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Rhum J.M 2004
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Most tasters land in the high 8s to 9s here, and the one recurring gripe is the modest 42.9% — a few wish it hit harder to push the aromatics further. What everyone agrees on: dried fruit, leather, chocolate and gingerbread over 15 years of tropical aging, with a spicy, faintly bitter-cocoa finish. One caller found the nose too pungent and anise-heavy, but that's the outlier.
The community says- Dried fruit depth
- Leather and chocolate
- But: Light finish
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Summarized by AI from 42 community reviews.
Elegant dried-fruit and leather agricole Widely loved as an elegant, well-balanced agricole full of dried fruit, leather and chocolate. The only real catch: at 42.9% the finish runs a touch light for some.
Agricole fans who like aged, dried-fruit and leather profiles
Anyone wanting a punchy, high-ABV agricole
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Joachim Guger
Most helpful positive review
Very oily and a wonderful color. Excellent nose. Dried fruit, spices and gingerbread. Blended to absolute perfection.😍 As far as I know, the rum is not diluted, powerful despite the low strength. 15 years of tropical maturation and no lignification whatsoever testify to skill in the cellar. When it enters the mouth, it seems a little thin at first, but then the spiciness really kicks in. Plenty of tingling lemon a la Neisson 2005. Medium-long, spicy finish. An extremely round, outstanding Agricole. High craftsmanship from a friendly, small winery.
Review by Jackie Flannery
Most helpful mixed review
Taste of 3 random rhum agricoles, let´s see. Rum Artesanal Clement 2015, 55,5% Tamosi Hiali Peré Labat 2013, 57,5% J.M Millisime 2004, 42,9% C: Dark Gold N: This is new! Burnt anis, lots. Dark fruits here as well, but it´s the anis that almost takes an ester kind of form. It´s pungent. It makes me think of spoiled fruits. After a while it calms down and the pencil shavings appear. Is this typical of long-time-tropical-aged rums? Not a fan. I also get bourbon and vinegar. M: Milk chocolate, that was nice. Faint pencil shaving fumes. I wasn’t expecting a big taste since this is the only rum that’s reduced to 42,9%. F: It vanish rather fast. B: No.
Review by Thunderbird
A wonderful Agricole.... Very balanced and with a density of dark fruits, spices, wood and chocolate. It's really fun. It remains at a consistently high level of quality from the nose to the finish. The low alcohol content is not noticeable here
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a wonderful rum and the price to quality is very good. I'd say this one is better that its predecessor. More elegant in a way. The nose is intense and fruity with leather, chocolate, wood trailed by light vanilla and nuts. The notes become much clearer once rested for more than 15 minutes. The palate is intense and well balanced with fruit, leather, chocolate as well as light wood and vanilla. The finish is medium to long with dried fruit, coffee and light wood and tobacco. I will have to order a bottle of this rum :-)
Review by RumTaTa
Wonderful nose! Not upfront like an Agricole but dried fruits, nuts, spicy and roasted, I really like it! On the palate, despite relatively low alcohol content, already intense and consistent with the nose. Spices and roasted notes come more to the forefront. The aftertaste is medium to long, slightly bitter and also very pleasant. All in all a very good, balanced Agricole rum.
Review by TheRhumhoe
This 2004 vintage is a J.M. for the ages. The nose is very greedy and fruity, with notes of lemon, mango and marmalade, before moving on to gourmet notes of caramel, cream, chocolate and brown sugar. Subtle woody, spicy and nutty notes complete the olfactory profile. On the palate, the diluted aspect is not so distracting. The attack is smooth, but more spicy and woody than the nose. Notes of coffee, leather and tobacco give character to this rum, which loses a little of its greediness and fruitiness here. The finish evokes agricultural freshness, a floral and spicy profile with a dry, fairly complex structure. A rum that evolves both on the nose and palate with time, offering a highly diversified aromatic palette. A successful vintage for J.M.
Review by zabo
What a fine drop. This rum goes down like oil. Beautiful legs in the glass. Drinks like an easy sipper that's insanely complex, smooth, and elegant. From memory, by far the best J.M I've had in the glass so far.
Review by Jakob
Heavy sweetness of dried fruit, nougat chocolate, nuts, wood, subtle citrus fruit aromas, spices, coffee...the variety of flavors is impressive. All of this remains very harmonious in an all-round harmonious, almost elegant profile. Thanks to its delicacy, this is one of the best J.M Rhums I know. Excellent.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
Pleasantly round Agricole. The cask definitely had a strong influence on the rum. But in a positive way. Fruity and vegetal notes hold in the background. Many thanks Manuel for the sample.
Review by TheJackDrop
"If only I had a bottle. In summary, my tasting notes: On the nose: Leather, Chocolate, Woody, Dried fruits On the palate: Woody, Leather, Dried fruits, Chocolate The finish rather oriented towards: Coffee, Woody"
Review by jonathan.p🇫🇷
Attention... very very good rum! An intense nose of dried fruits and leather. On the palate, it's so good, the dried fruits melted on slightly spiced wood... wow! I validate 100%, if I have something to complain about... it would be that I would have liked a slightly higher alcohol % to bring out all the aromas even more!
Review by Manuel
Very impressive Agricole. On the nose very intense influences of wood, spices (vanilla) and fruits, slightly peppery. On the finish these influences are also found, followed by a light sweetness.
Review by Émile Shevek
On the nose full and enveloping with intense scents of mixed red fruits (including morello cherry), burnt sugar, wood, slight toast, many dried fruits (apricots, plums, raisins), light citrus, vanilla and something floral and intense, really very good! On the palate spices (including pepper), red fruits, dried fruits, leather, wood, vanilla and a bit of chocolate. Too bad for the light finish, with a higher ABV it would have been a great rum at 9+ (because the nose already is), still a very pleasant drink with a unique taste. Recommended to all lovers of Martinique.
Review by Agricoler
First-class J.M. Very nice here are the citrus notes that lean towards marmalade and at the same time a great spiciness as well as vanilla. Always exciting to try J.M because it always shows clearly different profiles.
Review by Benoit Mahe
Not much freshness for such an old rum. Very balanced.
Review by DeMaddin
Very round and balanced Agricole. I like it a lot, ideal for mild summer evenings. Despite its not too high alcohol content, it brings quite a deep, round, and balanced profile.
Review by Niels LTAR
In the line of the 2003 vintage, the 2004 is excellent. On the nose the woody side typical of the distillery is present with notes of prune, spices with vanilla, yellow-fleshed fruits and dried fruits with almond. On the palate the attack is round with the woody, vanilla side and the almond, yellow fruit mix which gives an almost frangipane side. The finish is very long on the woody side, pleasantly bitter cocoa.
Review by Michal S
A pleasant and elegant rum, slightly better than its predecessor from 2003. Wood, dried fruits, freshness.
Review by Chris2000
Impressive, perfect! Nice leather label, waxed cork, I just regret that the cork is not solid cork like the Neisson corks, but reconstituted cork... that's 0.5 points less on the rating... The nose is extraordinary, a very strong almost chemical smell coming from the glass. A smell of artificial almond and esters, almost fresh mushrooms, and wood, in the background you can smell mango and pineapple. On the palate, very fine caramel, a taste of old-fashioned candies, vanilla and nougat, notes of pineapple and citrus complete this palate. Comforting and indulgent taste. An exceptional and agricole rum.
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118 bottles logged by 90 collectors.
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10% opened, 10 emptied.
What did the community pay for Rhum J.M 2004?
Community paid 98–200 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 195 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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Details about Rhum J.M 2004
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Rhum J.M, at 42.92%.
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