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06484330-7349-11ee-a2df-e3458618d543Martinique Clément
Clément L'Initial Brut de Colonne 70cl bottle
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White rum · 71,4%

Clément L'Initial Brut de Colonne

"How well can 71.4% actually be integrated?" is the surprise here — one taster's answer was, better than you'd expect. It drinks green and earthy with fresh sugarcane, lemon and orange, a mineral edge and only a mild burn. A few months in vat gave it a faint tint. Intensely agricole, but rounder and softer than the ABV suggests.

The community says
  • Well-integrated ABV
  • Fresh sugarcane, citrus
  • Keep in mind: High proof

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46.35 €incl. VAT
incl. VAT 70cl · 66.21 €/l
Total 53.30 € + 6.95 € shipping
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How does Clément L'Initial Brut de Colonne taste?

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Intense cask-strength agricole, softer than expected Members are surprised how smooth a cask-strength agricole this can be — grassy, mineral, citrus-forward and intense, with far less heat than the 71.4% implies.

Perfect for

Agricole fans who want cask strength done cleanly

Less suitable for

Beginners and anyone shy of high proof

Experience level · Expert (4/5)

Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

Relative to this rum's strongest aroma family

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Buying advice

Is it right for you?

Yes, if you're after bold, fresh, grassy rums for sipping neat.

What does the community say?

8.0/10 Very good

23 community reviews

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Rating distribution

8 selected written reviews

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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Most helpful positive review

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Mar 20257,276 reviewsDenmark
8.2/10

#5160 20.03.2025 Running some samples at home. Nose Intense, fresh, citrus, light herbal, sugarcane, spice, faint smoke. Palate Intense, fresh, citrus, light mineral, light grass, Agricole, fruity, spice. Finish Long and warm, light oily, balanced, faint mineral, light grass, Agricole, citrus, light floral. Empty glass Light floral, citrus, sugarcane, light honey. Needs to rest for a while to really open up properly. Price to quality is very good and this is a rum for the more advanced rum lovers.

Review by martin slezák

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martin slezák
Jun 2024347 reviewsSlovakia
7.4/10

Calendar La Route des Rhums 2022 sample no. 21 Color clear Aroma cane, fruit, plums, apricots, alcohol Taste cane, grass, minerality, earthiness, warming, alcohol slightly felt Finish fairly long cane, earthiness, minerality, menthol

Review by Timo Groeger

Timo Groeger
Dec 20243,322 reviewsGermany
8.2/10

Wow, another great piece. How well can 71.4% actually be integrated? Here's the answer ;-) The nose is certainly herbal, sugar cane is also recognizable. As usual, the palate is also very herbal, green and earthy...

Review by Sully Zamord

Sully Zamord
Nov 20246 reviewsFrance
7.7/10

Beautiful balance. Round and soft, this column still rum bottled at 71.5° surprises!

Review by Pascal Gwada

Pascal Gwada
Mar 2024201 reviewsGuadeloupe
8.0/10

A good bdc that has the particularity of having spent a few months in "old-fashioned" lightning, so slightly tinted. You can smell the 71.4 but without any burning or toasting (like the bdc longueteau for example). Nose: round, good sweetness, cane but rather closed. Taste: citrus fruits like lemon and orange, fairly fat, herbaceous but hardly disturbing (I don't usually like it). Average length. A good and distinctive bdc, which goes down smoothly.

Review by Martin Švojgr

Martin Švojgr
Mar 2024414 reviewsCzech
8.2/10

A flavourful and fragrant explosion. Very successful indeed!

Review by Richard Krupa

Richard Krupa
Richard Krupa
Apr 2026883 reviewsCzech
7.8/10

Softer, juicy, sugarcane.

Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock

Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Mar 20241,562 reviewsCzech
8.5/10

S 8.5 out of 10 belongs to the better ones that have come into my glass.

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54 bottles logged by 45 collectors.

A collector's bottle.

3% opened, 1 emptied.

52 sealed 1 open 1 emptied

What does Clément L'Initial Brut de Colonne cost?

Community paid 19–35 €.

Current best price: 46.35 € – above the typical community range.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 26 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›

54 purchased · 23 tasted · 14 wishlist · as of

Details about Clément L'Initial Brut de Colonne

A White Rum from Martinique, distilled by Clément, at 71,4%.

DistilleryClément
CountryMartinique
CategoryWhite Rum
Raw materialSugar cane juice
DistillationCreole Column
ABV71,4%
AgeUnaged
Limited edition10,000 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl

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