Saint Aubin Extra Old Rum Single Cask 2005
What surprises people here is how much fruit a 17-year-old cane juice rum still carries — a tropical basket led by citrus and orange peel, with chamomile, honeyed yellow fruits and a resinous, almost herbal wood note. The age shows less than you'd expect, so it reads rounder and softer than bitter. A relaxed, elegant Mauritian agricole more than a heavy oak bomb.
The community says- Bright citrus fruit
- Smooth, not bitter
- Lacks power
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How does Saint Aubin Extra Old Rum Single Cask 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 10 community reviews.
Fruity, rounded 17-year Mauritian agricole Most find it elegant and unusually fruity for its age, with wood that stays balanced rather than bitter. The common gripe: a few wish it had more power and depth.
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30% rate it between 6 and 8. 6 selected write-ups from 10 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get is very pleasant, as there are vegetal and fruity notes with honeyed yellow fruits, flowery, chamomile, the sugarcane is juicy and mineral, waxy.The sandal wood is roasted with caramel, walnut, a bit spicy. On aeration, citrus like orange peel and dried fruits like figs come out, with some solvents, vegetal notes with perfume and tobacco.The fruits become candied.We feel dryness.The rum is complex, but balanced. 8,3:On the palate, the attack is intense with spices, citrus and roasted, resinous wood, a bit unpleasant, bitter at first.It settles down quickly and becomes delicious with waxy, honeyed and mineral sugarcane, yellow, red fruits, melon with pleasant combination of cocoa, brine and pepper, nicely balanced. The wood is charred after some rest, with roasted nuts, chocolate and banana pastry. 8,6:The finish is long, tasty with sweet, honeyed, waxy and mineral sugarcane, yellow fruits and ripe banana, woody, dry, spicy, with vanilla and baked apple after a while, flowery.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
A truly elegant representative of the sugar cane juice distillates and the current top product of the Saint Aubin distillery, before it is replaced by a 20y at the end of 2023 to mark the 20th anniversary of the first sugar cane juice bottling in Mauritius. It seems rounder and naturally older than the 15y from 2003, but also a little more boring, which is why both rhums are on a par for me. Unfortunately, the price even at the distillery is above the EUR 300 mark. However, one should not forget that this is an unusually long aged agricultural rum (single cask), which is apparently not to be found in Europe. Update 2024-06-13: Tasted it again directly at the distillery and I just have to upgrade it a bit, as it is really rounder and comes up with significantly less whisky influence than the 15-year-old Saint Aubin (2003).
Review by Lukas Jäger
Das ist mal eine spannende Abfüllung! Selten so viel Frucht außerhalb einer High-Ester-Abfüllung geschmeckt. Tropischer Früchtekorb, bei der die Zitrusfrüchte klar dominieren. Die 17 Jahre im Fass haben durchaus Spuren hinterlassen, jedoch weniger, als man es bei dieser Anzahl erwarten würde. Die Bitterkeit hält sich angenehm in Grenzen und das Holz macht sich vor allem durch eine pflanzlich-harzige Note bemerkbar. Irgendwie erinnert mich das an den harzigen Geruch von Rosmarin, allerdings ohne die eigentliche Rosmarin-Note. Ein paar Prozent mehr hätten ihm gut getan, von ein paar Euro weniger ganz zu schweigen… Sonst eine wirklich tolle Abfpllung!
Review by Leo Krüper
Nice, relaxed rum without much depth. Although it has quite a bit of wood due to its age, it remains far away from bitter tones thanks to its pleasant drinking strength. The price is too high.
Review by Johannes
schön runder Agricole, schon viel Holz, aber nicht zu bitter. Trotzdem schöne tropische Fruchtnoten.
Review by Carlitooo
Im Direktvergleich war der 15-jährige etwas komplexer. Hier ist noch mehr Harmonie vorhanden.
Details about Saint Aubin Extra Old Rum Single Cask 2005
A Pot Still Rum from Mauritius, distilled by Saint Aubin, at 47%.
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1 bottles logged by the RumX community.
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100% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
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About the Saint Aubin distillery
The Saint Aubin distillery is located in Mauritius. Rums from Saint Aubin have been reviewed 361 times with an average of 7.7/10.
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