Romdeluxe Chairman‘s Reserve Master Selection (Romdeluxe) 2000
Loved by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰, RumTaTa & 35 more
For experienced palates: a dry, 21‑year-old cask strength Saint Lucia bruiser. RumX members rave about its heavy wood spice, smoke, leather and dark bittersweet fruit. An intense slow-sipper, not a casual pour.
- Deep complexity
- Very long finish
- No added sugar
+9
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How does Romdeluxe Chairman‘s Reserve Master Selection (Romdeluxe) 2000 taste?
Aggregated from 37 community reviews.
Dry, smoky, tannic Saint Lucia beast For experienced palates: a dry, 21‑year-old cask strength Saint Lucia bruiser. RumX members rave about its heavy wood spice, smoke, leather and dark bittersweet fruit. An intense slow-sipper, not a casual pour.
Seasoned enthusiasts who enjoy dry, tannic, wood-driven rums with smoke, leather, menthol and dark cherry/cassis notes at near cask strength.
Beginners, sweetness-seekers, and anyone sensitive to bitterness, heavy oak or 58.8% ABV heat.
How is Romdeluxe Chairman‘s Reserve Master Selection (Romdeluxe) 2000 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.8 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
16.04.2025 Retasting with Fabian in Blåvand. ----------------------- #4155 This is a really nice and heavy Chairman's Reserve. The John Doore still has some tricks up its sleeve and they're really released here. Lightly fruity with roasted wood without it being too dominant. Spicy dry palate nd very good ABV integration. Draws really nice slow moving curtains in the glass and the empty glass is really nice and I can pick up some coffee and leather as well as very light iodine.
Review by RumTaTa
After pouring into the glass, the rum immediately takes possession of the surrounding air with thick, heavy swaths. Closer to the glass I find sour cherry, red berries and cassis. The fruit compote is accompanied by very pleasant and balanced roasted and barrel notes. Pleases me excellently. I have compared on the fly with some other St Lucia but this one is a blast on the nose! On the palate, the tannins clearly have the upper hand: lots of spice, oak, leather, salty licorice. The fruit is only subtly in the background and from the bitter category. The rum reminds me of old Armagnac on the palate. The ever-long aftertaste is clearly dominated by barrel and spice. I would have liked the fruits of the nose to reappear but so there is a certain break between nose and palate. The bitter notes, however, are not in the unpleasant range for my sensation. Regardless, an excellent, intense, powerful rum.
Review by mto75
RdL vs Kirsch: Great cinema, what arrives here on the nose of RdL: red fruits, chutney, dried fruit, menthol notes, tobacco, caramel. And everything plays together wonderfully homogeneously. One notices the long aging there. The kirsch in the other glass has a completely different profile, which was not so clear to me without the direct comparison: the kirsch comes much more through spices such as allspice, nutmeg, anise (peppernut), also a little towards root vegetables or fennel. On the palate, the RdL comes more over dirty notes and charred barrel. The kirsch is a bit more 'mellow', more on spice. Overall, the RdL clearly came out ahead, on par with the Nectar 15th. The only downer: the blatantly exorbitant price.
Review by Tim
Ein weiterer Chairman's Rum mit dominanten Raucharomen. Die komplexe Nase besitzt noch einen bemerkenswerten Fruchtanteil, die mir sehr gut gefällt. Aber im Mund zu einseitig dunkel und herb für meinen Geschmack. Trocken würzig und weiterhin sehr rauchig, pflanzlich und erdig. Fazit: Nase 9/10, aber Mundgefühl und Abgang eher 8/10.
Review by Thunderbird
And the 4th Chairman's in the group, it competes with the Rum&Co. For me they are both on a par, the RDL is slightly more intense, but of the same character (nose: fruity, wood; palate: wood, spice, tannins, finish, wood, spice, fruit), the Rum&Co has a slightly better alcohol integration, for me they are equal, the Chairman's front runner is still the Nobilis in my opinion!
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
What a board! For me, a familiar profile from Saint Lucia with additional fruity notes. I can smell and taste cherries and oranges. But the orange is rather dry and bitter. Otherwise, the rum is also quite dry and woody, but also somehow sweet like caramel. For me, it's the best Saint Lucia so far. However, around 260 euros for the bottle is hefty.
Review by zabo
Anlässlich einer kleinen Geburtstagrund in einem 5er Chairman’s Flight verkostet. Für mich ein wenig zu holzig. Ein schöner Chairman’s, der aber auch ein wenig fordernd ist. Über den Preis der aufgerufen wird dafür, erspare ich mir lieber die Worte. Wäre für mich das Geld nicht wert und würde zu einer anderen Chairman’s Abfüllungen greifen
Review by Rum Watcher
Exciting parallel tasting with the 14yo WDC cask from another still. The DNA is very similar, the 21yo has - of course - significantly more woodspice, the WDC is fresher. However, both casks have this sour cherry note that I couldn't quite grasp at first. The quality of both is top notch!
Review by Serge
Super abgefahrener Chairman‘s mit cooler Note von Sauerkirsche, Armagnac und Leder am Gaumen. Gefällt mir sehr gut. Im Chairman‘s Preisvergleich evtl auch etwas teuer aber sehr sehr gut. Sehr gerne hätte ich ne Flasche.
Review by Jarek
Frankonian Tasting Gang - 21.03.2025 - Nuremberg: Five Chairman's Reserve in small cross tssting. The Horizon has a very dominant, mega-fruity nose. It's there immediately after pouring, while the others still need some time to develop. After a while, RdL and RA catch up. Similar picture on the palate, the three would be my favorites, while the LMDW is too woody for me and the Cask&Bottle has too much finish.
Review by FabiDram
Geschmacklich etwas zu bitter.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Really wicked st. Lucia! Fresh, bitter, spicy, fruity and heavy and oily. Cassis, menthol, thyme, salt licorice, strong coffee, bitter cocoa and bitter orange jam, but also almost burnt wood.... Really thick and dirty.... Extremely long finish... Fat!
Review by Alex Kunath
Eine Wucht!
Review by Martin Ekrt
Typická vůně jakou mají rumy Master's. Hodně technické tóny mixlé kořením, ovocem a dřevem sudu. Chuťově je to velká paráda. Hodně je znát sud po bourbonu, ovoce, mentol a třísloviny. Závěr je dlouhá jízda po mentolovo lékořicovo ovocné vlně.
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"St. Lucia World Cup Tasting"
Community purchases
25 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.
Also on the wishlist of 15 members.
About the Saint Lucia Distillers distillery
The Saint Lucia Distillers distillery is located in Saint Lucia. Rums from Saint Lucia Distillers have been reviewed 4,605 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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