Chairman‘s Reserve Legacy
Loved by LukaŽiga, HenryL & 29 more
A solid stepping stone rum that balances natural sweetness, light funk and gentle oak at 43%. Expect vanilla, tropical fruit, light smoke and grass. RumX members love its complexity and value as an easy sipper.
- Great value
- Light funk complexity
- Well integrated alcohol
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How does Chairman‘s Reserve Legacy taste?
Aggregated from 196 community reviews.
Characterful, funky-value everyday sipper A solid stepping stone rum that balances natural sweetness, light funk and gentle oak at 43%. Expect vanilla, tropical fruit, light smoke and grass. RumX members love its complexity and value as an easy sipper.
Curious explorers wanting an affordable first step into lightly funky, cane-juice-influenced rum with moderate sweetness and enough complexity to sip or mix.
Those wanting high-ABV power, very long finishes, or ultra-sweet dessert-style rums.
How is Chairman‘s Reserve Legacy rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 7.5 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 73% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 4% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 196 ratings
Review by LukaŽiga
8,1:On the nose it is spicy, fruity with tropical fruits, slightly smoky, woody and a bit roasted. The aeration reveals more fruits and some orange peel with spiciness. The cherry and almond come next, as it becomes pastry like. Very ripe exotic fruits underpin the rum through our tasting, there is also copper. Balanced and complex. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is soft, tasty, dry, like a fruit compote with spices. Like a jam with almond flavors and some coppery touch. We might think of some creamy hazelnuts also, some vanilla, also. The fruits are overripe, like they are stewed...But the banana is almost green.😉 8,2:The finish is sweet and dry with pastry, almonds, vanilla and very ripe exotic fruits, a touch of iodine and lightly smoky... An easy sipper, tasty. Edit:18.4.26
Review by SirMixalot
Bitterness takes over the otherwise nice experience
Review by HenryL
I associate this rum with a wonderful distillery tour by an incredibly nice team. The sugar cane juice brings a lot of complexity to this rum and makes it not only a must-have for me, but also the rum with the best price-performance ratio of all.
Review by Fabrice Rouanet
Limited gustatory interest. The mouth is superior to the nose but the finish is short and uninteresting.
Review by Christoph
Very powerful nose in which the sugar cane juice is very present. Banana at the beginning and end and nice lime in the middle. Amazingly tasty.
Review by MoMcGurk
A light oak flavor straight, with a little burn. Mixed, not quite as good.
Review by Nils123
Solid and complex. You get really good quality for the price. I wonder what it would be like with a few percent more...
Review by Pascal Gwada
Calendrier de l'avent. Très belle couleur puis, c'est tout, vraiment pas à mon goût. Au nez j'ai essentiellement des solvants de type résine dentaire, des esters. En bouche c'est mieux, mais très plat, l'alcool ne me paraît vraiment pas intégré. La longueur est correcte avec une finale un peu caramel vanille, sans autre richesse. Serais-je tomber sur un mauvais échantillon, mais pour moi, ce n'est même pas agréable.
Review by Boletus
Fruity, spicy, drinkable and with a pleasant, natural sweetness. For carefree enjoyment in the affordable price range, this is a really great, unsweetened rum that I really like!
Review by Stefan Persson
This rum comes from 4 different distillates that vary in age from 5 to 8 years all aged in ex bourbon barrels. Most of rum is molasses based and comes from column stills, but there are also some pot still rum of which a little part is cane juice based. Overall I must say that it’s a very good rum with rather high complexity.
Review by Schnapsschuesse
Toasty, woody, slightly funky, fresh and fruity on the nose. Some ester and the fruit is very fresh, with a hint of peach. It also has fresh sugar cane notes. Very pleasant overall. Beautiful nose! The palate is initially quite spicy and woody and hardly sweet. Pleasantly dry, the fruit esters nicely, grassy sugar cane becomes stronger in the middle and takes over the finish. There are very slight Agricole associations here. A nice thing, somewhat edgier than the standard - but in a positive sense. Also much more complex than other representatives of this price category. Bag it!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Compared to the other releases from the Chairman's reserve I'd say this one is more refined and complex in the taste. A wonderful funky nose transcending into a wonderful complex palate with a spicy entry and a fruity touch to the end. The finish is long, deep and has complexity to it. This is a blend of 7.5 years John Dore, 7 years Vendome, 5.5 years Coffey RR104 and a 5 years John Dore.
Review by ManuelP
Not in love but super intrigued. “It's not often that a rum provides as much funk as some of the more characteristic Jamaican rums, but Chairman's Reserve Legacy checks that box. It's a funk that leans more industrial than fruity, and has a lot of notes that I can't exactly distinguish.” I agree with that
Review by Tim
It's amazing what you get for your money here! Complex nose with lots of fruit, esters, smoky, herbal, spicy, brown sugar, honey. There's a lot to discover. It continues just as well in the mouth. For 43%, the rum is really intense, can be drunk straight and can certainly be used in one or two cocktails. What a shame that typical beginner's rums are more expensive than this one, but not as good.
Review by Gabriele Rabbaioli
Green plantain/banana, salted caramel, cooked pear, wood and light industrial funk
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"This is amazing value for money as an everyday sipper and a fantastic introduction to Saint Lucia Distillers output. I think Laurie Barnard would have absolutely loved this rum. I dare say you might quite like it as well. At this price and value for money it's a real no-brainer..."Read full review →
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222 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.
Also on the wishlist of 112 members.
About the Saint Lucia Distillers distillery
The Saint Lucia Distillers distillery is located in Saint Lucia. Rums from Saint Lucia Distillers have been reviewed 4,661 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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