Le Galion French Antilles Virgin Oak Matured (Rum Stylez) 2019
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Half the tasters guessed Savanna or Hampden blind — this Martinique molasses rum drinks nothing like classic agricole. Overripe strawberry, pineapple and olive brine hit first, then the two-year virgin oak pushes in with young tannins, smoke and a roasted, mineral edge. At 50% the alcohol sits well hidden. Wild, fermented and a little experimental — several call it the perfect blind-tasting trap.
The community says- Overripe fruit funk
- Well-hidden 50%
- But: Oak turns smoky
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How does Le Galion French Antilles Virgin Oak Matured (Rum Stylez) 2019 taste?
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Funky Martinique molasses rum, fruit meets young oak Members love the fruity ester funk and how well the young oak rounds it; a few find the wood turns things smoky and less harmonious on the palate.
ester funk fans who like blind-tasting surprises
anyone wanting a clean, classic agricole
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by LukaŽiga
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8,4:On the nose, esters and fermented, overripe tropical fruits like pineapple, banana bump into our nosetrils, with ripe strawberry, citrus, intense, quite pungent, with a help of an olive, slightly roasted young wood with caramel and glue. On aeration, spices arise, mostly with vanilla, confectionery with yeast, white chocolate, flowery and herbaceous, mineral sugarcane notes, fruits like berries, apricots and grapes. 8,1:On the palate, the attack is pungent, with a combination of esters, polish, brine, olive and fermented tropical fruits, nice peaches, grapes, sour and bitter.Luckily slightly roasted, smoky wood comes to neutralize this pungency with white chocolate, confectionery notes and spices like vanilla, pepper.With resting the rum, vegetal aspect instills itself with flowery, grassy and herbaceous touch. 8,3:The finish is long, funky with notes from the palate, more balanced as before, with agricole notes as rounding act, white chocolate is delicious...
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Most helpful mixed review
For me, confusingly similar to the Velier-Clairin from the 11th GRF (RX13301). And that one didn't taste good to me either, unfortunately. 🤷♂️ So not only that I would have blindly guessed the wrong country with Haiti, this Agricole from Martinique doesn't particularly turn me on at the palate (whiskey impression, not my cup of tea at all); which is a pity, because when opening the bottle, promising exotic-sweet funk sounds hit me in the nose. The light coffee note in the finish, however, reconciles me again a bit with the unpleasant previous impression on the palate.
Review by Christian Rudt
Would I have in the blind tasting after the first sip somewhere at Jamaica with whiskey finish.... Beyond the colorful mixture of strawberry-peach-pineapple-grape, fermented aromas to the palate a little olive it goes here just a little smoky. Exciting variety.
Review by Stylo
C: bright gold N: creamy, Greek yogurt, tropical fruit (papaya, pineapple). It slowly develops a smoky flavor to it..then I start sensing some brine in the background. P: woo, it is definitely something new to me.. the first notes I get are brine and olives stuffed with meat. The smokiness is now more like barbecue-esque. F: ham, salty, brine, smoky
Review by mto75
A mixture of Savanna Grand Arome (strawberries, vanilla) and Hampden high ester (yoghurt, buttery) on the nose. On the palate, the notes from the Virgin Oak cask come through clearly. The finish also has tannins, strawberries and brine.
Review by Galli33
#6 RumXHighE(a)ster weeks: Blind tasting: Savanna approx. 15 years of aging 60% mid ester Very fruity, spicy with a mix of strawberry + Yoghurt (Like yogurette, you know) Result: Oh dear, this was a bad prediction. Lovely mix of strawberry and yoghurt, ester and other fruits in the nose. A good balanced rum. The alcohol is integrated well.
Review by lars
Quite exciting, but somehow also strange…
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Blind Tasting, #Easterweeks Day 6: My money's on Savanna. Nose: sweet, fruity towards yogurette but also pineapple. Palate: also sweet, mild, fruity, grape sugar. Finish: salty and sweet fruity at the same time. Alcohol I guess max 50%, rather less. Overall tasty, but for the direction Savanna me then too well-behaved, especially with regard to the percentages.
Review by RumTaTa
Blind tasted during the E(a)sterweeks 2022 - Day 6 Nose: immediately associations with Hampden, slight smoky hints. Palate: smoky and spicy, a bit like Clarain. Strong similarity with Grappa or wine. Finish: medium length, smoky Very interesting, alcohol is very well integrated, a potpourri of different styles from different distilleries.
Review by Thunderbird
A very unusual rum… as if it had aged a very long time in a smoky whisky cask! Although I like smoky whisky, it doesn’t really fit here for me! There’s also a sweetness and this fermented fruit, all together not very harmonious.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Rum X Easter 22.4.22: The rum is very smooth. Even though there is a lot of taste and aromas. Not so concentrated and dirty but very noble. Today I guess a Clarendon. Around 14/15 years, about 55%. I don't know much about the marks. Around 200-400 esters.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Day 6 in the RumX Ester Calendar, blind: Nose: Easy one. As an experienced rum drinker you recognize Hampden immediately (HAHA!). Pineapple, creamy like yogurt, you know that, but an unusual strawberry note. Quite intense and sour, C<>H was already on?? Palate: Hmm, what is that? Suddenly no more Hampden, maybe Fiji? Mineral and salty, definitely tropical fruits, again pineapple, some grape? But I can't put it in any of the typical Fiji corners. Finish: Suddenly it becomes grassy-earthy, is this agricole now??? I don't understand anything anymore... After the reveal: WOW, what a great addition to the Ester Calendar! Nicely fooled, totally confused and although I've tried a lot, still a completely new country! Hats off to the selectors
Review by Jakob
On the nose still relatively typical for Le Galion with esters of tropical fruits, but also a slightly berry-menthol touch; plus caramel and subtle salty olive notes. On the palate, on one hand, this salty-mineral note that was only peripheral on the nose comes forward, but also the cask influence becomes stronger; it gets more intense, roasted, mineral, the fruit loses some presence and the harmony in the flavor profile also dissipates a bit. An aromatically intense experience with a great nose, which offers complexity on the palate but unfortunately only at the expense of balance.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Typical but extremely well-balanced Le Galion profile. The virgin oak rounds it off nicely without taking away too much fruit and funk! Nice mix of overripe strawberries, red grapes, apple cider vinegar, olive brine fermented fruit and young wood. The SBS Le Galion PX cask is probably still a bit better but that's nitpicking at a high level, for that the price-performance ratio here is excellent at about €65. Chapeau David from Rum Stylez nice thing! 💪🤤
Review by Jarek
Tastes somehow "spiced", but according to the description it shouldn't be...
Review by Buddudharma
Crazy profile, for my taste too meaty/umami and not coherent enough...
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
The color is rather light yellow (normal given its young age). The nose is rather powerful with vegetal and herbal notes, Jamaican solvents. So you find esters, olive, tropical fruits... all wrapped in the atmosphere of a queue at the pharmacist’s. Blind, you would have guessed Savanna... On the palate it’s explosive and complex, it goes in all directions like fireworks. It’s really something experimental and uncontrolled! It’s focused on vegetal, freshly cut grass in the morning, raisins, varnish... The finish is still as intriguing on the syrup but with a more tannic profile (due to the new barrel). Ideal rum to put in a blind lineup to trick your friends!
Review by Nivius
A Le Galion was the first rum off the Botucal / Don Papa range, which I had bought until then and now I have finally found after six years, which has a similar flavor profile, as the rum then, even if who is twice as expensive.Nevertheless, I am very happy to have found this rum - this mixture of fuel, vanilla, banana and acidity in a real balance.For two years of barrel aging can really what - the alcohol you can not taste despite the 50% at all.But I can also understand the comparisons with Savanna very well.-Tasty !
Review by Johannes
Personally, I find the sbs galion with 53% a bit better, but still a very good galion Grand Arome!
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What did the community pay for Le Galion French Antilles Virgin Oak Matured (Rum Stylez) 2019?
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Details about Le Galion French Antilles Virgin Oak Matured (Rum Stylez) 2019
A Column Still Rum from Martinique, bottled by 1423 World Class Spirits, at 50%.
About the Le Galion distillery
The Le Galion distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Le Galion have been reviewed 915 times with an average of 8.1/10.
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