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New Grove Savoir Faire Double Cask Merisier 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 8 years · 47%

New Grove Savoir Faire Double Cask Merisier

Sip this one neat at its 47% — most tasters think that strength sits just right. What you get is loud, fresh fruit: sour cherry, blackcurrant, a hint of mint, almost like a cherry-berry soda in a glass. The rare wild-cherry (merisier) cask is the whole draw here. Easy and rounded rather than deep, with a short finish and a touch of sweetness.

The community says
  • Fresh sour cherry
  • Unusual wild-cherry cask
  • But: Thin body
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How does New Grove Savoir Faire Double Cask Merisier taste?

Aggregated from 23 community reviews.

Fruity sour-cherry easy sipper, light and fresh Most call it a fruity, fresh easy sipper built on sour cherry and berries, with the unusual wild-cherry cask as the hook. A few find it thin, a touch sweet, or short on depth.

Perfect for

People who like bright, fruity, easy-drinking rums and something a bit unusual

Less suitable for

Anyone wanting a bold, deep, long-finishing rum

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65% rate it 8 or higher. 17 selected write-ups from 23 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.

Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

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Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Nov 2024655 reviewsGermany
8.0/10

Red fruit tea with a shot. Fits! And the fact that the very rare wood of the wild cherry (Merisier) is used here as a second barrel should be explicitly emphasized once again. When do you ever get that? Update 2024-11-18: Simply an incredibly successful, somehow very characteristic easy sipper at an incredibly good PLV. 47% can be quite powerful! 80 points confirmed in any case. A word about the empty glass, which will no doubt amuse some people, but is meant seriously: Who remembers what it smelled like in the Intershop in GDR times? That's exactly what the empty glass smells like 😉.

Review by Serge

Most helpful mixed review

Serge
May 2024862 reviewsGermany
7.7/10

Gray's tasting rx9122 vs. Rx14941 vs. Rx7608 The Double Cask Merisier doesn't pick me up too much on the nose and is far too thin on the palate. Clearly the weakest of the three Grays for me

Review by Boletus

Boletus
Jul 2026337 reviewsGermany
8.0/10

Eher ungewohnte Holzaromen treffen auf verschiedene Beerenfrüchte, Sauerkirschen, Earl Grey Tee und einen Hauch Minze. Ein paar Prozente mehr hätten diesen Rum vermutlich noch auf ein anderes Level gehoben, aber auch mit seiner entspannten Trinkstärke gefällt er mir gut.

Review by Timo Groeger

Timo Groeger
Jul 20262,096 reviewsGermany
8.2/10

Ist auf jeden Fall ein sehr fruchtiges Dingen dieser New Grove. Man kann auf jeden Fall (Sauer)kirsche erkennen hier. Wirklich richtig fruchtig, aber etwas Süße dank Karamell ist bei diesem Rum auch erkennbar.

Review by Lot-NAS

Lot-NAS
Mar 2024227 reviewsGermany
7.9/10

Red tea punch with backing spices and a lot of wood in the nose. Really nice, balanced and something different. On the palate it is quite strong, the alcohol is not integrated very good and the nose is much more promising. Overall a nice drop but a sample is sufficient and I am looking forward to the next one.

Review by Christian Rudt

Christian Rudt
Mar 2024543 reviewsGermany
8.0/10

Lange im Regal gestanden Dank der durstigen Community Mal aufgemacht. Gibt sich in der Nase eher floral-blumig mit leichter Süße. Am Gaumen sehr beerig. Hab viel Johannisbeeren hier dazu etwas Holz, das Finish ist wahrnehmbar ohne zu Überfrachten. Gelungene Abfüllung zum guten Kurs erstanden.

Review by Master P

Master P
May 2025303 reviewsGermany
8.1/10

Gewürze und viel Holz in der Nase. Wirklich schön, ausgewogen und mal etwas anderes. Am Gaumen ist er recht kräftig, der Alkohol ist nicht sehr gut integriert und die Nase ist viel vielversprechender. Insgesamt ein schöner Tropfen, aber eine Probe reicht aus und ich freue mich schon auf den nächsten.

Review by zabo

zabo
Oct 20241,630 reviewsGermany
7.4/10

Danke an Gunnar. Leider ist dieser einer der schwächsten oder gar der schwächste von deinem Mauritius Rums. Der Geschmack erinnert mich an diese künstlichen kleinen Kirschlutscher, die man als Kind im Lotto Laden bekommen hat. Sorry

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Auction results 26 € – 30 €

from 2 sales, latest 10/2025

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Avg. community purchase price 45 €

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Details about New Grove Savoir Faire Double Cask Merisier

A rum from Mauritius, distilled by Grays, at 47%.

CountryMauritius
DistilleryGrays
ABV47%
Volume70cl
Age8 years

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Community purchases

9 bottles logged by 7 collectors.

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44% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.

5 sealed 2 open 2 emptied

9 purchased · 25 tasted · 8 wishlist · as of

About the Grays distillery

The Grays distillery is located in Mauritius. Rums from Grays have been reviewed 2,835 times with an average of 8.0/10.

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Mauritius 

Avg Rating 7.6/10 over 490 Rums

Mauritius is the rum island of the Indian Ocean, a sugarcane country that makes it all: smooth aged molasses rum, fresh-juice agricole, and the spiced and fruit-steeped rhum arrange that locals drink. That range across three rum styles makes it one of the most varied origins in rum, still flying under the radar of most drinkers.

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