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Cadenhead‘s Gardel 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 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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How is Cadenhead‘s Gardel Gardel 1982 - Rhum Agricole rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.4 sits in the “Excellent” band. 100% 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?
0% rate it between 6 and 8. 3 selected write-ups from 14 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
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 Johannes
Benchmark Gardel! Große Klasse!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Mein erster richtig alter Gardel... absoluter Götter Stoff! Selten so eine intensive Bergamot und Lavendel Note erlebt. Gigantische konzentrierte Aromatik und schier endloser Abgang. Hammer geil! Danke Rob!
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Details about Cadenhead‘s Gardel 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.
A drinker's rum.
100% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
2 purchased · 14 tasted · 38 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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