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0CD752FB-3352-4A1C-BE7D-6E9153B06BD2Martinique Distillerie du Simon
Clément Cuvée Spéciale XO 70cl bottle
Bottle
Rum Agricole · 6–48 years · 44%

Clément Cuvée Spéciale XO

Dried banana peel, oak spice, buttercream and a little dark chocolate on the finish — this is aged Martinique agricole with real depth. Reviewers call it complex and balanced, with grass, pepper and citrus poking through the wood, plus a touch of sweetness that stays dry overall. Little alcohol burn at 44%. A few note it's lovely but not a cheap everyday pour.

The community says
  • Complex and balanced
  • Long oaky finish
  • But: Special-occasion bottle

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How does Clément Cuvée Spéciale XO taste?

Summarized by AI from 24 community reviews.

Complex, dry aged Martinique agricole Loved by nearly everyone who tries it — a dry, complex aged agricole with layered wood, fruit and spice. The main gripe is that it's a treat, not a daily bottle.

Perfect for

Fans of aged, dry, woody agricole who want depth

Less suitable for

Anyone after a sweet, easy pour or an everyday bottle

Experience level · Expert (4/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral
Top aromas · nose & palate

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What does the community say?

8.8/10 Very good

24 community reviews
5 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

Top 12% of Martinique rumsTop 9% at Distillerie du Simon

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Distribution of all 24 ratings
9–10 29%
8–9 46%
7–8 13%
6–7 8%
5–6 4%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Sep 20227,207 reviewsDenmark
9.2/10

This rum will explode with flavours in your mouth. A heavy taste that will slowly fade into a heavenly feeling of bliss. This rum is blended from the bast casks of 1952, 1970 and 1976 and this may be the best rum in the world. Well worth the price tag it comes with.

Review by Mathieu C.

Mathieu C.
Jun 202157 reviewsFrance
8.5/10

Incisive nose at first sight with a burning side, woody, spicy (pepper, pepper) then citrus (lime), light fruity (dried fruits), dark chocolate at the end, brandy... "fine and powerful" nose

Review by WolfeTone

WolfeTone
WolfeTone
Nov 20225 reviewsNetherlands
9.4/10

Lovely blend of aged agricoles with dried banana peel, soft fruits, buttercream, nuts, herbs and spices.

Community shelf

89 bottles logged by 77 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

21% opened, 8 emptied.

70 sealed 11 open 8 emptied

What did the community pay for Clément Cuvée Spéciale XO?

Community paid 54–174 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 93 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

+5 purchases in the last 3 months.

Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.

89 purchased · 27 tasted · 47 wishlist · as of

Details about Clément Cuvée Spéciale XO

A Rhum Agricole from Martinique, distilled by Distillerie du Simon, at 44%.

CountryMartinique
CategoryRhum Agricole
Raw materialSugar cane juice
DistillationColumn Still
ABV44%
Age6–48 years
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl

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Distillerie du Simon

Distillery

Distillerie du Simon 

Avg Rating 8.0/10 340 Rums

Le Simon is Martinique's ghostwriter. It is the island's most technologically advanced distillery, yet it sells no rum under its own name, runs no public tours, and ages nothing on site. Instead it distils two of the most beloved names in Martinique agricole, HSE and, until recently, Clement, on stills moved here from their original homes. What you taste as HSE is, in fact, Le Simon.

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9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good your rum Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.