Renaissance Deuxième Cru Classé Cask 2019
High-ester hunters who already love Savanna HERR are the natural audience here. This Taiwanese pot-still rum throws out gooseberry, strawberry, kiwi and passionfruit, then a red-wine cask layer from the Médoc that several tasters compare straight to Savanna. At 66.7% it's intense, a little salty and medicinal, and that wine finish is the dividing line.
- Loud gooseberry fruit
- Savanna-style esters
- Surprising from Taiwan
+10
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How does Renaissance Deuxième Cru Classé Cask 2019 taste?
Aggregated from 20 community reviews.
Fruity high-ester rum with bold wine finish Most tasters find it fruity, intense and genuinely surprising for Taiwan, with strong Savanna-style ester notes. The recurring catch: the red-wine finish runs too dominant for some palates.
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Review by Frank
I can finally hold it in my hands. It's not easy and not cheap to get hold of a Renaissance. Individual bottles come via DK, UK and FR. Of course, it's better to buy it in Taiwan if you have the chance to be there. I just had that chance and even then you can't buy the rum anywhere. If you live in Taiwan, you can sign up to a list on fb and secure yourself a bottle. Friends of mine kindly did this for me and so I now have two bottles, one to share (already done ☺️) and one to enjoy... The distillery is experimenting with its excellent rum and various casks. This one was matured in a higher quality red wine cask - the second highest class in the Bordeaux classification - from the Médoc. The result is a multi-layered and intense rum... Nose: intense and powerful. Very fruity, sour-sweet, almost floral, with an interesting medicinal side note. I find lime with grapefruit, gooseberry with kiwi, redcurrant with passion fruit right at the forefront. Behind this is a cloud of lavender and lilac. The impression of ginger and maple syrup somehow goes well with this. There is also an artificial note with a strong, sweet nail polish. I really like it. 9.0 Palate: oha, the 66.7% is immediately noticeable. Very intense and strong, somewhat acrid. Salty and slightly bitter at first, before the sweet and sour fruitiness comes through again. Clearly passion fruit, kiwi and gooseberry with a little lemon zest, slightly fermented. Only after this can some red wine aroma penetrate. There is a clear similarity to some Savanna wines. Definitely meets my taste. 8,8 I was captivated by the small and fine Renaissance Distillery with its fantastic base spirit and great casks. And then this amazing label on the back with all the information you could wish for. Totally great!
Review by Master P
Wow, richtig nice und fruchtig. Hätte ich jetzt nicht erwartet. Alkohol ist sehr gut eingebunden. Fruchtig (Johannisbeere/Pflaume) und Holz mit etwas süße, gefällt mir sehr gut. Sogar der Geruch im leeren Glas haut mich um, top. Vielen Dank für das sample
Review by Oliver
Wow, eine echte Überraschung! In der Nase eine spannende Mischung aus Stachelbeeren, Erdbeeren, (vergorene) Ester-Noten und tollem Holzeinfluss. In einem Blind-Tadting hätte ich vermutlich auf Savanna getippt. Am Gaumen ordentlich Power, ohne aber zu anstrengend zu sein. Auch am Gaumen kommen wieder die typischen Savanna Erdbeer-Mango-High-Ester-Assoziationen in den Sinn. Der Rotwein-Einfluss gefällt mir sehr gut. Erstklassiger Rum aus Taiwan. Danke Frank für das Sample! 🤩🥃
Review by Lukas Jäger
Wow, das ist eine spannende Abfüllung! Die Renaissance-Destillerie beobachte ich dank dem lieben Frank, von dem auch dieses Sample stammt, schon etwas länger und ich muss sagen, was dort im fernen Taiwan produziert wird, kann sich sehen lassen! Die Nase wartet mit ordentlich Estern auf, für mich irgendwo zwischen Mhoba (some say Erbrochenes) und Savanna HERR. Dazu ein ordentliches Potpourri an tropischen Früchten, wahnsinnig spannend. Am Gaumen überraschend schwer und breit, sogar holzig und kräftig. Das Fass und die Vorbelegung haben ordentlich Arbeit geleistet und geben dem Rum eine „weinige“ Note, die mir fast schon etwas zu präsent ist, da vom Grundcharakter (oder dem, was ich aus der Nase erwartet hätte) wenig übrig ist. Trotzdem wahnsinnig spannend und lecker und für mich in Konkurrenz zu einigen wirklich starken Abfüllungen aus den „Mainstream“-Ländern. Mich persönlich freut es immer, auch in diesen Nischen Schätze entdecken zu können und das hier ist einer!
Review by Johannes
These typical intense strawberry and high ester HERR notes come through, especially on the nose, but also on the palate. The finish tames it somewhat and the wood comes through. Many thanks to Frank for sharing!
Review by DomM
Intense, fruity and distinctivly different to stand out. Wine finish is a bit to dominat for my taste, but overall very nice indeed.
Review by Serge
Hammergeil, intensiv nach Stachelbeere. Normalerweise nicht so der der erste Eindruck. Sehr interessant
Review by Jarek
Wow! Dieses Ding ist nur knappw 5 Jahre alt?! Erdbeere, Käae, Noten wie ein HERR von Savanna und dazu deutlich der Rotweinenfluss. Lecker und interessant.
Review by Buddudharma
Guter Stoff, aber der Rotwein-Einfluss ist für mich zu ausgeprägt. Der White Alligator ist in Summe der bessere Rum…
Review by Jakob
Heidewitzka, was für eine Nase - um im Fachjargon zu bleiben. Extreme Tiefe, man wird olfaktorisch extrem in die Irre geleitet - am Gaumen meldet sich die Realität an, der Alkohol wird spürbar, ohne dass ein negativer Eindruck entsteht - aber es bleibt ein final positiver Eindruck. Grosses Versprechen für die Zukunft, ich freue mich auf alles, was noch kommt.
Review by zabo
Franconian Tasting Gang Actually not bad, but doesn't really get me fully. Nice to have tried, but unfortunately not quite my profile. A little too bitter and medicinal for me. Probably the red wine finish is too dominant for me. But it could also be because I've tasted so much before. I might try it again at the next opportunity. Thanks Jarek for the sample for this round.
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Details about Renaissance Deuxième Cru Classé Cask 2019
A Pot Still Rum from Taiwan, distilled by Renaissance, at 66,7%.
Community purchases
6 bottles logged by 4 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
6 purchased · 20 tasted · 4 wishlist · as of
About the Renaissance distillery
The Renaissance distillery is located in Taiwan. Rums from Renaissance have been reviewed 222 times with an average of 8.6/10.
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