Aroma visualization from community tastings
Damoiseau 1995
Dark and heavy for a Guadeloupe rhum: burnt sugar, dark chocolate, mocha and a smoky, almost tarry edge that several tasters compare to Caroni. Underneath sit sour cherry, dried fig and banana. The unusual cane-juice/molasses blend gives it real depth, but at 66.9% the alcohol bites — most people add a few drops of water and let it breathe.
The community says- Dark chocolate & mocha
- Complex and deep
- Fierce alcohol bite
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How does Damoiseau 1995 taste?
Aggregated from 114 community reviews.
Dark, smoky, high-proof Guadeloupe sipper Loved by fans of dark, smoky, high-proof rhum for its cocoa, cherry and tar. The catch is real heat — some find the alcohol too sharp and the bitterness too much.
Fans of dark, smoky, empyreumatic cask-strength rhum
Anyone put off by high ABV or bitter tar notes
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.8 sits in the “Very good” band. 94% 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?
8% rate it between 6 and 8. 19 selected write-ups from 114 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
This one can play with the 1989 that I also have. Overall another great rum from this destillery. The nose is fruity with vanilla and coffee in the front and caramel, barrel a bit of tar in the back. The palate is complex and well balanced with fruits and spices. There is a wonderful smoky oak feel to it. In the back i get chocolate and nuts. The finish is long and fruity with coffee and smoked oak.
Review by Rodolphe
Most helpful mixed review
Revision of my opinion after blind tasting. The nose is dark, roasted, chocolate, candied citrus. But the alcohol burns the nostrils. On the palate, there's a touch of tar, or else a heavy bitterness from the wood. The alcohol is really pungent for me. The finish leaves me with a not very pleasant aftertaste. Final verdict, I'm raising the score from my discovery (I really disliked it) but it's still a rum I'm not a big fan of.
Review by cigares
A warm, complex nose, herbaceous and dried herbs, fruity and dried fruits with a hint of roof insulation tar. The palate is more direct, with the same aromas and a hint of tar on the finish. A hint of freshness in the mid-palate contrasts with the dark notes. The taste buds on the front and back of the mouth are excited, but not so much on the sides. The finish picks up all the aromas, then a strong woody bitterness takes over. A touch of wet wool and black powder in the empty glass. A rum that disappointed me on first tasting, but that I find much better when I taste it again. Dry, lively and dark at the same time.
Review by Jakob
Delicious Damoiseau with a classic profile. Aromatically expressive with wood, spices, the classic dark red fruit notes (cherry) and slight hints of cola. Not the absolute top release from Damoiseau, but very tasty.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Really great! A great rhum agricole that impresses above all with its dark notes. Between roasted aromas reminiscent of cocoa and coffee, but also barrel and (charred) wood, there are occasional aromas of dried fruit and individual fresh notes typical of Agricole. Tastes very good to me, like few Agricole bottlings to date.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Exciting rum. Multilayered, dirty, medicinal, slightly iodine, fruity, molasses. Alcohol very well integrated in the mouth.
Review by Leo Krüper
Strong, spicy. Unusually spicy for a Damoiseau.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A powerful and intense rum, which develops toasted and smoky notes from the first moments, with notes of banana, dried fruits and tobacco in the background. The attack is strong in the mouth, with spicy, spicy and smoky notes, but also the presence of figs, cherry and raisins give a sweetness to this rum with a dark profile. The finish is long and warm on the same frame. A very good vintage combining power and sweetness of aromas with a nice balance throughout the tasting.
Review by Thunderbird
WOW 🤩, this is exactly a rum to my taste: heavy, complex, full-bodied and a beautiful depth! The finish is long and dark! This old flavor with fruit and wood harmonize perfectly together!
Review by mto75
surprisingly 'Caroni-esque' for an Agricole. On the nose nutmeg, dried fruit, thyme, caramel, and tar. On the palate, lots of smoked barrel, mocha, and rubber. The 66.9% ABV comes across as pretty biting, which also diminishes the finish somewhat. Overall good, but not top either, and a fair bit removed from the outstanding 80 Velier.
Review by Frank
Nice spicy and woody nose with dried apricot, even something towards dried date. There is also briefly a slight hint of milk chocolate. I still find sour cherry and something nutty towards chestnuts. A tart sweetness as of maple syrup. Vanilla and nutmeg.Wonderful on the palate. Spicy and almost floral fruity. Clearly the sugar cane, but also cherry and fig. Nutty in the direction of walnut. Caramel I got and vanilla and nutmeg. Totally well integrated alcohol.In the finish the sweet-woody sugar cane.This rum is really great.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,7:On the nose, the first impression we get is very floral and vegetal, smoky and waxy, as we feel strong presence of sugar cane juice, as thick and dark molasses join a little bit later with black tea, dark berries, perhaps plum, the wood is roasted with roasted nuts, burnt sugar, all nicely caramelized. When aired a bit, dried fruits, banana come out, some spice, as the molasses almost completely overshadows the cane, going even darker with licorice, cocoa, soy sauce, some chocolate, basil and tar. 8,3:On the palate, the attack is very spicy and intense with vegetal, woody and roasted, medicinal notes like black tea, toasted, roasted wood, plastic, wax, leather, some resin, brine and menthol, perhaps camphor. Still round and balanced. After the rest, dried dates are here, tar and quite strong meaty notes with bacon, some BBQ, then nutty and cocoa, molasses are really dark, roasted, as finally let go the darkness with little brown and more fresh, fruity notes as cherry, other dried fruits, coffee and flowers. 8,4:The finish is long, less intense with wood, dry, tar, wax and menthol, a bit spicy, with dark molasses, cocoa, in the end more fresh with dried fruits, banana and vegetal notes. Very, very complex, no alcohol after burn...
Review by Léo Delek
The profile resembles that of the 1980, with a very empyreumatic side (leather, smoke, even light tar), caramelized sugar and cherry. It remains one of my favorite rums.
Review by Djehey
Edit: once rested for a really long time, the result is really good :) This is an intense yet pleasant rum. I find the roasted leather and burnt sugar aromas that I like so much in the Bellevue 1998. In addition, there's a hint of dried fruit like apricot and grape. Not for every palate!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
wow! very many sour cherries and dark chocolate with banana bread with a little mint on the nose. Taste then directly sour cherries with mint and dark cocoa. plus some fig, roasted nuts, barrel and vanilla. surprisingly little wood for the age.in the finish then a little more towards leather and barrel, dry with intense mocha, and sweet mango and cinnamon notes. at the very end the mint and the cherry again celebrates its comeback.... very very tasty and harmonious! unfortunately horny!
Review by Thibaud Schnell
Ce rhum traite votre palais comme un gringalet en pleins pogo dans un concert de métal, c'est bon même très bon mais ça bouscule 😁 ( dans le bon sens et ça fait du bien)
Review by De Jan
Explosion of flavors in the mouth, it goes in all directions. Excellent.
Review by Johannes
Classic Damoiseau profile with a fantastic blend of fruity notes (grape and cherry) and a nice wood influence. Plus that indescribable blend of agricole and molasses. I really like this profile!
Review by Vincent D
A very, very pronounced, dark, pure juice. The nose is rather greedy despite the omnipresence of wood. Vanilla and caramel round out the barrel aroma. On the palate, very dark notes of coffee, mocha and wood. Smoky, roasted. Very long finish that brings bitterness. It's good, no doubt about it, but too marked and not complex enough, in my opinion.
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Read full review →Damoiseau Rhum Vieux Millesime 1995 is one of those rums/rhums where I just think "Wow!" I've found something which I consider to be as good as anything I have had before. Be it molasses or cane juice based. It is also a very distinctive type of rum/rhum which I think...
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Details about Damoiseau 1995
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, distilled by Damoiseau, at 66,9%.
Community purchases
368 bottles logged by 219 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
16% opened, 22 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Damoiseau 1995?
Community paid 70–177 €.
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368 purchased · 121 tasted · 73 wishlist · as of
About the Damoiseau distillery
The Damoiseau distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Damoiseau have been reviewed 1,323 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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