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Cadenhead's Gardel 1982 - Rhum Agricole
Sip this one slowly and neat — it's a heavy, dark old agricole that "hits you as soon as you open the bottle." Expect roasted, almost burnt wood, tar, molasses and a hint of mint, with floral bergamot and lavender lifting it. A few tasters catch dried plums and dates. The finish runs on and on. One real note: a growing bitterness some love, some don't.
The community says- Endless finish
- Deep roasted complexity
- Floral bergamot lift
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How does Cadenhead's Gardel 1982 - Rhum Agricole taste?
Aggregated from 14 community reviews.
Heavy, dark old agricole with tar and mint Beloved by the people who go deep on old Guadeloupe agricole — intense, complex, endlessly long finish. The one catch some flag is a bitter, cask-driven edge that builds sip by sip.
Experienced drinkers into old, dark, dry agricole
Anyone put off by cask bitterness or high ABV
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100% rate it 8 or higher. 6 selected write-ups from 14 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
17.12.2025 Retasting and I still love this rum.this was the final sample from my last bottle. ------------- This is also an older tasting and at the release the price was very good compared to what you got. This rum is heavy, really heavy and it hits you as soon as you open the bottle. I'm not a certain but I made a note that I thought there was a hint of raisin in there. The nose is heavy on roasted wood with tar, molasses and some nuts. The palate is heavy, very complex and extremely well balanced with lots of roasted, even burnt wood actually, tar, molasses and a hint of mint. The finish goes on forever and has lots of roasted/burnt wood and tar. The note I have is that the colour was beautifully dark, bomb of a nose and heavy curtains in the glass.
Review by Jakob
Für mich der König von Gardel. Trotz zwei Jahren mehr im Fass im Vergleich zum 18-jährigen Cadenheads-Release zeigen sich die fassbedingten bitteren Noten tatsächlich in gezähmterer Form und lassen am Gaumen mehr Raum für die einzigartige Gardel-Melange: Satte floral-blumige Aromatik, nuancierte Süsse von Aprikosen, Bananen und etwas gebranntem Zucker. Dann pflanzliche Töne mit Ausschlag in Richtung Eukalpytus, minimalem Lavendel und im röstigen Bereich finde ich tatsächlich sogar einen Hauch Weihrauch. Dazu knochentrockene Würze, etwas Pfeffer, Leder, Vanille. Herausragend, ein Hochgenuss.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
My first really old Gardel... absolute gods stuff! Rarely have I experienced such an intense bergamot and lavender note. Gigantic, concentrated aromas and an almost endless finish. Hammer awesome! Thank you Rob!
Review by Giorgio Garotti
Prima esperienza con un Gardel e devo dire che sono rimasto stupito! Concentrato di intensità e sapori scuri che vanno dal legno carbonizzato, al tabacco, liquirizia e un misto tra prugne e datteri davvero molto piacevole! Unica nota non apprezzata, se no avrei dato un punteggio ancora maggiore, sorso dopo sorso ha una nota amara sempre più marcata..per il resto capolavoro!
Review by Johannes
Benchmark Gardel! Große Klasse!
Review by Pavel Spacek
Smell like old wooden cupboard, Guyana with blooms. Taste like old, rounded agricole with red fruit. Complex, rounded, lightly sharp
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Details about Cadenhead's Gardel 1982 - Rhum Agricole
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, bottled by Cadenhead's, at 57,8%.
Community purchases
2 bottles logged by 1 collectors.
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100% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
2 purchased · 14 tasted · 39 wishlist · as of
About the Gardel distillery
The Gardel distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Gardel have been reviewed 158 times with an average of 8.7/10.
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