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Barbancourt Rhum vieux Réserve du Domaine
"Nice balance between strength and taste," as one member put it, though several wish for more. This Haitian cane-juice rum leans French and Cognac-like: dried fruit, vanilla, caramel and soft oak, with a whisper of banana and rose. Elegant and easy, but light at 43% with a short finish. Tasters note it drinks closer to a smooth molasses rum than a punchy agricole.
The community says- Elegant Cognac notes
- Dried fruit aroma
- Light at 43%
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How does Barbancourt Rhum vieux Réserve du Domaine taste?
Aggregated from 172 community reviews.
Elegant, light Haitian sipper, short finish Well-liked for its elegant, Cognac-leaning profile and fair value, but many find it too light and short at 43%, wishing for more punch and depth.
People who like elegant, soft, Cognac-style aged rums
Fans of bold, high-proof or grassy agricole
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.5 sits in the “Good” band. 72% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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77% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 172 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Joachim Guger
Most helpful positive review
A deep golden color.A very nice nose, dried fruit, tobacco, vanilla. Balanced and melted - as the French would say - not very complex.In the mouth it continues similarly.Great flavor profile, very good rum. The 43% alone prevents higher consecrations. Highly recommended (at the price).The reading material to go with it: Greene's "The hour of the comedians".This was the best - and cheapest - rum in the Grand Park Hotel Rovinj.
Review by Anthony D3
Most helpful critical review
There’s barely a hint of flavor before you get punched in the mouth with ethanol. I’d expect something aged 14 years to be much smoother than this. Very disappointing. And the finish is so short and bitter. There really isn’t much here to enjoy
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Today we did a widespread tasting with very different rums.
Review by Filip Heimerle
It's better than 4y and 8y but still not a very good agricola. There are much better rums
Review by EUDIER Vincent
This “Rhum agricole” is really nice. Want to discover an interesting aged rhum, well made, accessible and at good price tag: this is my bet.
Review by Jacques etdom
Decent rum. It smells of cane, but there's no complexity. I even find the price-quality ratio a little high, as you can find much more interesting rums at this price.
Review by Fuhgetaboutit
Deliciously delicate and complex.
Review by Stefan Persson
Surprisingly good, better than expected. The nose is fruity and spicy with additional aroma of leather. At the palate it’s very spicy and intense but also woody and with additional flavor of leather and licorice.
Review by Solidfunk
This is definitely a class above the 8 year. Rose petals come on strong in the beginning. Soft banana. Mahogany furniture like Mujuru says, a wisp of woodiness hangs in your mouth for a bit.
Review by Maxence
The nose of this Barbancourt is quite simple and feels a little unbalanced. The palate is surprisingly sweet and has a very nice texture. However, the profile lacks complexity on both nose and palate. Price to quality ratio is still very good though.
Review by Steve McQueen
Pas mal du tout... Un nez fruité, floral, et un peu réglissé... En bouche des notes de coings, de bois, d'épices, un de goût brandy Espagnol qui me revient et une belle rondeur charmante et solide. Une finale courte sur des notes vanillées et vieux bois. Un bon rhum sans prises de risques.
Review by cigares
A rum tasted at the Lucerne Gin and Rum Festival 2024. A sweet, intense nose with vegetal, roots, dried fruit, caramel and bitterness. Marked bitterness on the palate with woody/vanilla, dried fruit, caramel and licorice. The finish is marked by bitterness and an afterglow of sugar. A much more interesting rum than the 4 and especially the 8 ans.
Review by Todd Craig
What was to be desired in the 8 year is completed in the 15. Rounds off the edges with the aging and creats a more rounded profile with a short but sure oak finish. Notes of Vanilla and spice and a leather nose.
Review by LukaŽiga
7:On the nose, the wood is strongly burnt, which immediately leads us to a roasted register, some vegetal notes. There's cocoa and a fair amount of coffee, note of forest berries . Although this is a pure cane juice rum, a molasses aroma also takes over, with a hint of licorice, accompanied by roasted nuts. One expects something rather sticky, like a very dark honey. The nose is quite intense and full, but also rather linear, gripping but simple. When you air the Rhum, you get the sensation of something powdery catching the nose, the burnt aspect contributing to this impression. There's also some caramel. 7:On the palate it is sweet, the rum sliding over the tongue like a candy. We're still on the same register, i.e. caramel - coffee - molasses (the latter is still a little liquoriced), a black currant note. The woodiness seems less burnt, simply toasted. 6,5:It's this toasted side that lingers, with a hint of alcohol, hint of red fruit, raspberries, blackcurrant... Dry it is... For now, I will leave this rating, with a possibility for some improvements in the future.A bit disappointed... Edit:15.11.25
Review by Holger
Very elegant. Everything is elegantly restrained. Not like Gosling (spices, spices), no - French elegance. Cognac.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Disappointed with this rum. Too light, lack of character and non-existent finish. Probably due to its 43% but something is missing!
Review by Scorp Ion
A good rum with an explosion of dried fruit, both on the nose and on the palate. I recommend it
Review by Timpa 🇸🇪
Smooth, a touch of vanliga and oak, not a typical Haiti but in a good way.
Review by Abrahan Reyes
Love this rum, excellent price. Don't notice major differences between this one and the 8 years, which I love as well. This might be a little woodier and at first, the impression tastes just like a very good molasses column still rum, then after a few seconds, it comes the Agricole style flavor profile which remains very prolonged on the palate.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Grundsätzlich ein solider alter blend aus Haiti. Angenehm trocken, würzig und eine schöne Note von Zitrusfrüchten und dennoch einer angenehmen leichten Süße. Sehr elegant und gut gemacht. Für die letzten paar Punkte und eine höhere Benotung fehlt aber der nötige "Dampf" und das gewisse etwas, da der Abgang zugegebenermaßen sehr kurz ist. Ein paar % (45-48%) würden hier vllt. helfen!
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Details about Barbancourt Rhum vieux Réserve du Domaine
A Rhum Agricole from Haiti, distilled by Barbancourt, at 43%.
Community purchases
404 bottles logged by 366 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
38% opened, 58 emptied and repurchased.
What does Barbancourt Rhum vieux Réserve du Domaine cost?
Community paid 40–79 €.
Current best price: 58.50 € – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+7 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
404 purchased · 189 tasted · 95 wishlist · as of
About the Barbancourt distillery
The Barbancourt distillery is located in Haiti. Rums from Barbancourt have been reviewed 1,025 times with an average of 7.5/10.
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