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Savanna The Very Rare Casks 3rd Release Traditionnel HES 2007
Near-universal love here, with only a couple of tasters wanting the last bit of balance. This is a 14-year tropically-aged Savanna high-ester single cask, and people keep landing on the same notes: overripe strawberry, menthol and mint, nail polish and glue, pineapple, then roasted oak and spice. The wood runs heavier than usual for a 2007 Grand Arôme, but most call it worth the time.
The community says- Overripe strawberry
- Mint and menthol
- Well-integrated 65%
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How does Savanna The Very Rare Casks 3rd Release Traditionnel HES 2007 taste?
Aggregated from 53 community reviews.
Intense strawberry-mint Savanna with heavy oak Loved by almost everyone who tried it: strawberry, mint and ester funk over serious roasted oak. A few felt the wood and bite edge past balance, but the intensity wins.
High-ester Savanna fans who like funk with roasted oak
Beginners and anyone put off by solvent, mint and cask strength
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0% rate it between 6 and 8. 19 selected write-ups from 53 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Mirco
Ripe fruit with a distinct ester character, supported by spicy depth and a fine smoky note. On the palate, expected intensity with candied aromas, dark chocolate, and spicy herbal spice. The finish remains long and powerful with a harmonious interplay of sweetness, spice, and grip.
Review by LukaŽiga
9,2:On the nose, esters and solvents, overripe, even rotten, pungeant strawberry, tropical fruits like pineapple, citrus fruits, roasted wood notes like coffee, roasted nuts, spicy with cinnamon, minty sugar cane, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the cane is flowery, fresh with tea, herbaceous, vegetal with briny olive, medicinal notes like rubber and soap arise, confectionery with pastry, caramel, allspice and various fruits like banana, dried apricots and figs... 9,1:On the palate, the attack is intense, medicinal with esters, pungeant with overripe, rotten strawberry, vegetal sugar cane with briny olive, as the rum settles down, becomes very round, the cane is sweet with brown sugar, honeycomb, minty, the fruits dried with raisins, apricots and dates, tropical with banana, pineapple, citrus with bitter orange, grapefruit, perhaps sour cherry joins the play.The wood is roasted with crunchy bread, oaky, spicy with clove, perhaps allspice. 8,9:The finish is long, dry and tannic, as various roasted wood notes like coffee, chocolate, praline, confectionery, slightly smoky and spicy, oaky, pair different dried, tropical and citrus fruits, strawberry, cherry, rotten, pungeant and medicinal notes like esters, rubber, slightly dirty. Edit:13.12.2025
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Grand Arome 2007 wie es sich gehört! Die typischen überreifen Erdbeere und Ananas, sowie etwas Menthol und Zimt Kaugummi sind klar erkennen aber werden vom Holz etwas überdeckt. Säuerliche Tannine, leicht salzig aber auch viel adstringierende Bitternoten. Sehr intensiver Grand Arome, welcher einfach ungewöhnlich viel Holz hat, wenn auch nicht zu dominant. Hat einfach mehr Röstaromen und mehr Tannine als man es von 2007er GA's gewohnt ist, was der Qualität keinen Abbruch tut. Muss man sich definitiv Zeit für nehmen! Gefällt mir von den 3 bisherigen "very rare cask" editions am besten! 😄🇷🇪
Review by Timo Groeger
Ein guter Rum, aber muchvkann er leider auch nicht überzeugen. Also fruchtig finde ich ihn überhaupt nicht. Ansonsten sehr würzig, holzig und rostig. Minze ist allerdings auch erkennbar. Guter Rum, but not Weltklasse.
Review by Thunderbird
Diese Rare Cask Abfüllung ist ausgezeichnet. Sie benötigt Zeit im Glas, aber dann entwickelt sie ein sehr komplexes und herausforderndes Aroma von Frucht, Gewürzen und Holz. Absolut Top und entspricht meinem Geschmack. Savanna gelingen immer wieder hervorragende Releases
Review by Boletus
Die elegante Esterattacke in der Nase weiß sofort zu begeistern, bereitet einen aber nicht mal ansatzweise auf das grandiose Spektakel im Mund und den wunderschönen langen Abgang vor. Großartig! Savanna Masterclass Online-Tasting am 26.09.25; vielen Dank an das RumX-Team.
Review by Skyfly
Was eine geile Abfüllung! Viel Ester, Früchte, leichtes Holz und Minze von Nase bis Abgang. Ganz präsent ist die Erdbeere, welche bis lang in den Abgang nachhält. In der Kombination mit der Mintebeinfach geil!
Review by SaibotZtar
Very heavy grand aroma... lots of wood, dark dried fruits, esters and tropical fruits result in a great interplay of flavors. Needs a good amount of time in the glass. Nose is somewhat reminiscent of a Tropical Long Pond. Beautiful thing 🤑😊
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5775 26.09.2025 Savanna tasting from Paris while attending the Whisky Live 2025. Nose Intense, wood, light roasted, peach, ester, cherry, cinnamon, light mint, light floral. Palate Intense, warm, wood, fruity, ester, cherry, light mint, anise, light mineral, banana, light floral, light herbs, peach. Finish Very long and warm, wood, fruity, ester, citrus, light anise, faint mineral, light herbs.
Review by Oliver
Fantastic Grand Arôme! Lots of strawberry, tropical fruit with a great roasted note due to the longer tropical maturation. Really fun!
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Savanna-Online-Tasting WLP 26.09.2025
Review by zabo
In direct comparison, today was both the second and third release in this Rare Cask Series. Somehow I liked number 2 a little better. But admittedly, both are at a good level.
Review by Basti
Savanna Masterclass 26.09.2025 Anfangs eine starke Lösungsmittel-/Klebstoff Note, die jedoch schnell verfliegt und Platz macht für überwiegend fruchtige Aromen. Am Gaumen sehr intensiv, fruchtig und würzig. Sehr geil!!!
Review by Joachim Guger
Savanna-Tasting am 26.09.2025 – Es wurden acht Samples verkostet und fachkundig erklärt. Der Savanna-Hype ist irgendwie mal wieder an mir vorbeigegangen, aber es war ein wirklich großartiges Event. Vielen Dank an RumX und das Savanna-Team – gerne mehr davon! Die Savannas sind wahre Könner und Handwerker. Komplex, 60 % Vol., die am Gaumen schmeicheln. Die Arbeit mit verschiedenen Stilrichtungen wie Creole, Traditionell und HERR führt zu einer Vielfalt, wie sie nur wenige Brennereien bieten. Alles top-notch! Vor dem Endgegner dann noch ein Einzelfass mit dem einen oder anderen Ester-Molekül in der Umlaufbahn. Jawohl, das Gemurmel im Teams-Kanal nimmt zu, anerkennende Herzen steigen auf. Das scheint der Gipfel des Genusses für Esterliebhaber zu sein. Und wiederum höchste Handwerkskunst.
Review by DomM
Very intense with quite some funk and high intensity.
Review by Schnubbii
Great color (mahogany) in the glass. On the nose, mainly dried fruits such as dried apricots and dates, followed by light spices. A great piece on the palate. Here you can find the dried fruit again, but also wood, spices, some TicTac Wintergreen and a slight bitterness. The whole thing is really very round, harmonious and complex, the almost 65% is very well integrated. A little TicTac Wintergreen remains in the finish, followed by an elegant woody spiciness. I only know such an elegant wood spice from the Rasta Morris TDL 2001. This is a really great and elegant rum from Savanna. The only downside is the high price.
Review by Jakob
Deutlicher Grand Arôme-Einschlag mit der typischen überreifen Erdbeere und Minze, am Gaumen sehr vielschichtig mit Zitrusfrüchten, Holz, Gewürzen, aber auch noch etwas bissig im Abgang. Gefällt mir, aber für die Savanna-Beletage fehlt mir die letzte Ausgewogenheit.
Review by Fuwi
Alcohol is a flavor carrier, and with 64.9% ABV, this bottling has a lot of potential and knows how to use it to its advantage! Wow, boom! Strawberry, mint, and elegant oak notes on the nose, fresh peach aromas, and a large fruit basket. On the tongue comes the big bang, excellent! That's how I like it, it rattles around nicely and you puff out your cheeks, what a blast! Menthol with wood, ester and floral influences - everything that makes Savanna unique. Spectacular bottling, welcome to the wish list!
Review by Mentalo
This is a really good bottling from Savanna. My rating would probably be even higher if I had tasted it more often. Lots of strawberry, mint, menthol, but also a good amount of wood. But everything is super harmonious with well-integrated alcohol.
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Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 9.2/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by Rob Bauer
Read full review →Nose Tropical Langhe?! It's fascinating and at the same time odd, but I'm smelling tar and roses, a bit like I know it from old, very good Barolos. But that's just one nuance among many. Distilled sour mangoes and papayas alternate with lychees and sour fruits. You feel Jamaica, but you're somewhere else entirely. High ester at Savanna always means a very unique, totally fascinating world. Terroir, but not in terms of the soil, but rather the fermentation. The longer it sits in the glass, the more flowers join in, patchouli, lilies, and violets. A rather wild, exotic, absolutely seductive mix. It is reminiscent of a mystical Asian scene from Kar-wei, the love room from In the Mood for Love. And indeed, with this synesthetic experience, exotic herbs also shine like little candles out of the fog. With some drops of water bison grass and strong woodruff are rising from the primordial soup. What fabulous, highly complex bouquet! Palate Pure concentration. A whole basket of exotic herbs! Cooling mint and camphor, Mediterranean aniseed, and dried strawberries. It seems that strawberries are Savanna's leitmotif. The distillate is carried by fermented, thick mango juice, which attempts to balance the spicy notes with a great and juicy sweetness. This balancing act is achieved by a hair's breadth. One more year and the wood would have won the arm wrestling match. The result is a highly flavorful border crosser. With each sip, the character changes, like a chameleon. Read a book or listen to a record while sipping, it’s worth exploring for an hour or two. Given the high abv I’ve added some water to it. Now it’s even becoming slightly ashy and smoky. It’s not a chameleon but an octopussy! Finish An incredibly long fever dream that leaves behind a dry, almost artificial taste of dried flowers and asphalt. Never put this one at the beginng of a tasting round as it will dominate the whole lineup. Rating A Savanna like a big bangof flavors that lingers long on the palate and feel like a visit to an exotic country!
Expert review by Rob Bauer
Nose Tropical Langhe?! It's fascinating and at the same time odd, but I'm smelling tar and roses, a bit like I know it from old, very good Barolos. But that's just one nuance among many. Distilled sour mangoes and papayas alternate with lychees and sour fruits. You feel Jamaica, but you're somewhere else entirely. High ester at Savanna always means a very unique, totally fascinating world. Terroir, but not in terms of the soil, but rather the fermentation. The longer it sits in the glass, the more flowers join in, patchouli, lilies, and violets. A rather wild, exotic, absolutely seductive mix. It is reminiscent of a mystical Asian scene from Kar-wei, the love room from In the Mood for Love. And indeed, with this synesthetic experience, exotic herbs also shine like little candles out of the fog. With some drops of water bison grass and strong woodruff are rising from the primordial soup. What fabulous, highly complex bouquet! Palate Pure concentration. A whole basket of exotic herbs! Cooling mint and camphor, Mediterranean aniseed, and dried strawberries. It seems that strawberries are Savanna's leitmotif. The distillate is carried by fermented, thick mango juice, which attempts to balance the spicy notes with a great and juicy sweetness. This balancing act is achieved by a hair's breadth. One more year and the wood would have won the arm wrestling match. The result is a highly flavorful border crosser. With each sip, the character changes, like a chameleon. Read a book or listen to a record while sipping, it’s worth exploring for an hour or two. Given the high abv I’ve added some water to it. Now it’s even becoming slightly ashy and smoky. It’s not a chameleon but an octopussy! Finish An incredibly long fever dream that leaves behind a dry, almost artificial taste of dried flowers and asphalt. Never put this one at the beginng of a tasting round as it will dominate the whole lineup. Rating A Savanna like a big bangof flavors that lingers long on the palate and feel like a visit to an exotic country!
Details about Savanna The Very Rare Casks 3rd Release Traditionnel HES 2007
A rum from Reunion, distilled by Savanna, at 64,9%.
Community purchases
20 bottles logged by 19 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
10% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What does Savanna The Very Rare Casks 3rd Release Traditionnel HES 2007 cost?
Community paid 331–523 €.
Current best price: 550.00 € – above the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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About the Savanna distillery
The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 8,002 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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