Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Lave 2003
Loved by Guji Guji, Pavel Spacek & 42 more
For seasoned enthusiasts only: a 15‑year, 66.5% Savanna Grand Arôme that slams ripe red and tropical fruits, olives, menthol and strong oak. RumX drinkers love its wild intensity and endless finish neat.
- Huge fruit esters
- Great alcohol integration
- Very long finish
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Wild, woody Grand Arôme fruit bomb For seasoned enthusiasts only: a 15‑year, 66.5% Savanna Grand Arôme that slams ripe red and tropical fruits, olives, menthol and strong oak. RumX drinkers love its wild intensity and endless finish neat.
Fans of high-ester Savanna Grand Arôme who enjoy cask-strength, very dry, oak-driven rums with intense red and tropical fruit and olive-menthol notes.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike very woody, dry and estery profiles.
How is Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Lave 2003 rated?
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Based on 45 ratings
Review by Guji Guji
Amazing rum, fruit bomb, olive oil, custard and dried fruits. The alcohol is wonderfully integrated, it's round and smooth. Endless finish ! Delicious poetry in a glass of rum!
Review by Pavel Spacek
100% vanilla
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Magnifique ! Une explosion de saveur dans tous les sens.
Review by Mirco
Super Savanna!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Absolute Savanna Grand Arome DNA aus überreifer vergorener Erdbeere und anderen roten & tropischen Früchten, sowie Menthol Wick Eisbonbons und salziger Olivenlake. Cognac dezent wahrnehmbar aber nur zu 5% und Alkoholgehalt von knapp 67% extrem gut eingebunden. Extrem langer Abgang mit ordentlich Ester, Nagellackentferner und Klebstoff. Ganz großes Kino und zählt ab heute definitiv zu meinen Top 5 Savannas. Danke an Mirco für das Sample!
Review by Joël
Einer meiner liebsten Savannas!
Review by John Coffey
Magnifique produit ! A fruit compote with a lot of punch !
Review by TheRhumhoe
An intense, concentrated Savanna, as the rather flashy lava photo suggests. We get a veritable bouquet of diverse aromas, from medicinal notes (esters, glue, solvents, varnish) to fruit (strawberry, apple, raisins, tropical fruit) to spices (cinnamon, baked apple, pepper) and elegant oak. The profile is luscious, opulent and complex, living up to expectations. The attack is masterful: the full power and depth of the juice can be felt through woody notes, lively spices (cinnamon, chili, pepper), leather, phenolic notes of glue and varnish, but above all the ample, heavy fruitiness that invades the palate with strawberries, dried fruit, olive, overripe exotic fruit and citrus. This aromatic panoply is accompanied by a warmth on the palate that reminds us that we're dealing with an intense, dry, powerful rum that hides its game very well. The alcohol is really well integrated. The finish is particularly long, with a strong attachment to tropical fruits, strawberries and dried fruits, but the spicy, woody notes come with the tannins to give the finish a kick. Olive brine, medicinal notes and cognac also return in concert. A superb Savanna in its purest form, powerful and charming as can be.
Review by Jakob
Grand Arôme in its purest form meets wood: The barrel influence is finally not completely lost next to the fruit esters. Excellent representative of the Savanna Grand Arômes.
Review by Johannes
Ein etwas stürmischer, etwas trockener, nicht ganz so fruchtiger Grand Arome! Aber trotzdem hervorragend!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This one was also really good and we all agreed that this series was overall a really good one. The nose is very fruity with tobacco and wood and there is some ester in there as well. The palate is complex and equally fruity with sugarcane and some wood/barrel. The finish is long and fruity with wood/barrel.
Review by Arthur Moreau
A great aroma very "concentrated", perfect expression of the full proof, aromas of red fruits (very ripe strawberries, cherries..) very present in the nose as well as in the mouth, very long finish. The power of the alcohol makes the note slightly lower.
Review by Mathieu C.
Grand arôme très bien maîtrisé et réussi Mais ce type de rhum ne reste cependant toujours pas mon favori...
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116 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 Savanna distillery
The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 7,726 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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