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A.H. Riise Santos Dumont XO Super Premium Rum
Honey, coconut and caramel pour on thick here, with pineapple and vanilla underneath. Members agree it's very sweet — one member measured 58 g/l of added sugar, and several say it drinks more like a rum-flavored liqueur than a traditional rum. The people who love sweet spirits find it round and fruity; those chasing dryness or complexity walk away flat.
The community says- Round and fruity
- Coconut and honey
- But: Added sugar
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How does A.H. Riise Santos Dumont XO Super Premium Rum taste?
Aggregated from 175 community reviews.
Very sweet, dessert-leaning coconut-honey sipper Deeply divisive. Sweet-rum fans call it round, fruity and easy; drier palates find it syrupy and artificial. Most agree it leans dessert-liqueur more than classic rum.
People who like sweet, dessert-style rums and easy sippers
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting dry, complex rum
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How is A.H. Riise Santos Dumont XO Super Premium Rum rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.1 sits in the “Good” band. 51% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 12% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
55% rate it between 6 and 8. 35 selected write-ups from 175 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Skye92
Most helpful positive review
Rhum hyper doux, et fin - miel, rondeur et finesse - peu etre trop sucré
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful critical review
tastes somehow sweet, floral & sour like vinegar and Gewürztraminer, together with rubber bananas. Better than the Palmira in direct comparison, but still absolutely not my cup of tea and nothing I need to drink again. Sorry.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
21.12.2025 Having a friend over who is not up to the heavier stuff, so we run through a few lighter rums. ---------- This is also a very sweet rum but it's really fruity. Using it for baking, ice cream and desserts.
Review by Stefan Persson
Even though I’m not a fan of sweetened rum is this quite OK, maybe because it’s produced from sugar cane honey in pot stills and that that gives it another profile. Significant aromas and flavors is bananas, coconut and honey.
Review by Galli33
A very sweet, round rum. I like it a lot as a desert rum with the fam or friends(who aren’t used to the good stuff 😬). But overall little bit to sweet and not so spicy, for my taste… For desert santos XO > zacapa XO Nose: Popcorn, Intense, Sweet, Honey, vanilla, alcoholic, fruits, peaches, coconut, peaches, pineapple, raisin, apricot Mouth: Light, delicious, mild, round, soft, dry, alcoholic, sweet, honey, caramel, chocolate, young wood, almond, barrel(oak), coconut, pineapple, peaches Finish: medium, sweet, caramel, butterscotch, smoky, spice, roasted nuts, fruity, dried fruits, peaches, apricot
Review by Jonas Kofod
Pleasant through and through. Not complex in any way. Just smooth and pleasant. Sweet though, maybe to much in the long run.
Review by Vincent D
The nose was rather appealing, with fruit, vanilla and almost Jamaica-style esters. But on the palate, it's a slightly peppery sugar stone. A touch of coffee too. Frankly, not crazy.
Review by heckto🥃
Eine fruchtig süße XO-Zuckerbombe. Trotz des enormen Zuckerzusatz ist er recht ausgewogen und lecker. Honig, Kokos und Banane prägen das Geschmacksbild. Der Abgang ist schokoladig aber auch etwas sprittig.
Review by Tim
Angenehme Nase mit viel Frucht, Zuckeraromen, aber auch Schokolade und Röstaromen. Im Mund wird man dann aber wieder vom Zucker erschlagen, wobei man mit etwas Wohlwollen noch röstige Kokosnuss und Schokolade erwähnen kann. Maximal mittelklassig und nicht wirklich als Rum anzusehen. Super Premium Rum - nichts von diesen drei Wörtern.
Review by Malte
Excellent, palatable and very interesting rum. The longer you drink it, the more aromas it reveals. Sweet, fruity and spicy with a very interesting interplay of wood and roasted aromas. A very interesting interplay of aromas even after the glass is empty. For me a very good rum...exactly my taste!
Review by rs-spirits.de
Super sweet rum for a very good price point
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
A tasting from October 2022. No doubt who's behind Santos Dumont, and this has a bit of the same characteristics; very sweet in the nose, with hints of tropical fruit and caramel, and in the notes it's sweet and honey-like
Review by BoAlbertsen
Strong and delicious aftertaste. Lovely sweet aroma and a hint of oak flavor.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
The taste of soft tannins, high esters, honey and not least fermented fruit A long aftertaste in the sign of sweetness
Review by Rumpalumpa
Meine Güte ist daa süß! Wirklich wie sirup im Mund. Krass. An der Nase geht's noch, man merkt, dass er aromatisiert ist: Kokos, Pfirsich und Keksteig. Trotzdem alkoholisch. Am Gaumen kommen weihnachtliche Gewürze dazu.
Review by LukaŽiga
7,2:On the nose it is sweet with notes of vanilla, butterscotch toffee and maple syrup all bursting up. After the airing oak spice pushes through the toffee sweetness. There are other sweet notes of candied oranges and canned apricots. Coconut and some ripe banana finally appear. The nose notes are quite enticing, let 's see how this sweetness will play out through palate. 6,4:On the palate we catch some heated alcohol and wood spice. There is also some maple sweetness, quite tasty, but soon it overpowers the whole rum. There are peppery oak spice, maple, honey and apricot jam and pineapple.In the end, the rum becomes woody.The roundedness is almost gone here. When we put the rum in the fridge, the touch of sweetness abates and becomes more sippable. 6,6:The finish is sweet, quite rounded, probably due to added sweetness. Sweet butterscotch and maple combined with oak are quite tasty. Baking spice, honey and cinnamon linger on.
Review by Miňo
Mám rád sladké rumy a toto je jeden z nich. Sladký, sladký a ovocný.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
Relatively sweet. Very mild and balanced. Price performance in order. Tasted again after a long time. Unfortunately now much too sweet for my taste. In my opinion a great starter rum.
Review by Nivius
Let's say I'm not rating rum here, but a liqueur with rum flavors - then it's halfway tasty - I wouldn't pour it for myself now, but back then I thought it was cool. The combination of flavors is quite exciting: orange, vanilla, caramel, raisins and dough!
Review by MJ72
Fruit and vanilla in the aroma, honey-sweet with vanilla in the finish.
Review by rum_sk
The least sweet SD. I don't recommend having it after such sweet bombs as Riise or other elixirs such as SD XO Elixir. Otherwise You might feel this is not so sweet but the truth is it is fairly sweet :D At least moderately sweet.
Review by ChristophFFM
Interessante Fruchtnoten. Vor allem Ananas. Verschwindet als ein Nichts. Ähnlich zu Sherry-Cask-Whisky, nur noch stechender. Allerdings schmeckt das Ganze doch recht unausgewogen und irgendwie künstlich. Auch beim zweiten Probieren keine Freude daran gefunden.
Review by Dirk E.
Will not be my favorite
Review by Daniel
Super fruchtiger und milder Süßrum. Fragwürdig, ob diese Süße allerdings ohne die Zugabe von Zucker erreicht werden kann, wie angegeben. Erinnert stark an A.H. Riise Abfüllungen.
Review by Kamil Čmiel
Rum pojmenovaný po slavném leteckém konstruktérovi. Alberto Santos-Dumont byl významný letecký průkopník. Sestrojil první skutečně řiditelnou vzducholoď na světě.
Review by Strassi 🇦🇹
viel zu süß mit einem eigenartigen aroma, erinnert an selbstgebrannten obstler...
Review by Kay Meertens
I like this one better than the Danish Navy range. Yes it's sweet and not very complex, but not as extremely sticky sweet as many other Riises and more balanced. I get caramel, nuts, cocoa and orange.
Review by Jan Sajbrt
Prijemne jemna ovocne drevita chut, ne silna. Chut alkoholu se rychle vytrati, ale jemna plna sladkost na jazyku zustane. Za ty prachy super.
Review by Tyler Griffith
Sickly sweet. Any complexity that may have existed is buried under 58 g/l of added sugar. Don't see a use or function for this rum either by itself or as a mixer.
Review by marehvi
Awful experience. Expected a Lot more from 50€ rum.
Review by Jindrich Strobl
Not my cup of tea.
Review by Jacques etdom
Trop trop sucré, vraiment dommage. Néanmoins bonne alternative pour les amateurs de don papa et autres liqueurs de ce type.
Review by Jarek
Etwas fruchtiger und im Abgang herber als A.H. Rise
Review by Richard Krupa
Prilis specificka vune i chut
Review by Julian Würtele
Rumkugel im Glas, nicht zu empfehlen Extrem künstlicher, aromatisierter Geruch und Geschmack. Hat nichts mit einem Rum zu tun, gehört in Süßigkeiten. Durch die extreme Süße trinkbar, aber wird schnell zuwider.
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Expert reviews
3 critics scored it, averaging 5.4/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by Alkotip
Read full review →For the lover of sweet spirits, this will be a nice alternative to the classic A.H. Riise bottles. Both in taste and price. Santos Dumont XO combines Caribbean molasses and Brazilian cane juice. It's a sweet spirit, in an elegant bottle, that tastes of coconut, citrus, caramel, honey, vanilla. And the nice thing is that, despite the added sugar, you can taste the influence of sherry and port casks. No wonder that with a price tag of up to 50 € it is very popular in the sweet rum world.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →I dare say you'll likely need to get them bleached as well! You may well wonder how this kind of thing keeps appearing? Well take a look at Rum Ratings and you would think I was reviewing a completely different review. Try Flaviar as well for more truly clueless musings....
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Market value
Avg. community purchase price 58 €
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Details about A.H. Riise Santos Dumont XO Super Premium Rum
A Column Still Rum from Brazil, bottled by A.H. Riise, at 40%.
Community purchases
202 bottles logged by 180 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
35% opened, 22 emptied and repurchased.
What does A.H. Riise Santos Dumont XO Super Premium Rum cost?
Community paid 43–67 €.
Current best price: 47.84 € – within the typical community range.
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