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Bonne Mère Darboussier Rhum Hors d'Âges
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Here's the twist: plenty of tasters assume this is an agricole, but it's actually molasses-based from Guadeloupe. It throws unusually floral, fruity notes — apricot, cherry, marzipan and cookies — where you'd expect grassy vegetal ones. Then it swings toward wood, smoke and coffee, almost bourbon-like. One reviewer called the taste "in the direction of bourbon." It shifts a lot in the glass, and a few find it too young.
The community says- Complex, evolving nose
- Woody, bourbon-like
- Keep in mind: Short finish
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Yes, if you're after characterful, fresh, grassy rums for sipping neat.
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How does Bonne Mère Darboussier Rhum Hors d'Âges taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Surprising floral-to-woody Guadeloupe sipper A surprising, whiskey-leaning molasses rum most find elegant and shifting in the glass. The catch: some think it's too young and wild, with a short, watery finish.
Aroma profileWhiskey drinkers and people who like dry, woody, evolving rums
Beginners and anyone wanting a sweet, simple sipper
Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neat
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What does the community say?
50 community reviews
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On RumX, 7 means “Good” and 8 means “Very good”.
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Review by Korkennase🥃
Most helpful positive review
This Rhum Agricole is very special. A very complex nose. Also on the palate a very complex taste. A long finish. This Rhum Agricole is for connoisseurs and once again a good example of how different Rhum Agricole from Guadeloupe island can be compared to Martinique. I just had another flavor explosion in my mouth, mega intense... wow🥃
Review by Gregor
Most helpful critical review
A typical Agricole. Here the distillate notes are absolutely predominant and the barrel storage tones go almost under. For my taste, this should still lie a few years
Review by Stefan Persson
Overall an extremely elegant and smooth rum from Guadeloupe that I tasted at the Sweden Rumfest 2023. Many seems to believe it’s an Agricole, but it’s not it’s an molasses based rum. The Darboussier house started up in 1869 as a sugar factory and have taken its name from Jean Darboussier, a French trader and smuggler. This Hors s’Age is a blend of 6-8 years old molasses based column distilled rum that’s tropical aged in oak barrels, ex-cognac, ex-bourbon and ex-Armagnac.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
10.09.2021 Sitting at home with some samples. Notes Medium to dark in colour, Nose Light wood, faint smoke, fruity, light citrus, faint mint, faint chocolate. Palate Round, sweet, light roasted wood, light citrus, spices, medium dry, light floral, faint chocolate. Finish Medium long, lightly dry, sweet, citrus, spice, light floral.
Review by Oliver
Unusually fruity for an Agricole. Light and pleasing. But for me it is still a bit too young / wild.
Review by Vincent D
First tasting of this bottle that was brought to me from Guadeloupe. Already, the rum evolves a lot in the glass over time. Surprising for such a young profile. Very floral and vanilla nose. Also some citrus. Nice. On the palate, the profile is soft with always this vegetal touch. Also some chili. Finish on wood and coffee. Nice.
Review by Martin Augustin
An extremely fruity nose for an Agricole instead of the typical vegetal notes. I detect a lot of cherry, apricot, and some mango. On the palate then very diluted with mango, cinnamon, and cherry candy. Finish extremely short. A decent Agricole, but nothing more.
Review by Harald
Color: Golden brownSmell:Sweet of sugar cane juice, toffee and brandy.Smells herbal.Also fruity of plum wine and plum in Madeira.Taste:Sweet in the mouth.When swallowing brandy and toffee.Mild, spicy and woody.Finish:Short and dry.Spicy and woody with licorice.79 points.
Review by Thunderbird
Unfortunately, this is not my thing at all...
Review by Philipp Kestel
Class rum with which the overall package is simply right.
Review by Christoph
For Guadeloupe completely unusual first very floral then fruity notes, different from what is usually known from Agricole. Marzipan and cookies next to the fruity notes.
Review by PeixeGato
I got burnt caramel on the palette. It also had a light buttery taste, but not heavy buttery flavor like buttered popcorn. It was more that I could taste the butter IN the caramel than a stand-alone buttery taste. There was a touch of grassiness, but it wasn’t overpowering. This would be a good agricole for someone who is new to agricole rum and isn’t ready to get knocked out by grass and funk.
Review by Han
Olfactory extremely tense: hardly tangible and hardly assignable to a drawer. Taste also very exciting!
Review by Noname971
First nose very perfumed and pleasant, caramel scents. Second nose still very perfumed and very soft, maybe a slightly more alcoholic and fruity note. On the palate the alcohol is felt, but the rum is very soft, like a candy. Notes of nuts and ripe fruits. Very enjoyable finish leaving a taste of flambéed ripe banana in the mouth.
Review by Boymann
Round, less sweet, peaty rum. Spicy woody on the nose with notes of apricot and raisins. Slightly alcoholic like bourbon. Medium long finish. Oak smoky, reminiscent of whiskey. Not for lovers of sweet rums. Certainly an interesting rum for whiskey lovers.
Review by Monachus
Nice colour, interesting smell that change by time. At the beginning a bit too strong alcohol smell that change into wood, spices and smoke. Taste in the direction of bourbon, wood fine smoke. A good taste, nothing for beginners.
Review by Christian Rudt
Simply put, it was tasty 🙂
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97 bottles logged by 88 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
31% opened, 10 emptied.
What did the community pay for Bonne Mère Darboussier Rhum Hors d'Âges?
Community paid 23–78 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 42 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
97 purchased · 54 tasted · 13 wishlist · as of
Details about Bonne Mère Darboussier Rhum Hors d'Âges
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, distilled by Bonne Mère, at 45%.
About the Bonne Mère distillery
The Bonne Mère distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Bonne Mère have been reviewed 481 times with an average of 7.9/10.
To Bonne Mère ›Read on in the RumX Guide
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