Chairman‘s Reserve Vintage 2005
Loved by crazyforgoodbooze, Tim & 36 more
A solid stepping stone for those building their palate: 14-year-old Chairman’s Reserve 2005 at 46% is unsweetened yet warmly rounded, mixing vanilla, chocolate, dried fruits and oak. Widely praised as an everyday Foursquare‑adjacent sipper with great value.
- Balanced profile
- Great value
- Everyday sipper
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How does Chairman‘s Reserve Vintage 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 80 community reviews.
Balanced Foursquare‑style daily sipper A solid stepping stone for those building their palate: 14-year-old Chairman’s Reserve 2005 at 46% is unsweetened yet warmly rounded, mixing vanilla, chocolate, dried fruits and oak. Widely praised as an everyday Foursquare‑adjacent sipper with great value.
Fans of balanced, Foursquare-style rums who want an unsweetened, fruity-chocolate daily sipper with moderate strength and plenty of character for the price.
Those chasing extreme funk, cask-strength power or very complex, contemplative rums; drinkers highly sensitive to any alcohol prickle or woody notes.
How is Chairman‘s Reserve Vintage 2005 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.0 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 80 ratings
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
very cool st Lucia and incredibly balanced! i like it very much! especially this fresh pineapple-mint note, caramelized coconut chips, slight acidity & hints of red berries and subtle nougat, toffee and allspice and various citrus fruits💣 super tasty, for me my absolute drinking strength reference at st Lucia!🙏🇱🇨 Blindly, you would rather think of Barbados here.
Review by Tim
Ein genialer Alltagsrum, mit viel Frucht (Ester) und Schokolade. Etwas Karamell, Toast und Gewürze gibt es dazu, was das Ganze abrundet. Einige Gemeinsamkeiten gibt es mit Barbados, Jamaika und Guyana. Sehr lecker, trifft genau meinen Geschmack! Im Mund könnte es noch ein bisschen besser sein, aber die Nase ist genial! Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob man diesen Rum noch bekommt, aber der Preis war damals sehr gut. Im Vergleich zum 2009 und 2011 immer noch der am besten Gelungene.
Review by Christoph
Slightly smoky vanilla-pineapple flavors. Once again a typical representative of the "goes well with dark chocolate" category.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5153 15.03.2025 Running a few samples at home. Nose Intense, wood, light roasted, light varnish, dried fruit, light orange, faint leather, spice. Palate Medium intense, wood, spice, medium dry, orange, light caramel, tannins, dried fruit, faint chocolate, light cherry. Finish Long, wood, light tannins, dried fruit, light caramel, light orange, medium dry, spice. Empty glass Leather, light caramel, clove, light tobacco, dried fruit. Needs to rest for a good while to really settle properly. Add a few drops of water to release even more flavours.
Review by DosenZorn
Very tasty, only the alcohol could be hidden a little better despite only 46%. Bitter chocolate in the flavor profile is very tasty and mixed with light fruit notes. Despite the mentioned 46% taste quite intense, which I find very great. Is definitely worth its price of 65€ (as of 2.2.22), but would wish it were uncolored.
Review by HenryL
Sehr leckerer Rum zum gemütlichen beisammensitzen. Nicht langweilig aber auch nicht zu kompliziert. Schön ausgewogen, könnte für mich aber noch etwas mehr Komplexität haben. Dennoch fair bepreist und gern getrunken, hält aber nicht mit so manch anderem Release wie dem Rum & Co. aus 2004 oder der sagenhaften Rum Tasting Notes Abfüllung mit.
Review by Jakob
Surprisingly accessible on the nose with lots of vanilla sweetness from the oak. On the palate this meets spice and tropical fruit. Nice melange and an easy going sipper.
Review by Rodolphe
What a pleasant surprise this 2005 chairman is. Very good rum, greedy and pastry. It is closer to a foursquare 2007 than to other chairmans, much more metallic and fruity. When you think about its price, it is just an excellent pleasure product!
Review by Basti
An der Nase sehr gefällige Noten von Schokolade, Rosinen, Karamell, getr. Früchten, Vanille. Insgesamt sehr einladend. Trotz der Reduzierung doch relativ vielschichtig. Erinnert stark an Rum aus Guyana oder Barbados.
Review by Jeremy Roger 🇫🇷
Nose very soft/round. fruity and sweet it looks very greedy all that! Mouth indeed very greedy! It's light but very good. From vanilla prune to woody cocoa. A sweetness of the evening ! A real candy.
Review by Henry Davies
It’s a good balanced rum but not particularly memorable. The nose is light foursquare in style and the mix of John Dore pot still and Coffey column still distillate comes through. The nose is vanilla, brown sugar and light, mouth more intense, some oak, mint and herbs, and spices, a mix of pepper and clove. On the finish it is oak forward but not overbearing. Easy enough sipper and a well crafted rum but not one I would come back to and many better from SLD
Review by Roman Staroń
Great. Slightly spicy but well distributed, balanced.
Review by Oliver
Very nice fruity and balanced
Review by w00tAN
Sehr schön augewogen würzig und fruchtig. Alkohl ist gut eingebunden. Schöner Sipper.
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"For me the very backbone of good rum making. No matter what any Cask Strength 100% Pot Still nutjob might think on that matter. I'm all for challenging rums but I also think we should appreciate when a Master Blender does exactly what his job title suggests. He certainly has..."Read full review →
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111 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
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About the Saint Lucia Distillers distillery
The Saint Lucia Distillers distillery is located in Saint Lucia. Rums from Saint Lucia Distillers have been reviewed 4,661 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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