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Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Arbre 2012
Sipped neat, this Savanna agricole leans hard into its cognac cask: green apple, pear, grapes and honey up front, then a dry, tannic, slightly bitter woody core. Several tasters call it round and coherent but a touch flat — the cask and cognac notes swallow the cane, and the 52.3% alcohol isn't always fully knit in. Pleasant, just not the wildest Savanna.
The community says- Round orchard fruit
- Cognac cask character
- But: Lacks complexity
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How does Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Arbre 2012 taste?
Aggregated from 43 community reviews.
Cognac-cask agricole, round but a bit linear Well-liked but often called linear. Fans enjoy the round cognac-and-orchard-fruit profile; critics find it dry, a bit young-tasting, and short on the complexity Savanna can hit.
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How is Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Arbre 2012 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
56% rate it 8 or higher. 15 selected write-ups from 43 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
02-09.04.2022 This was crazy week, where some friends and I rented a nice summerhouse on Rømø. The plan was to go nuts for a whole week with different rums without going overboard. The final agreement came to 6 rums a day and then enjoy nice walks or ferry rides during the day. Day 2 Notes Medium dark in colour. Nose Fresh, light wood, roasted, citrus, sweet, light apple. Palate Round, fresh, raisin, light apple, light wood, light roasted, medium dry, faint tannins. Finish Medium long, round, wood, light tannins, citrus, light apple, faint honey. Extra note. Light and ABV pretty well integrated.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un Savanna pur jus de canne qui débute avec un nez sauvage et agricole, constitué de canne et de notes herbacées qui s’accordent avec le fût de cognac, le raisin et les épices. Si certains arômes évoquent la douceur (miel) l’arôme de foin prend peu à peu le dessus. C’est un profil élaboré mais un peu envahissant si on aime pas les notes végétales. L’attaque en bouche reprend les codes du nez, avec une forte intensité sur les épices, le côté sec voir tannique, l’alcool et les fruits, ces derniers étant relativement discrets. On relève une amertume sur le foin et des notes végétales très présentes avec l’aération. L’alcool aurait pu être mieux intégré. La finale est de longueur correcte, sans fortiori, mais sans grande surprise. Le foin et les herbes aromatiques ont eu raison des épices et du boisé, éclipsés comme les fruits par cette amertume, ces tanins et le côté sec apporté par le fût de cognac. Un rhum cohérent et linéaire, mais qui manque un peu de d’extravagance.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Manque un peu de fruits en bouche… La rondeur du nez est perdue en bouche et on retrouve trop le boisé et le cognac.
Review by Jakob
Solid rum, but overall not expressive enough for me. I like it thanks to its well-rounded profile - but that's also where the criticism begins, because unfortunately I find the moments of tension and complexity a little lacking here - a "problem" that I often encounter with Savanna's Traditionelles. But this is also not my subjectively preferred rum style.
Review by Mentalo
Im direkten Vergleich zum 12 Jahren alten Wild Island Traditionell wirkt er deutlich dünner und weniger komplex.
Review by Pavel Spacek
There is something really strange in the taste.. Wtf is that? Rumy z destilerie Savanna jsou jedny z mych nejoblibenejsich. Doporucuji kazdemu vyzkouset zejmena vuce esterove kousky jako je Grand arome nebo HERR. Tolik ovoce v nekolika malo kapkach tekutiny jste dlouho necitili.
Review by Adrien B
Nez vif agrume acidité fleur fanée Bouche se développe, jolie épice poivre blanc agrume longueur fraîche miel
Review by John Coffey
On sent sa jeunesse. Dommage qu'il ait tant de mal à s'ouvrir pour laisser un panel d'arôme se montrer
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Schmeckt leider fast nur noch nach Cognac und auch eher nach jungem VS cognac als nach XO Cognac... Savanna würde ich hier blind nicht raus schmecken auch wenn's ein Agricole ist. Find ich ziemlich langweilig ehrlich und enttäuschend gesagt🤷🏼♂️
Review by RumTaTa
Sehr guter kräftiger Savanna mit leichter Tendenz zu Cognacs / Armagnac.
Review by Righrum
Clearly an agricole Savanna, dominated by unripe granny smith apple both in the nose and palate. When approaching there is a smoky/plastic note that developes soon into unripe apple, moving from nose to palate
Review by Worst
The wood is slightly too intense here for me.
Review by Thunderbird
Ein ausgewogener Savanna der sich sehr verschlossen gibt! Er verteilt zarte verschiedene klassische Aromen, aber kann nicht wirklich glänzen
Review by Oliver
Sehr viel überreife Früchte. Birne und Cognac dominant. Etwas zu viel Säure für meinen Geschmack.
Review by Johannes
Ganz leckerer, runder Agricole!
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Auction results 125 € – 184 €
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Details about Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Arbre 2012
A Column Still Rum from Reunion, distilled by Savanna, at 52,3%.
Community purchases
96 bottles logged by 73 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
6% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
What does Savanna The Wild Island Edition - Arbre 2012 cost?
Community paid 92–180 €.
Current best price: 224.34 € – above the typical community range.
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96 purchased · 44 tasted · 10 wishlist · as of
About the Savanna distillery
The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 8,306 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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