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Damoiseau 1995
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Dark and heavy for a Guadeloupe rhum: burnt sugar, dark chocolate, mocha and a smoky, almost tarry edge that several tasters compare to Caroni. Underneath sit sour cherry, dried fig and banana. The unusual cane-juice/molasses blend gives it real depth, but at 66.9% the alcohol bites — most people add a few drops of water and let it breathe.
The community says- Dark chocolate & mocha
- Complex and deep
- Keep in mind: Fierce alcohol bite
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Dark, smoky, high-proof Guadeloupe sipper Loved by fans of dark, smoky, high-proof rhum for its cocoa, cherry and tar. The catch is real heat — some find the alcohol too sharp and the bitterness too much.
Aroma profileFans of dark, smoky, empyreumatic cask-strength rhum
Anyone put off by high ABV or bitter tar notes
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
This one can play with the 1989 that I also have. Overall another great rum from this destillery. The nose is fruity with vanilla and coffee in the front and caramel, barrel a bit of tar in the back. The palate is complex and well balanced with fruits and spices. There is a wonderful smoky oak feel to it. In the back i get chocolate and nuts. The finish is long and fruity with coffee and smoked oak.
Review by Rodolphe
Most helpful mixed review
Revision of my opinion after blind tasting. The nose is dark, roasted, chocolate, candied citrus. But the alcohol burns the nostrils. On the palate, there's a touch of tar, or else a heavy bitterness from the wood. The alcohol is really pungent for me. The finish leaves me with a not very pleasant aftertaste. Final verdict, I'm raising the score from my discovery (I really disliked it) but it's still a rum I'm not a big fan of.
Review by cigares
A warm, complex nose, herbaceous and dried herbs, fruity and dried fruits with a hint of roof insulation tar. The palate is more direct, with the same aromas and a hint of tar on the finish. A hint of freshness in the mid-palate contrasts with the dark notes. The taste buds on the front and back of the mouth are excited, but not so much on the sides. The finish picks up all the aromas, then a strong woody bitterness takes over. A touch of wet wool and black powder in the empty glass. A rum that disappointed me on first tasting, but that I find much better when I taste it again. Dry, lively and dark at the same time.
Review by Jakob
Delicious Damoiseau with a classic profile. Aromatically expressive with wood, spices, the classic dark red fruit notes (cherry) and slight hints of cola. Not the absolute top release from Damoiseau, but very tasty.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Really great! A great rhum agricole that impresses above all with its dark notes. Between roasted aromas reminiscent of cocoa and coffee, but also barrel and (charred) wood, there are occasional aromas of dried fruit and individual fresh notes typical of Agricole. Tastes very good to me, like few Agricole bottlings to date.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Exciting rum. Multilayered, dirty, medicinal, slightly iodine, fruity, molasses. Alcohol very well integrated in the mouth.
Review by Leo Krüper
Strong, spicy. Unusually spicy for a Damoiseau.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A powerful and intense rum, which develops toasted and smoky notes from the first moments, with notes of banana, dried fruits and tobacco in the background. The attack is strong in the mouth, with spicy, spicy and smoky notes, but also the presence of figs, cherry and raisins give a sweetness to this rum with a dark profile. The finish is long and warm on the same frame. A very good vintage combining power and sweetness of aromas with a nice balance throughout the tasting.
Review by Thunderbird
WOW 🤩, this is exactly a rum to my taste: heavy, complex, full-bodied and a beautiful depth! The finish is long and dark! This old flavor with fruit and wood harmonize perfectly together!
Review by mto75
surprisingly 'Caroni-esque' for an Agricole. On the nose nutmeg, dried fruit, thyme, caramel, and tar. On the palate, lots of smoked barrel, mocha, and rubber. The 66.9% ABV comes across as pretty biting, which also diminishes the finish somewhat. Overall good, but not top either, and a fair bit removed from the outstanding 80 Velier.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,7:On the nose, the first impression we get is very floral and vegetal, smoky and waxy, as we feel strong presence of sugar cane juice, as thick and dark molasses join a little bit later with black tea, dark berries, perhaps plum, the wood is roasted with roasted nuts, burnt sugar, all nicely caramelized. When aired a bit, dried fruits, banana come out, some spice, as the molasses almost completely overshadows the cane, going even darker with licorice, cocoa, soy sauce, some chocolate, basil and tar. 8,3:On the palate, the attack is very spicy and intense with vegetal, woody and roasted, medicinal notes like black tea, toasted, roasted wood, plastic, wax, leather, some resin, brine and menthol, perhaps camphor. Still round and balanced. After the rest, dried dates are here, tar and quite strong meaty notes with bacon, some BBQ, then nutty and cocoa, molasses are really dark, roasted, as finally let go the darkness with little brown and more fresh, fruity notes as cherry, other dried fruits, coffee and flowers. 8,4:The finish is long, less intense with wood, dry, tar, wax and menthol, a bit spicy, with dark molasses, cocoa, in the end more fresh with dried fruits, banana and vegetal notes. Very, very complex, no alcohol after burn...
Review by Frank
Nice spicy and woody nose with dried apricot, even something towards dried date. There is also briefly a slight hint of milk chocolate. I still find sour cherry and something nutty towards chestnuts. A tart sweetness as of maple syrup. Vanilla and nutmeg.Wonderful on the palate. Spicy and almost floral fruity. Clearly the sugar cane, but also cherry and fig. Nutty in the direction of walnut. Caramel I got and vanilla and nutmeg. Totally well integrated alcohol.In the finish the sweet-woody sugar cane.This rum is really great.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
wow! very many sour cherries and dark chocolate with banana bread with a little mint on the nose. Taste then directly sour cherries with mint and dark cocoa. plus some fig, roasted nuts, barrel and vanilla. surprisingly little wood for the age.in the finish then a little more towards leather and barrel, dry with intense mocha, and sweet mango and cinnamon notes. at the very end the mint and the cherry again celebrates its comeback.... very very tasty and harmonious! unfortunately horny!
Review by Djehey
Edit: once rested for a really long time, the result is really good :) This is an intense yet pleasant rum. I find the roasted leather and burnt sugar aromas that I like so much in the Bellevue 1998. In addition, there's a hint of dried fruit like apricot and grape. Not for every palate!
Review by Tim
Excellent rum! Round and at the same time complex with lots of delicious fruits, caramel, wood, chocolate, while smoke/tar is only subtly present. Very tasty and harmonious on the palate with many dark aromas and dried fruits. Complex! Wonderful!
Review by Léo Delek
The profile resembles that of the 1980, with a very empyreumatic side (leather, smoke, even light tar), caramelized sugar and cherry. It remains one of my favorite rums.
Review by Thibaud Schnell
This rum treats your palate like a skinny guy in the middle of a mosh pit at a metal concert, it’s good, even very good, but it shakes you up 😁 (in a good way and it feels great)
Review by Vincent D
A very, very pronounced, dark, pure juice. The nose is rather greedy despite the omnipresence of wood. Vanilla and caramel round out the barrel aroma. On the palate, very dark notes of coffee, mocha and wood. Smoky, roasted. Very long finish that brings bitterness. It's good, no doubt about it, but too marked and not complex enough, in my opinion.
Review by Johannes
Classic Damoiseau profile with a fantastic blend of fruity notes (grape and cherry) and a nice wood influence. Plus that indescribable blend of agricole and molasses. I really like this profile!
Review by De Jan
Explosion of flavors in the mouth, it goes in all directions. Excellent.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
For me a few drops of water were needed to reduce the alcohol bite. I enjoy the taste of dark chocolate, cherry, orange and licorice. Now 1989 coming right up.
Review by John Coffey
Too marked by bourbon.. Too bad.. A real explosion in the mouth
Review by Righrum
A great Damoiseau with a hint of Caroni. The notes are similar to the other 90's vintages, with the smoke-y note that turns into Tar. Wood, with caramel and vanilla, buy also fruits (banana and bitter agrumes), very similar to Bellevue 1998 but the tar here is clearly noticeable and do not lean forward the smoke
Review by Business Liner Ralf
Bammm, complex but pleasant bouquet, the surprise on the first sip is big. The high alcohol content is clearly noticeable (cough cough 😄). But very complex in taste. Great rum!
Review by DosenZorn
Wonderful intense on the nose, pastry, orange peels (reminds me of the 98 Bellevue from RA from GRF). On the palate then clearly "darker" spicier than expected after smelling. However, by no means too bitter/astringent. Great rum, but I absolutely cannot taste sugarcane juice as a base.
Review by Ailix Toutatis
A beautiful surprising attack at the entry of the mouth. A very present almost too sweet and a sumptuous finish.
Review by Ivan Botka
Absolutely beautiful rhum. combination of agricole and thick technical molasses. perfection in the mouth
Review by Buddudharma
Noticeably more intense than the 89, almost a bit chili-spicy. Very interesting rum.
Review by Alexander Rasch
I like it very much. High barrel influence with lots of wood and roasted aromas. The high alcohol content makes the rum warm and concentrated. Makes really fun. Much more wood than the 89er.
Review by Cédric Meyers
Alcohol not well integrated, spicy.
Review by RumTaTa
The rum has a beautiful reddish brown color in the glass! Taste-wise, there is a whole spice cabinet in it! I tasted clearly licorice out.
Review by Émile Shevek
On the nose it is rich, complex and enveloping with smoky/burnt/toasty hints that fade to give way to leather/leather, burnt sugar/molasses, wood, dried fruits, Christmas spices and in the finish sweet/vanilla tar (which then becomes dominant if allowed to rest). The palate is equally rich and full-bodied with sweet tar, mothballs, various spices (including pepper and tonka beans), mixed dried fruits, some roasted wood, coffee/bitter cocoa, in a smooth, sweetish (almost sticky and caramel-like) finish that is quite persistent and long. The abv is very good and in the empty glass molasses, wood, mothballs. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the tarry hint.
Review by Spyoner971
Beautiful balance, well aerated for tasting, even 30 minutes, nice length, the glass remains impregnated and colored after tasting.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
Damoiseau 1995 – 66.9% Produced at the Bellevue distillery in Le Moule (Grande-Terre), Damoiseau is today the only active distillery in this part of Guadeloupe. Its history began in 1942 when Roger Damoiseau bought the sugar cane plantation from the Rimbaud family (from Martinique) to turn it into a distillery. Since then, it has produced rums from fresh cane juice (and sometimes molasses). Very popular, Damoiseau rums represent 50% of rum sales in Guadeloupe. The 1995 vintage, bottled at cask strength at 66.9%, comes from a yield of 42 barrels. Distilled in January 1995 and bottled in January 2010 in 50 cl bottles, it is made from a vesou/molasses blend. Its dark color is surprising. For my part, I found the alcohol a bit too pronounced, which makes the tasting less pleasant. A better experience than my first encounter with this cuvée, but clearly not my style.
Review by Vidaa Wz
Waouh Mon dieu que c'est bon!!! Exquisite nose, reminiscent of an old plum, candied fruits, roundness and sweetness, how could you not be won over? The alcohol is perfectly integrated, a real feat and a must before brut de fut agricole.
Review by Martin Švojgr
Great bottling from Damoiseau. Taste and aroma of burnt wood, lots of red fruit and heavy spices. Pepper, nuts, dark chocolate. All this complemented by high proof and that's exactly what you want. Great bottling.
Review by Czech Rum porter
the best mix of agricol and molasses. a burst of taste, a long endless conclusion
Review by Jarek
Franconian Tasting Gang October 2026: Tasted together with the 1980 from Velier (RX1240) and the Full Proof 1989. The 1995 has the highest ABV of the three and you can definitely tell. The alcohol could be better integrated. It doesn't come close to the 1980, and it narrowly loses to the 1989 as well.
Review by WolfeTone
Grasses, seaspray, wild flowers, oils, dark fruits, wood, cedar, tobacco. Great stuff.
Review by Sylvain44
Powerful! On the nose banana, toasted and spices. On the palate it hits hard at first, spicy, almost peppery. Once the fire passes, some fruits appear, a bit of cherry, grape. Very good!
Review by Rojau
A Rhum from the spectacular range: it's a voyage within a voyage. It's all there: spices, macerated fruit, camfre, woodiness, power and complexity. The length is sublime and warm.
Review by Anonymous
Orange, citrus, floral
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376 bottles logged by 223 collectors.
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17% opened, 23 emptied.
What did the community pay for Damoiseau 1995?
Community paid 70–180 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 148 €. Price history with 11 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about Damoiseau 1995
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, distilled by Damoiseau, at 66,9%.
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