Habitation du Simon A1710 Cheval Bondieu
For curious explorers into cane-juice rum: a 3-year-old but surprisingly “grown‑up” sipper at 48%. Expect honeyed spices, vanilla, sugarcane, light fruits and toasted wood. Widely praised for balance and expressiveness.
- Honeyed spice profile
- Expressive yet balanced
- Cane-forward character
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How does Habitation du Simon A1710 Cheval Bondieu taste?
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Expressive, honeyed, spicy agricole sipper For curious explorers into cane-juice rum: a 3-year-old but surprisingly “grown‑up” sipper at 48%. Expect honeyed spices, vanilla, sugarcane, light fruits and toasted wood. Widely praised for balance and expressiveness.
Fans of agricole-style cane juice rums who enjoy honeyed spice, vanilla and gentle wood at a confident but not brutal 48% ABV, as a characterful sipper.
Those sensitive to spice-forward profiles, expecting long-aged depth for the price, or preferring very sweet, soft 40% rums.
How is Habitation du Simon A1710 Cheval Bondieu rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.0 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5002 27.12.2024 Enjoying a few samples at home while watching Harry Potter Baking Competition. Nose Medium intense, light wood, light glue, fruity, cinnamon, ginger, sweet, light chocolate. Palate Light wood, sugarcane, vanilla, light chocolate, fruity, light citrus, light honey, light berries. Finish Medium to long, medium spicy, sugarcane, spice, light chocolate, light citrus, light roasted. Needs to rest to really open up! The empty glass has light coffee, faint caramel, light peach and nutts.
Review by Vincent D
On the nose, the cane is still very present in this rather young rum, yet already well marked by wood. Lots of nice things: pastry, floral, woody. With a fresh, sandalwood-like scent. This is confirmed on the palate with a very smooth rum. Pleasant vanilla appears before the pepper adds a lively spiciness. A fine bottle!
Review by TheJackDrop
Very complex, lots of flavours, you appreciate the second one even more...! To sum up, my tasting notes: Nose: Gingerbread, Honeyed On the palate: Fruity, Sugarcane, Vanilla, Blackcurrant Finish: Clove
Review by jonathan.p🇫🇷
First rum of A1710 from their own cane.it's nice but still very young.on the whole, in the nose, in the mouth, I find it too much in the spices.... And yet I like it! The cinnamon and the clove are too present, too bad... On the whole it's good despite everything but I note it severely because of the price that I find exorbitant compared to the quality of the other distilleries in Martinique.
Review by Czech Rum porter
I was expecting a strong intoxicating aroma, like La Perla, but aging in bourbon barrels has done its job and completely changes the profile. A perfectly balanced, round and very mature rhum
Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
Amber (old?) of very good quality but at a crazy price! 20% more expensive than a Neisson profile 105, for example. And sincerely the wood was not very well melted. At 60 euros yes at 99€ no thanks.
Review by Martin Švojgr
tested directly in the distillery from the cask
Review by Mathieu Bgd
A very expressive rum despite its young age. Very easy to drink.
Review by Niels LTAR
One of the best wood-aged rums for me. Frankly, it's much older than advertised on the label. A very gourmand rum with spices and honey. There's a lovely, lightly toasted woodiness, notes of spices, vanilla, cinnamon, sugar cane, a little power, but just the right amount of roundness thanks to the honey. A real success for such a young rum.
Review by Niko
Nice success this rum "rested" under wood. Good spicy/woody balance 🙂
Review by Benoit Bail
An excellent aged under wood. Of great quality.
Review by Jacques etdom
Very, very good for its young age. You can smell the cane, the woodiness, the pepper, the smokiness and the lime. Excellent for its age, really. The price is high though, otherwise I'd have given it a 9.
Review by JB
Very fragrant, full of flavor and long in the mouth. Very pleasant
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204 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 Habitation du Simon distillery
The Habitation du Simon distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Habitation du Simon have been reviewed 953 times with an average of 8.1/10.
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