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Savanna Planteray Prestige Cellar (LMDW) 2005
"Un Savanna fantôme," one taster called it — a 20-year Reunion Grand Arôme where the cognac cask does most of the talking. Expect wood, dried figs and plums, allspice, a little glue and a smoky, floral edge, but the ester-heavy Grand Arôme fruit many chase here is mostly buried. At cask strength it turns dry and astringent, and several found the palate oddly watery mid-sip.
The community says- Deep cognac influence
- Dried fig & plum
- Missing Grand Arôme fruit
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How does Savanna Planteray Prestige Cellar (LMDW) 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 45 community reviews.
Cognac-driven, dry, atypical Grand Arôme Divisive. Fans call it a special cognac-Savanna hybrid; plenty of Grand Arôme lovers felt let down by the missing fruit and esters, the dryness, and a diluted, quick-fading palate.
People who love cognac-cask influence and dry, woody aged rum
Grand Arôme fans chasing big ester and tropical fruit
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How is Savanna Planteray Prestige Cellar (LMDW) 2005 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.9 sits in the “Good” band. 95% 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?
69% rate it between 6 and 8. 17 selected write-ups from 45 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
#5727 28.09.2025 Day two of the Whisky Live 2025, which this year looks better organized/arranged inside. A pretty nice release with a bit of astringency and warmth to the palate. Fruits and floral notes mix very well with the spices and wood.
Review by cigares
Most helpful mixed review
A rum tasted at Whisky Live Paris 2025. Not very pronounced Grand Arôme on the nose, yellow fruit, light smokiness and sweetness. There's a hint of cognac cask and slight volatility. The palate is quite full on entry, then everything fades and dilutes, except for the smokiness, which increases. The volatility becomes slightly spicy. Spice and fruit remain. The finish is fairly long and, strangely enough, the fruit lingers for a long time. Not really a rum for my taste, especially on the second palate with that impression of dilution.
Review by rbfsnow
A very interesting GA in my opinion. It doesn't taste like a 100% tropical GA aging, but more like a Cognac GA taste. You can taste/feel the Savanna profile with a lot of cognac influence, woody, spicy, dried & overripe figs/plums/date. Just at the end comes the subtle GA feeling. Definitely not a rum for everyone, but very special for a 10y trop + 10y ferrand cask continental! DRY & ASTRINGENT 💣
Review by TheJona'Spirits
WLP 2025 tasting. Tasted after TDL 2000 Itinéraires. I can't find the markers for which Grand Arôme de Savanna is famous. The aromas seem diluted in those of the Cognac cask. Disappointing. 👃&😋 Dried fruits, Cognac aspect (cherry brandy, raisins, dried orange), various spices, sweet caramel and custard, honey, vanilla bean, light chocolate. ⛳ Quite a bit of spice, light rose extract, cane sugar, light varnish, light candied citrus.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Ein wirklich ungewöhnlicher Savanna. Für einen grand Arome fehlen die üblichen Frucht und Minz Aromen. Dafür ist hier enorm viel Cognac Einfluss, viel Holz, eine seltsame Rauchigkeit und florale Noten die zwar spannend aber insgesamt eher unpassend sind. Darüber steht eine überaus mittelmäßige Alkohol-Integration die das Trinkvergnügen doch deutlich trübt. Meine Erwartungen wurden hier leider nicht erfüllt. Schade...
Review by Jakob
Messetasting Whisky Live Paris. Eindrücke und Bewertung basieren auf unmittelbaren Eindrücken aus dem Tastingglas.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un Savanna fantôme qui joue à cache-cache avec les arômes. Le nez nous emmène vers les fruits exotiques, quelques notes médicinales (esters, colle) avant de partir vers des effluves de cognac, de fruits secs, de bois et de piment. C’est un rhum assez volatile mais qui n’a rien à voir avec le Grand Arôme annoncé. La désillusion est encore plus grande en bouche. Le fût de cognac avec ses saveurs typiques (fruits secs, épices et piment) se mêlent difficilement aux fruits exotiques et aux notes rôties, caramélisées, esterisées et le soupçon de fraîcheur présent. Les saveurs sont diluées en bouche et perdent de leur intérêt. Aucun Grand Arôme à l’horizon. L’alcool n’est pas trop mal intégré. La finale est de longueur moyenne et s’inscrit davantage dans la lignée des Savanna traditionnels. On retrouve du fruité sur les fruits secs et les agrumes, un peu de vernis, de bois influencé par le cognac et des épices, un peu de chaleur caramélisée et de fumé, puis le tour est joué. Un Savanna qui laisse un goût amer, on s’attend à beaucoup plus pour le compte d’âge, la promesse de Grand Arôme et le prix.
Review by Johannes
I don't have much of a grand aroma on the palate. It tastes like a traditional rum, without esters. But really good!
Review by Jarek
Savanna Cross Tasting - November 2025: I'm not convinced by this bottling. Not much fruit and esters for a Grand Arome, too much wood and somehow too watered down on the palate. I had expected more from this.
Review by Filip Šikula
WLP 2025 Adventní kalendář plantation/planteray Zdeňka Polácha 2025 Rum je to krásný, voňavý, jedinečný s plnou a ničím nerušenou chutí ovoce, dokonale integrovaným alkoholem a oproti originální řadě Grand Arome od Savanny je více umírněný, což je nejspíš dáno i stářím, 20 let je prostě u Savanny poměrně unikátní věk a moc takových lahví nevychází.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
😕 Disappointment: Savanna Grand Arôme 2005 - 57.5 % Distilled from molasses after a long fermentation, this 2005 vintage Grand Arôme was aged for 10 years in a tropical climate in cognac casks, then for a further 10 years in Europe in a Maison Ferrand cask. On paper, a 20-year-old Grand Arôme looked like it was going to be very heavy... But in reality, the nose doesn't really evoke a Grand Arôme, the palate is marked by an annoying astringency, and the finish falls away too quickly. In short, a disappointing rum.
Review by Michael Schou
08-11-2025 - Rate 8.5 Another Savanna. This one really took me by surprise. 2025 have brought some very good bottles from Planteray. Force of habit, but have not tastet that much becides their extreme series the last few years. That might have to change 😉 Nose with wood, spice, glue and dries fruits. Palate with hints of the same ad the nose. Long finish dominated by glue and wood.
Review by Righrum
Whisky Live Paris 2025 - to be tasted again to confirm score and notes Maybe I need to try this again, but for sure the festival tasting was enough to recognize that either or the "elevage" mr Gabriel pretends to do flatten the rum, or the selection itself was poor. Maybe the weakest Grand arome I tried so far. Not a bad rum, but way too shy in the glass to be a GA
Review by Pavel Spacek
Bottle in CZ community advent calendar 2025
Review by Michal S
Ok rum, tóny Grand Arome jsou hodně potlačené, vystupuje dřevitost a koňak. Jeden ze slabších Savanna rumů v této cenové kategorii.
Review by Loïc V.
After trying it in WLP, got another sample to re-evaluate at home Nose : Typical Savanna but more traditional, cognac is very noticeable, some fruits, light glue Taste : Quite sharp, very woody, losing a bit the fruitiness from the nose, spicy, cognac Finish : Short, woody, smokey, spicy Impression confirmed from the WLP, quite disappointing and i'm really missing the markers of grand arome, probably buried below the cognac and the wood
Review by Happy Oner
Lehce guma ale cognac finish tomu hodně prospel
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
Whisky Live Paris 2025
Details about Savanna Planteray Prestige Cellar (LMDW) 2005
A rum from Reunion, bottled by Maison Ferrand, at 57,5%.
Community purchases
7 bottles logged by 6 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What does Savanna Planteray Prestige Cellar (LMDW) 2005 cost?
Community paid 128–163 €.
Current best price: 142.37 € – within 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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