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Sansibar

8.4/10 (275 reviews)

  • Single casks
  • Roasted notes
  • But: mostly over €50

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Is Sansibar rum good?

Sansibar wins the community over: 96% of 275 ratings are good or better.

A good fit if
  • you’re after single cask bottlings 86% of ratings are for single cask bottlings, all rums: 29% Exception: Sansibar Finest Jamaica & Trinidad Rum Special Selection
  • you like dark, roasted notes Lots of roasted notes in community tags: 45% of ratings, all rums: 20%
  • you like it strong 91% of ratings are for bottles at 50% ABV or cask strength, all rums: 54%
  • high community scores matter to you 78% of ratings are very good (8/10 or more), all rums: 54%
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Based on 275 ratings, including 45 with a flavour profile and 103 with a written review.

What is the best rum from Sansibar?

Among rums with at least 30 ratings, Sansibar Caroni 1997 leads with 8.6/10 from 31 ratings. The most rated is Sansibar Clarendon Geisha Label 2007 with 8.3/10 from 37. The 32 bottlings with a known strength range from 46 to 64.7% ABV; half of them sit between 47.5 and 55.5%.

BottlingAgeABVRatingPriceincl. shipping
Sansibar Caroni 1997 23 years · 55,5%23 years55,5%8.6/10 (31 reviews)not available
Sansibar New Yarmouth Rare Old Jamaican Rum (DeinWhisky.de) 1994 Pot Still Rum30 years · 55,8%30 years55,8%8.5/10 (31 reviews)not available
Sansibar Caroni Selection Sansibar HTR 1997 18 years · 53,3%18 years53,3%8.5/10 (21 reviews)not available
Sansibar Caroni Selection Sansibar HTR 1997 18 years · 51,9%18 years51,9%8.4/10 (16 reviews)not available
Sansibar Clarendon Geisha Label 2007 14 years · 58%14 years58%8.3/10 (37 reviews)175.55 €
234.43 € per litre
Sansibar Rare Old Cuban Rum (DeinWhisky.de) 1978 45 years · 50,5%45 years50,5%8.0/10 (27 reviews)not available
Sansibar T.D.L Trinidad Rum (The Auld Alliance) 1991 31 years · 55,8%31 years55,8%8.0/10 (11 reviews)not available
Sansibar Finest Jamaica & Trinidad Rum Special Selection 53,6%—53,6%7.9/10 (29 reviews)64.85 €
82.71 € per litre
Sansibar Uitvlugt 2007 Column Still Rum12 years · 51,9%12 years51,9%7.0/10 (17 reviews)not available

The table lists 9 of the 32 bottlings on RumX, the ones with at least 10 ratings.

How the community rates Sansibar

The median score is 8.4, which means “Very good”.

Distribution of all 275 ratings across 32 rums
  • 9Excellent 8%
  • 8Very good 70%
  • 7Good 19%
  • 6Pleasant 2%
  • 5Average <1%
  • 4Drinkable 0%
  • Poor or worse <1%

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Flavour profile of Sansibar

Top aromas · nose & palate
Woody67%
Tar39%
Rubber39%
Caramel · nose only39%
Chocolate · palate only28%
Fruity · palate only28%
Spice · nose only28%

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Sansibar in numbers

Sansibar in the community's collections

168 bottles logged in tasters' collections, including opened and emptied ones.

+13 additions in the last 3 months.

Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.

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Sansibar vintages

Single cask bottlings often carry the year of distillation. The vintage page shows what else went into cask that same year.

2007 2005 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1994 1992 1991 1978 Explore Rums by Vintage Year

Frequently asked questions about Sansibar

There are currently 12 offers for Sansibar across 4 partner shops, including Rum & Co, Excellence Rhum, RumInvestor.de, Absolutely Nuts Spirits. A 0.7 l bottle starts at 50.96 € incl. shipping. On each product page, offers are sorted by total price including shipping.

No. Every partner shop pays us the same commission rate, so we sort offers purely by the total price including shipping. The scores come from the community, not from us or the shops.

Popular distilleries of Sansibar

Caroni
8.8/10 (10,775 reviews) · 8 rums
Uitvlugt
8.5/10 (2,541 reviews) · 4 rums
Las Cabras
7.3/10 (830 reviews) · 3 rums
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