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Foursquare ECS IV Zinfandel 2004
Sips easily neat, no ice needed — this is a light, "easy sipping" Foursquare where the Zinfandel cask brings red forest fruit, raisin and a bold oaky wine note over vanilla and caramel. Sweet but not heavy, slightly dry finish. The recurring gripe: at 43% several tasters find it thin and diluted, wishing for a few more percent.
The community says- Red fruit and raisin
- Balanced Zinfandel finish
- Feels light at 43%
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How does Foursquare ECS IV Zinfandel 2004 taste?
Aggregated from 75 community reviews.
Fruity, easy Foursquare, a touch light Well-balanced, fruity everyday Foursquare with a genuinely good red-wine finish. Most enjoy it; the common catch is that 43% leaves the body feeling light and the finish short.
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How is Foursquare ECS IV Zinfandel 2004 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.9 sits in the “Good” band. 92% 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?
61% rate it between 6 and 8. 15 selected write-ups from 75 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful positive review
super beginner sipper ! Can easily keep up with indelible. One of the very few extremely successful red wine finishes for me. Noticeable and intense but without dominating the rum. For 50€ at the time, an incredibly cool bargain. Could of course have a few % more, but it's super uncomplicated and delicious without being tiring or boring... Just easy sipping.
Review by SaibotZtar
Most helpful mixed review
good but due to the low ABV a lot of flavor was destroyed ....The issue price was the right price for such a reduced rum .... too bad.
Review by Blaidor
Smell 10/10 Taste 9/10 Aftertaste 8/10 Image 9/10 (info about rum, bottle, carton-box, sugar free, marketing....) Total impression 9,5/10 ------------------ BTL Original price 👍👍👍 BTL II No added sugar 👍👍👍 BTL III Investment bottle 👍👍👍
Review by Jeremie Edde
Foursquare very average!! nevertheless gouleyant.. I don't understand the hype 🤪
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a super fruity rum and luckily I have a bottle plus a backup one just in case. The nose is mild and fruity with vanilla and some barrel. In the back i pick up some varnish. The palate is complex, well balanced and slightly dry. Again fruity with vanilla and smoky oak. The fisish is long, lightly dry and has raisin and roasted oak. The day after the raisin and roasted oak is even stronger in the glass.
Review by Henry Davies
Revisiting this Foursquare classic. It is undoubtably very good rum but falls a little flat for me compared to the more recent ECS releases, it feels underweight at 43% ABV and the mouth feel muted as a result. Well balanced, vanilla and red fruit notes on the mouth but a bit light. Smooth short finish with hint of sweetness and tropical fruit. It’s good but in the new world of full strength rums it’s one you buy as it’s FS rather than on quality alone in my view
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Heavy on the oak and the red (forest fruits). The Zinfandel influence, which is a bold oaky red wine, is very present...but it works. Winterly spices. Sweet but not too sweet. I'm not that insulted by the "low" percentage of 43%, just start with this and everything will be alright. Different than modern Foursquare too...less glueish.
Review by Jarek
Fruity on the nose, alcohol simultaneously biting and weak, somehow diluted overall.
Review by Paul Segui
Bottle at around 65e, it's quite expensive but I really like it, to be tasted again later, a little disappointed by the finish which doesn't really stand out, it's quite balanced and easy to drink, you have a good time without really getting carried away or being exceptional.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Foursquare is a distillery from Barbados producing amazing rums for everyday drinking. It is a rum that will be appreciated especially by rum lovers who are fed up with sugar and are looking for a smooth, sweet rum full of coconut, vanilla, chocolate, and caramel. Simply pleasant and not aggressive flavors.
Review by Roman Lelek
The color - gold - yellow more than brown The nose - vanilla, caramel grapes The taste - I think I got some old sample because I am really not sure how it should taste. Super easy sipper - i agree, but I don’t feel any fruits, the taste is quite mild, only the aftertaste is present..warm, dry. Its not complicated, not complex rum…maybe i have already higher expectations from Foursquere..so not bad but also definitely not awesome.
Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
Un Foursquare qui a été réduit car l’éthanol et le vernis à ongle sont marqués! C’est un très bon rhum de soif pour finir le repas. Le fût de Zinfandel apporte des notes de fruits rouges et de l’oxydation. Excellent pour ceux qui veulent s’initier à un Barbade accessible.
Review by Rado Vito
Nose impression is average with vanilla. Taste is sweet with fresh frozen wine body and dry aftertaste. 43% wau, very full and good.
Review by bossi
Blind tasting: vanilla, caramel, some tobacco and leather. For the first 5-10 minutes, I thought it was a Spanish rum. But with a little time, the typical Fouresquare aromas emerge. Brine, almonds and cinnamon become present with time. The palate then reveals a light, highly diluted rum at 43-44% from a column style or a blend with a very high column content. Typical irrelevant Spanish aromas... The finish is medium-long and dry. Not quite my cup of tea. I'm guessing a ~10 year old rum from Foursquare Distillery at 43-44%. 67 points
Review by Richard Krupa
Rozhodne nejvonavejsi a jeden z tech zajimavejsich FQ co jsem pil. Ikdyz v chuti je na me dost vyvonanej a sladkej
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Expert reviews
4 critics scored it, averaging 7.8/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →The only slight criticism would be the screw cap. I can counter that argument with the following - this isn't a rum that will be sticking around long in your collection unless you buy multiple bottles. Which is one thing I'll be doing!
Expert review by The Dunder Hut
The Zinfandel Cask is really overpowering everything here. Together with an unpleasent bitterness in the end that seems to come from the cask. FS can be better...
Details about Foursquare ECS IV Zinfandel 2004
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Foursquare, at 43%.
Community purchases
256 bottles logged by 189 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
23% opened, 30 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Foursquare ECS IV Zinfandel 2004?
Community paid 40–295 €.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
256 purchased · 80 tasted · 39 wishlist · as of
About the Foursquare distillery
The Foursquare distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Foursquare have been reviewed 14,076 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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