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La Bonne Intention The Nectar Of The Daily Drams LBI 2012
Guyana Savalle fans who don't mind a project bottle should read on. This cask-strength LBI throws licorice, molasses, toffee and dark chocolate, with a green, almost agricole-like fruit lift up top. The catch runs through nearly every review: the alcohol sits proud and it tastes young. Give it a solid hour in the glass and it opens up — several tasters flipped their opinion after letting it breathe.
The community says- Licorice & dark cocoa
- Opens with air
- But: Hot alcohol
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How does La Bonne Intention The Nectar Of The Daily Drams LBI 2012 taste?
Aggregated from 58 community reviews.
Young, spicy Guyana that needs air to open Most land on "good, not top Guyana": interesting, spicy and chocolatey, but the hot, unintegrated alcohol and young feel keep it from higher marks. Breathing time helps a lot.
Guyana fans who'll give it time
anyone wanting a polished, ready sipper
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.9 sits in the “Good” band. 81% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 5% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
47% rate it 8 or higher. 19 selected write-ups from 58 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Frank
Most helpful positive review
Interesting fresh, green, fruity, almost floral nose: unripe green papaya and still green plantain with green apple. Sweetness of honeycomb and sugar syrup. Above that, a light scent of rose water. Behind that hides some vanilla and mace.Surprisingly different on the palate: blatant licorice, and that soft sweet malty Danish licorice. There's also molasses, licorice, baking spice and some toffee. Also seems somehow chocolaty.In the finish remains this malty and spicy licorice note.The alcohol is very well integrated.Pleases me overall quite well and is something different.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Most helpful critical review
Too much licorice, not my thing. Poorly integrated alcohol.
Review by Jakob
Has virtually zero in common with the famous representative of Velier, which is not least due to the almost imperceptible maturation. Unfortunately, the alcohol content is also still clearly noticeable even after more than two hours in the glass. With the LBI Marque, of course, high expectations are aroused, but even apart from that, the impression remains with me that here a distillate has found its way into the bottle, which would have done very well with a few more years of maturation.
Review by Rare Akuma
On pour I could not get anything else than some unaged PM notes coupled with damp moss and ethanol. However luckily enough the smell developped over the next 45+ minutes into something more, something elegant yet powerful. Top notes of coconut water and husks, some apple slices and waves of chewy toffee. Cherry wood chips, with sparse spices. A display of dusty rocks, must and petrichor, followed by green tea. On the palate quite the surprise. Immediately more toffee and coconut, but this time together with both red and green parts of rhubarb. Again cherry wood chips, but the spice is much more present, especially salt. Raw nuts and a synthetic flavour which I can’t really put my finger on. Damp and lightly vegetal with green olives eventually ending in a bouquet of flowers. The finish is medium in length. Heavily salted, raw nuts, some glazed coconut chunks and stewed rhubarb. My expectations were very low after reading some reviews, but this positively surprised me. I suspect some reviewers simply did not let it breathe enough, as it took almost an hour to open up.
Review by DomM
Classic Guyana Savalle notes are clearly noticeable. However, the bottling feels not quite ready… the batch should definitely get some more time in the casks - looking forward to the future results :)
Review by gali jo
Lors de l'ouverture de la bouteille rhum peu expressif et décevant mais quelques mois après le changement est radical, au nez chocolat au lait gourmand, fruits juteux et acidulés, en bouche alcool correctement intégré, même notes en bouche avec un léger boisé, mais reste malgré tout trop jeune encore Finale courte légèrement amère
Review by Righrum
Better than nobilis selection, it actually opens up only after a long time (thanks to the community for the suggestion), even if the alcohol is still not very well integrated. White chocolate, chestnut honey and some spices, with a better alcohol integration could have been in the 80-85 range
Review by Adrien B
Nez assez nul. Mais Bouche qui surprend chocolat noir, cacao épicé bien puissant
Review by Thunderbird
The Bonne Intention is too immature for me from the nose to the finish... The nose is still halfway acceptable, then on the palate the first disappointment, the alcohol is poorly integrated and dominates the flavors even after taming the same. These are definitely present, but of the dark spicy variety, as is the finish. This rum is so not at all mine
Review by chu guevara
Je l'ai trouvé très complexe et evolutif à tous niveaux, nez, bouche et finale. Malgré les nombreuses critiques, je ne le trouve pas si agressif ni si ''jeune'', je pense que le couleur trompe.
Review by Johannes
The nose is quite atypical for a Guyana-almost reminds me of an Agricole. On the palate young citrus, vanilla, alcohol not well integrated. Overall, it seems too young.
Review by Oliver
I would not have blindly put in Guyana. Rather direction Cuba in barrel strength. Interesting, but for me a bit too wild and sharp-edged. No comparison to his legendary brother from Velier.
Review by Jussi Piirainen
After reading some community reviews about this rum, i decided to let this rum sit in the glass for ~1.5 hours before tasting it. On the nose: Young wood, spicy/baking spices and vanilla dominate. I get hints of fruits like papaya and green apple juice. Little bit of sweetness from toffee. Something isnt right on the nosing palate even after sitting long time in the glass, its a bit alcoholic and unbalanced. Taste: Licorice notes at first and that is the dominating note that i get from this rum. Spices and molasses on the background. Dry, a little bit of creamy mouthfell. The abv could be integrated better. Finish: Licorice, dry. Little bit of spices and caramel in there. Medium finish. Not as bad as i expected based on the previous reviews and the licorice notes didnt bother me at all, but it certainly feel unfinished product based on nosing and the alcohol integration.
Review by Martin Švojgr
Chuťově květnaté, těkavé, moc mne neoslovilo.
Review by Filip Šikula
Plnění od nektaru ve mě vždy vzbuzují velká očekávání. Tak pojdmě na něj. Ve vůni tušilm sladkosti, kokos, a nějaký ovocný syrup. Po napití jsou intenzivní tyto sladké tóny, ale ješťe b potřeboval uklidnit alkohol.
Review by Richard Krupa
Méně výrazá vůně, v chuti lehká štiplavost a citrusy
Review by Pierangelo Pianta
Mio primo assaggio de La nonne intention, Profilo pazzo… 10 anni di invecchiamento dal color Prosecco.. naso e bocca sono noccioline e cioccolato al latte , punta sgradevole e non amalgamata di legno, alcool ed un acido butirrico .. davvero strano
Review by ElReyTristan
Rhum très typé solvant comme White Spirit et alcool de fruits style grappa. En bouche des notes de bâton de réglisse, de cèdre et de viande fumé. La finale est épicé et légèrement salé.
Review by Stijn
Probably released too soon, but shows potential. Needs lot of breathing time to open up. Chocolate and praline notes dominate all the way. Lacks some complexity for me and finish is too short. But interesting nonetheless, just don't pay and expect too much.
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Details about La Bonne Intention The Nectar Of The Daily Drams LBI 2012
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by The Nectar, at 62,6%.
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Community purchases
41 bottles logged by 33 collectors.
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12% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for La Bonne Intention The Nectar Of The Daily Drams LBI 2012?
Community paid 76–130 €.
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