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Montebello Cuvée Prestige 1982
"An amazing nose" is where nearly everyone lands — dried fruit, raisins, plums, a little caramel and vanilla. It's a 24-year Guadeloupe cane-juice rum that smells rich and pastry-like, then turns gentler and a touch thin on the palate, with wet oak, spice and tobacco. Smooth, dessert-leaning, and easy; a few tasters wished the mouth kept the promise the nose makes.
The community says- Rich dried-fruit nose
- Smooth and balanced
- But: Thin on palate
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How does Montebello Cuvée Prestige 1982 taste?
Aggregated from 27 community reviews.
Rich dried-fruit nose, gentle spiced palate Loved for a gourmand, dried-fruit nose and smooth, spiced palate. The common catch: it thins out and the finish runs short, so the mouth doesn't fully match the nose.
People who like sweet, gourmand agricole with a dried-fruit nose
Anyone wanting a big, long-finishing palate to match the nose
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78% rate it 8 or higher. 11 selected write-ups from 27 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
14.11.2025 Finishing off the rest of the sample I have and I still like it a lot. ------------ Sitting at home relaxing a bit and decided to give this sample a go. Now I have to spend 400 euro to get my hands on a bottle, because that's how good it is. The nose is complex and very well balanced between fruit, spice, grass and very light oak. The palate takes off where the nose ends. Complex and well balanced with fruit and some grass and spice and again very light oak. The finish is medium to long with spices, tobacco and a hint of oak. Price to quality is very good in my mind. A great rhum Agricole and if you like Agricole you have to try this one.
Review by Barnagricole
Most helpful mixed review
👃: Cinnamon spices, vanilla, molasses, honey 👃 2: Red fruits come in slightly in the background with smoky/peaty notes 👄: Spices, damp wood, slightly bitter ⏳: Spices, bitterness of the wood. Medium-long finish
Review by Giorgio Garotti
I expected more from this rum.. Throughout the tasting, it's a bit flat, with vegetal and woody flavors, but there's a hint of fruit that helps it out!
Review by Vincent D
Je n'ai pas tous les jours l'occasion de goûter un rhum distillé avant que je ne sois né... Celui-ci propose un nez très doux. Un boisé net. Des fruits secs et confits. Ça donne très envie. Nez confirmé en bouche avec des fruits confits noyés dans du bois, avec des épices discrètes. Puis, une impression de cuir et de tabac. Ainsi que des effluves beurrées. Très agréable.
Review by Mopar Rules
an amazing nose, dried fruits, raisins, plums. Very balanced and smooth. The expectation is high after a while sniffing the rum. There is caramel and vanilla. It looses on the palate. Still dried fruits, the caramel, chocolate. I have to say it is still very nice and balanced, smooth. A perfect digestive. But the expectations have been so high. It just doesn’t match the expectations. Finish is short, au revoir. May be like a date with a beautiful french girl/boy on a cote d‘azur trip. Fantasy, imagination before you enter the hotel room, then so la la, gone.
Review by Jakob
Despite the relatively low ABV, quite full-bodied and intense – dried fruits meet fresh apricot, along with heavy chocolate sweetness and bitter spice and roast notes. Nice rum, but what mainly bothers me is the price – there are comparable quality bottlings available at a much more affordable range.
Review by MJ97
Un nez énormément porté sur les épices, avec un fond de fruits tropicaux confits et de boisé. Une bouche qui s’accorde avec le nez, avec un côté terreux/tourbé qui se rajoute et prend progressivement le dessus. La finale est longue et donne place à une amertume progressive qui vient progressivement étouffer le côté épicé et fruité.
Review by Johannes
The nose is wonderfully fruity with light woody aromas. Unfortunately, on the palate it is a bit thin, with more of the woody cask flavors coming through.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This one was a surprise. A complex rum yet a rum that's subtle and easy and smooth on the palate. The nose is very fruity with cane and candied fruits and a hint of licorice. The palate is very well balanced as well as complex, yet smooth. Fruity with spices, nuts and leather and a hint of tobacco, yum. The finish is medium to long with spices, raisin and tobacco. Price to quality is pretty good.
Review by théo
Un rhum pâtissier doux et élégant très bon produit bien affiné pour une bel âge en fût
Review by Pascal Gwada
Nez très agréable et vraiment gourmand. La bouche ne manque pas de watts comme on peut lire , très gourmande aussi. Longueur moyenne. Un rhum facile et gourmand et pas trop faible comme j'ai pu le lire. Édit: je trouve clairement du pruneau au nez, la bouche est moins évidente à discerner pour mon palais mais très gourmande et pâtissière, douce, très facile mais l'alcool est bien là parfaitement intégré. La longueur est moyenne sur les mêmes notes.
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Details about Montebello Cuvée Prestige 1982
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, distilled by Montebello, at 42%.
Community purchases
62 bottles logged by 45 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
6% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What does Montebello Cuvée Prestige 1982 cost?
Community paid 227–429 €.
Current best price: 429.00 € – within the typical community range.
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62 purchased · 27 tasted · 11 wishlist · as of
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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