Aroma visualization from community tastings
Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017
Tell me when it gets cheaper
Tell me when it's back in stock
Price alert in the RumX app
Open in the app
Got the app? Open this bottle
Opens this rum in the RumX app
Almost everyone here calls it the most surprising thing they've poured from Tahiti — a cane-juice rum aged in ex-Banyuls wine casks, and that fortified-wine barrel does the heavy lifting. Fresh mint runs through the whole glass, so much that several tasters joke it drinks like mint syrup, backed by ripe banana, licorice and dried figs. The 58.7% sits well integrated. A few find the woody, tannic finish turns bitter.
The community says- Fresh mint note
- Unusual origin
- Keep in mind: Tannic bitter finish
Offers & prices
View price history
Returns & cancellation Shopping safely on RumX
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
10 more payment methodsLive auctions
Offers & prices
No shop currently delivers to Germany.
Buying advice
These ship to you
Yes, if you're after bold, fresh, grassy rums for sipping neat.
Similar in style and available now.
Woodier
Excellence Rhum Maison La Mauny 20158.4/10 (37)103.99 €
Sweeter
MHOBA Umbila Bourbon Cask (LMDW New Vibrations Collection) 20238.1/10 (44)129.90 €
Milder
South Pacific Rum Artesanal Fiji Rum FSDP 20017.8/10 (61)104.90 €
The look inside the bottle
How does Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Mint-forward Tahitian cane rum in Banyuls casks Most drinkers land on "surprising and worth trying" — an unusual, complex pour from an unexpected origin. The catch is a tannic, slightly bitter finish that some don't warm to.
curious drinkers chasing an unusual cane-juice profile
anyone put off by bitter, tannic finishes
Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neat
Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Relative to this rum's strongest aroma family
23 of 47 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
Which glass for which rum? The community guide ›
What does the community say?
47 community reviews
Rating scale & review checks
On RumX, 7 means “Good” and 8 means “Very good”.
See the full rating guideHow ratings are made and how we check them ›The website shows a selection of written reviews. The distribution also includes ratings without text. All published reviews are available in the RumX app.
21 selected written reviews
The distribution above includes all 47 ratings, including those without text.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful positive review
Incredibly beautiful and unusual bottling from Tahiti. Overripe banana, blackberry, vanilla seeds and dark chocolate and caramel candies, bitter sweet Tahiti vanilla with sea salt and coffee, plus a good portion of sugarcane, honey and tobacco. Alcohol is very well integrated and extremely complex and long-lasting! Absolute benchmark underdog bottling at a very good price from Tahiti and also a rather unusual unique flavor profile! 💯
Review by Benoit Mahe
Most helpful mixed review
A very surprising rum, it's different from what we're used to drinking.
Review by Vincent D
Mint omnipresent, in the nose as well as on the palate. One seriously wonders if this isn't a mint syrup. The rum is then fruity, then sweet at the end of the palate. Total discovery for me. And a very pleasant surprise.
Review by Timo Groeger
Well, there are far better rums with 58% ABV. This one is very woody on the nose, also mint and burnt sugar can be detected. On the palate mostly licorice, but also mint and sugar. Alcohol is too noticeable.
Review by ElReyTristan
Very indulgent nose and beautiful mahogany color. On the nose, the woodiness dominates with a lovely indulgence brought by sugarcane notes at maximum sweetness. On the palate, the sugarcane appears long at first. Then the aging in Ex-Banyuls cask brings all its potential: a beautiful aromatic richness, warm and reminiscent of Mediterranean flavors, dried dates and figs. In the finish, there remains a certain bitterness and astringency, probably also linked to the Banyuls tannins, a bit of a shame but it will probably pair well with a Dominican or spicy Nicaraguan cigar.
Review by Frank
I've also never had a Manutea or a rum from Tahiti in general in my glass. Nose: Sweet, fruity and spicy. Scented peach with lemon and a hint of fresh mint. In addition, soft cream toffee with vanilla, slightly chocolaty. In my opinion, the sweet wine barrel is clearly present. Overall, however, very pleasant on the nose. 8.0 Palate: Sweet, spicy and fruity. Peach at the front, then clearly spicy, with pepper, salt, nutmeg and a little caraway. Now sweet again, with soft liquorice and chocolate. Lemon zest brings acidity and bitter notes, but also fruitiness. Swings constantly back and forth between sweet, bitter, citrus fruit and chocolatey texture. A little green at the back. Too unstructured for me. 7,4
Review by Barnagricole
👃: Sweet white wine, fresh menthol under a slightly fruity background and young wood and spices not easy to distinguish. The alcohol is very well integrated. The second nose announces more fruits, it's quite funky. Smells good but quite shy. You can tell we've left the French West Indies.⭐⭐⭐ 👄: Explosion of flavor, very rich texture reminiscent of sweet wine. The attack is sharp without being unpleasant, the alcohol is rather well integrated. Predominance of rather ripe fruits followed by nuts and spices on a woody background. I really like this mouthfeel. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⏳: Damp wood not very pleasant with spices like pepper, cardamom. Overall quite bitter, which I don't like especially since it's quite long ⭐⭐
Review by Johannes
Exciting, complex rum! Milk chocolate, nougat, light medicinal notes.
Review by ChristophFFM
The mint stands out in the taste. Exciting! In the nose, besides the grassy note, I recognize a smooth tonka bean. The whole is sweet-yellow-green with a subtle texture. Something very special: lightly sugared strawberry jam at the start. But is it suitable as a 'daily sipper'? To be continued...
Review by Eric Frechin
Discovered through a sample exchange. The white is quite nice to start with, and aging in a bangnouls barrel seemed unusual. On the nose, something fresh, a bit alcoholic but with a certain roundness. On the palate it bites a bit at first, then gradually moves to more roundness, always with a reminder of brown sugar. I find it a bit expensive for a VO, but it's an original product gaining some complexity with the barrel.
Review by Thomas Renoud
This one is so extravagant it almost feel like a spiced rum. I have never tried manutea unaged so it's hard for me to say what comes from the distillate and what comes from the cask. But it seems the cask had a massive influence and in a good way. It really reminds me what Ferroni did with his LSD grand arome in ex ginger cask. Anis, reglis, tea, you don't get bored. It's really sweet, alcool doesn't burn at all.
Review by Djehey
Softer on the nose (fruits, flowers, freshness...) than on the palate. On the palate, a spicy side followed by tannins (tea?) on a background of overripe fruits.
Review by BnBrt
The rum I have preferred from Manutea so far. Pleasant, nice and well integrated nose despite the strength. It reminds me of a mint syrup. On the palate, the alcohol is still well integrated, the attack is pleasant with freshness, I still find the mentholated side. The finish is rather long, the mint giving way to more floral notes. After tasting, the glass has a nice smell of tobacco.
Review by Filip Šikula
For me a completely new destination, which is Tahiti. In the aroma strongly minty, coconut and raisins. On the palate the mint still holds, complemented by banana and perfectly integrated alcohol. Medium-long finish and very banana.
Review by Double Barrel
Some clashes between the oak and the distillate (mostly on the nose). Flambeed banana with a nice licorice presence, some vinous aspect too. Very interessant selection... pricey for 3 years old like all polynesian rhums (think Rangiroa). Won't buy a full bottle but i'm glad to have tested it!
Review by Émile Shevek
On the nose solvent and resin, on the palate toasted dried fruit, banyuls, sugar cane, dates, lychee. A bit pungent. Slightly tannic, toasted and savory finish. In the empty glass scents of sour cherries and figs. Unusual as an agricole, but pleasant.
Review by Arnaud Faverjon
Really a very nice rum with its accents of beeswax, honey, yellow fruits, and a mentholated note, a beautiful roundness brought by the Banyuls cask, very very indulgent! A great success.
Review by Pavel Spacek
Sweet and mild taste. Nuts, pear, wood
Review by Adrien B
Surprising because it evolves. Blind tasting: Fiji then gourmand then sulfurous. On the palate, a lively attack, almost astringent, all compensated by a very nice finish recalling ripe red fruit, cherry.
Review by Cédric Meyers
Very good rum for an ESB.
Review by NoMorePants
Surprisingly different and yet familliar to the good stuff.
This selection contains no written reviews in this rating range.
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by Single Cask Rum
Read full review ›
Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017 at live auctions
A bid is not a final price: the house sets the buyer's premium, shipping and any customs duty.
All live auctions ›Community shelf
12 bottles logged by 12 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
25% opened, 1 emptied.
What did the community pay for Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017?
Community paid 76–94 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 88 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
12 purchased · 48 tasted · 11 wishlist · as of
Details about Manutea Brut de Fût V.O. Private Cask 2017
A Pot Still Rum from French Polynesia, distilled by Manutea, at 58,7%.
About the Manutea distillery
The Manutea distillery is located in French Polynesia. Rums from Manutea have been reviewed 185 times with an average of 7.9/10.
To Manutea ›Read on in the RumX Guide
You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
La Confrérie du Rhum Clément Selection Exclusive (Batch 2) 2015
Dillon Brut de fût 2013
Swell de Spirits Isautier Wild Nature Series 2011
CDI T.D.L Trinidad (Bottled for Premium Spirits) 2006
Bielle Brut de Fût 2014
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX ›YouTube channel (German, English subtitles)
