Saint James Les Ephémères - N°1 2001
For seasoned enthusiasts of aged agricole: a 20‑year tropically aged, cask‑strength Saint James that leans dry and woody. Expect roasted nuts, dried fruits, leather, eucalyptus and spice. Widely praised by 216 RumX reviews.
- Complex wood influence
- Dried fruits & spice
- Great value at release
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Powerful, dry, oak‑driven agricole For seasoned enthusiasts of aged agricole: a 20‑year tropically aged, cask‑strength Saint James that leans dry and woody. Expect roasted nuts, dried fruits, leather, eucalyptus and spice. Widely praised by 216 RumX reviews.
Agricole fans who enjoy dry, long‑aged, cask‑strength rums with strong oak, roasted notes and complex spice rather than fresh grassy sweetness.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to 55% ABV, or drinkers who prefer sweet, fruity or soft agricoles with minimal wood influence.
How is Saint James Les Ephémères - N°1 2001 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.8 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 98% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
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Review by Quentin Rum
Precious wood, campher, red fruits, waxy, fresh cane. So classy, so balanced, so Saint James 😍
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
For me, the best Agricole I have ever drunk (apart from a 51 Clemént). 😍
Review by cigares
Un nez dense et net, du boisé (un bois parfumé), des fruits secs et du camphre. La bouche est généreuse avec du rôti, du bois parfumé et de l’abricot. La finale est longue et très équilibrée, une merveille. Un rhum complexe, profond et équilibré. Whoua ! Le rhum agricole au meilleur de sa forme. Merci Rodolphe pour le sample.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Une bombe, tout simplement. Un rapport qualité prix génial, très au dessus de l’éphémère 7.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Just got two bottles of this limited release which is the first of a series of four if I have understood it correctly. From opening the bottle the flavours just come at you and there was no doubt this was a good one. The nose is well balanced with wood and fruits from the start followed by spices and a wonderful roasted note. The palate is complex and also very well balanced, warm and woody with dried fruit, spices and spices and again this wonderful roasted note. The finish is long and woody with dried fruit and spices. Now this has me hooked on the next two releases supposed to be released in September 2022 (No. 2) and the final two (No. 3 and No. 4) in 2023.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
This is the first rum in Cellar Master Marc Sassier's series, which celebrates the distillery's best vintages. After distillation, the rum was aged in November 2001 in 190-liter American oak casks, where it matured for 19 years in Sainte-Marie's cellars and was bottled on 13/04/2021. The taste is slightly sharp, woody and herbaceous. The aftertaste is resin and lots of burning wood with tannins. Long and very bitter.
Review by TheRhumhoe
The quintessential spirit of Saint James. This is a very well-balanced rum, juggling notes of aged precious woods, spices, chocolate, tobacco, as well as floral and pastry notes to create a complete aromatic palette. A beautiful complexity that carries through to the palate, with roasted, woody and spicy flavors, dried fruit and red berry notes, and a vegetal freshness. The whole is very harmonious, round and aromatic. The very long finish continues with the vegetal freshness previously felt, notably eucalyptus, floral and vegetal notes that brilliantly accompany the rest of the profile, fruity but drier, woody and spicy. A rum of unprecedented quality for an indecently low price.
Review by Giorgio Garotti
Complimenti a saint James che qui tira fuori un grande rum! Alcol perfettamente integrato, la canna da zucchero si fonde benissimo con i sentori di legno tostati.. Una delle migliori bottiglie della distilleria uscite ultimamente! Favoloso!
Review by Korkennase🥃
If the rhum is in the glass, it also immediately exudes its aroma. The rhum has a great color in the glass, which radiates warmth and conviviality. Beautiful how the rhum unfolds its full aroma with time and time should be given to him. Very fine bubbly in the glass. The nose is fruity, nutty, woody, you can smell vanilla, sugar cane, baking mix and some nail polish. The taste is dominated by spiciness, fruit, spice, grass, nutmeg, clove and wood. On the palate, the rhum is rather woody, earthy, grassy, spicy, nutty and rather dry on the way. A great bottling, harmonious, elegant all components support the taste and not least the overall impression.
Review by Tendero Pablo
Very nice selection st James un grand agricole....
Review by Oliver
Very horny nose - really great Agricole essence! On the palate, despite its long, tropical aging, still drinkable and not too woody. Quite dry. Great mouthfeel. Absolutely recommended for all lovers of Agricole at cask strength. And that too at an unbeatable (issue) price.
Review by Dr.Django
For me, this is by far the best of the St. James Epheremes series. As with the others, dried fruits, wood, spices,... dominate here. Mint is also very present here. The whole rum is very dry, but that fits here. A really cool ageicole!
Review by Johannes
Very good, wonderfully balanced, yet intense and complex Agricole!
Review by mto75
decidedly delicious nose, with nougat, dried date and apricot, wood barrel and something that reminds me of butter croissant, framed by an unobtrusive floral freshness. The palate is very spicy, with caramel and sandalwood. This harmonizes very well with the already somewhat higher ABV for St. James standards. For 115 EUR here is a fantastic Agricole! Grab it!
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495 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
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About the Saint James distillery
The Saint James distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Saint James have been reviewed 4,584 times with an average of 8.1/10.
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