Colour: Old gold N: quite refined and clean. Grassy, melon, citrus, just a hint of glue. A bit of sandal wood, blossom, syrup. T: still clean, with a nice peppery note. Cane juice, grass, mint, cognac, orange, a medium woody note. Very nice! F: short to medium, pretty close to the taste on the palate. I actually like this. It's light, but quite clean and refined without too much cask influence. Nice as aperitif or starter, or as a daily sipper. 7.8
Review by MarcT
Very shy on the nose to me, and a nice difference in taste compared to the usual stuff I taste. It is just difficult to distinguish specific notes, due to lack of experience with french rum. Can't wait for more Agricole!
Review by Nicofr
A good agricultural rum, for once the XO label is well deserved. On the nose, woody and vanilla aromas are well present and develop a little more on the palate. The alcohol is well integrated, making it good value for money.
Review by Tim
Compared to other Martinque's XO, this one is less fruity and clearly on the tart, earthy side with leather and smoke, but also a bit of caramel. In the mouth typically dry and spicy. Too dry for me, you have to like. Good I find the honey and coffee in the finish.
Review by Renato
The nose is balanced. The fruity, spicy and woody notes answer each other harmoniously.The mouth is still woody, and greedy.The finish is still woody, and vegetal.We find notes of bourbon.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
much fruitier than the vsop. solid!
Review by Fabrice Rouanet
Aromatic profile carried by a dry, spicy woodiness with hints of vanilla. Very well-balanced finish
Review by Daniel
Meike an der Nase, Gewürze, Früchte vor allem Apfel, am Gaumen sehr süß und fruchtig. Zuckerrohr und im Abgang auch Asche.
Review by Schorgelorsch
Die Nase ist sehr schön, voll nach Apfel. Der Geschmack ist nicht meins, auch wenn das wahrscheinlich so gehört. Ist irgendwie nichtssagend, das Fruchtige aus der Nase fehlt im Geschmack und Abgang. Dann hätte er mich richtig begeistert
Review by Fasen
A well-established XO that's very pleasant to drink, with a very classic palette from our beloved Martinique!
Review by passlemix
A shy nose. Ah yes j'ai quelque chose, ah ben non en fait (des agrumes (clémentine) fugaces pas désagréables quand même) 😅 un corps avec une belle sucrosité, et un petit kick épicé sympa mais ça reste relativement simple. A good time is had, but it doesn't break the bank as they say 😉 it's available at 70 right now and for me it's too expensive compared to others xo
Review by Paul Segui
On the nose, we can smell the woody flavors like the other Clément I tasted, but also vanilla and other sweet and spicy aromas, it is inviting, there are also fruits but it is not a crazy nose for the moment. First mouth, good surprise, the alcohol is present but it reinforces a certain spicy freshness, it is quite fat finally, fruity, the wood does not crush everything. It is rather strong and incisive for only 42°, but hot, woody, there are really several tastes which follow one another in mouth. You can't really taste the fresh cane. The finish is like an agrico
Review by Tupiaz
A round taste a flowers with a few hints of spices. The taste of flowers is somewhat complex or different, however still smooth and round in taste.
Review by Anonymous
A little too much oak and not enough other flavor to be a great supper for me. Excellent in a Donga Punch.
Review by bur2000
Complex smell, first impression: tart and fruity. Then old wood, oily, one is reminded of a ship, a smell of linen is added. There is also the smell of grass or plants. Something sweet like licorice. After some time, a smell of ripe bananas remains in the glass. The taste is mainly woody, reminiscent of cognac. But with a hint of vanilla. The finish is initially still woody, then increasingly sweet. Bitterness creeps in from time to time, which fades and then gives way to a very long-lasting fruity sweetness, like grape sugar. Not a pleasant, sweet rum, but tart and complex. It is also characterized by a very long finish.
Review by Jean Claude Dusse
Pas à la hauteur d'un xo et même décevant par rapport à un bon vsop comme un JM
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Details about Clément XO
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Distillerie du Simon, at 42%.
Community purchases
228 bottles logged by 219 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 30 emptied and repurchased.
What does Clément XO cost?
Community paid 35–70 €.
Current best price: 46.51 € – within the typical community range.
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228 purchased · 114 tasted · 80 wishlist · as of
About the Distillerie du Simon distillery
The Distillerie du Simon distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Distillerie du Simon have been reviewed 5,004 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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