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La Favorite La Flibuste 1997
Sip this one neat after dinner — it's soft, round, and built like dessert. Expect prunes, brown sugar, vanilla and a touch of licorice over a clear cane backbone, with oak and baking spice underneath. Several tasters call it the gentlest of the Flibustes, almost liqueur-leaning. The recurring catch: at 40% it tastes sweet, and the finish fades fast for a rum this old.
- Round and balanced
- Prune and vanilla
- Very easy drinking
+10
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How does La Favorite La Flibuste 1997 taste?
Aggregated from 62 community reviews.
Soft, sweet prune-and-vanilla agricole sipper Loved for its rounded prune-and-vanilla sweetness and balance, but most agree the finish is short and the 40% leaves it gentle. A pleasure pour, not the punchiest Flibuste.
People who like soft, sweet, dessert-leaning aged agricole
Anyone wanting big intensity or a long finish
How is La Favorite La Flibuste 1997 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.6 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 96% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Galli33
This is a really good agricole 🤤 Sweet notes paired with fruits and licorice mixed with sugarcane juice 🤤 I kept this bottle for a special moment😎 The alcohol and woos is integrated very well. Blind i would gave it approx. 10 years of aging
Review by Oliver
Very accessible, intense Agricole. Very tasty. Are there any additives in here?
Review by Leo Krüper
Blind tasting: Wow, great old Agricole. Incredibly balanced. Will definitely get another chance. Everything was confirmed again in the 2nd tasting. Definitely the best Agricole I've drunk so far. Wow, what an experience. I need a bottle.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Blind tasting, so unfortunately the photo is not very informative. Despite the now unusually low ABV for me, the clear winner of the blind tasting. Superb!
Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
One of the Flibuste with the least character, but I must admit I like this rum.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is yet another great Flibuste, not up to the 1986 version, but still pretty darn good. The nose is a clear Agricole with spice and fruit to it finished off with a bit of oak. The palate is wonderful and fruity with spices and a tad of licorice. A bit sweeter than the previous releases. A long lingering finish and no wonder why many score this one in the high 90s. I will not go that far because I compare it to the 1986 release.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
Nose: Woody with lots of spice and caramel. Palate: The attack is soft and greedy, with a complexity of flavors: honey, vanilla, pear... Finish: Medium-bodied, but super-round with hints of licorice. I find this 1997 vintage much better than the 1992. On the other hand, it's still below the vintages of the '80s. The change from 30 to 23 years of ageing must have something to do with it. But it's still a bonbon on the palate and a pleasure rum to dip into again and again.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
I tried 1999 as one of the first samples of decent rum, and I remember not being able to appreciate it, it tasted like a damp cellar to me. Regret not saving the sample for later. About 1997, I like perfumy marshmallow smell on the nose, after a longer while it really comes out. It's a nicely balanced and sippable rum. Even though the strength is not there, the complexity is. finish tad short though. Very sweet, a bit suspicious.
Review by Julien Ries
Le nez est phénoménal : nous sommes sur un côté très pâtissier et tout évoque un far breton, coulant de caramel, et ce fruité des pruneaux. Il y a aussi du vieux bois. Le nez est très liquoreux, avec aussi un côté un peu médicamenteux (camphre). Un deuxième nez amène des épices comme de la muscade, et aussi du chocolat. Mais la tendance générale des arômes olfactifs se concentre sur ce flan aux pruneaux très appétissant. La bouche était très douce et équilibrée. C'est incroyablement rond pour un rhum qui se dit aussi vieux. J'aurais aimé plus de watts (avis partagé par mon comparse). Il y a encore cette douceur de caramel, de far breton, avec des fruits confits (pruneaux encore et aussi du raison sec), avec une pointe d'acidité. On sent aussi de la réglisse et toujours ce côté camphré mais délicat, noyé sous des agrumes, notamment l'orange confite. La fin de bouche apporte quelque chose de très frais, un peu mentholé, qui rafraîchit le palais. Un douce vanille vient finir le tableau. La finale est très éphémère et c'est décevant. Avec ce côté fruité qui persiste et cette vanille. En toute honnêteté, c'est un très bon rhum. Est-ce qu'il est exceptionnel ? Non, loin de là. Je serai très déçu de m'offrir une bouteille à ce tarif pour une finale aussi courte. On passe un très bon moment avec ce rhum mais il ne mérite pas la hype lié à sa spéculation.
Review by N’ours
Complex, gourmet rum. The first nose is very woody, then opens up to caramel and baking spices. After a little aeration, vanilla and brown sugar appear. On the palate, the notes of the nose are repeated, with exotic candied fruit, spices and butterscotch. The finish is not extremely long, but still has a softly spicy, fruity woodiness.
Review by Filip Šikula
Diamantový adventní kalendář RFC 2024 Po čtvrt roce se k tomuto kousku vracím znovu, tentokrát při svém soukromému unicorn night. Tyhle ročníkovky jsou super, ale na mě až přespříliž jemné. Takové přijemné cukrátko. Dobroto po obědě.
Review by Manuel
A really very interesting rum that is almost more like a liqueur. The nose reveals prunes and lots of spices. Very intense taste of dried tropical fruit, slightly sweet. Relatively heavy agricole.
Review by Richard Krupa
I haven't had something so fragrant in a long time, a beautifully sweet taste of caramel
Review by John Coffey
Ma première flibuste !! Bon c'est bon et complexe mais ça manque clairement de longueur c'est dommage.. Le sucre roux et la vanille donnent bcp de sucrosite à ce rhum
Review by Matej
I always want to try rum from this distillery (love how those bottles looks). Aroma was sweet (brown sugar) with agricole fragrance, but in the best way possible. I noticed oak, prunes, chocolate and figs with lot of baking spices. At the end I noticed like dirt aroma. Taste was very balanced, gentle with hint of agricole flavor (again in the best way possible). It was sweet - I noticed chocolate, prunes and sugarcane amd hint of oak. I love the combination of grapes and spices in it. Finish was long, gentle little bit spicy, fruity with hint of sugarcane. To be honest this was one of the best I have ever had. You need to try this one.
Review by RumRhush
Un rhum à sortir en fin de repas pour les convives qui n'aime pas le rhum.. ça match à tous les coups! Simple et savoureux mais sans longueur un rhum saucé comme cela se faisait souvent dans le temps , un marqueur de l'histoire. Une douceur à la vanille à goûter au moins une fois Difficile à noter des fois un 72 d'autre un 86 J'irais donc sur 79! Peut être suis je un peu sévère.. mais le plaisir et l’émotion ne sont pas au rendez vous
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Details about La Favorite La Flibuste 1997
A Rhum Agricole from Martinique, distilled by La Favorite, at 40%.
Community purchases
335 bottles logged by 214 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
8% opened, 10 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for La Favorite La Flibuste 1997?
Community paid €119–€300.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
335 purchased · 64 tasted · 52 wishlist · as of
About the La Favorite distillery
The La Favorite distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from La Favorite have been reviewed 2,174 times with an average of 8.1/10.
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