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Damoiseau 1991
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Prune, licorice and dark chocolate lead here, with leather, espresso and roasted oak stacked behind them. This is a heavy, tropical-aged Guadeloupe agricole that drinks nothing like a fresh grassy one — several tasters even mistook it for an old Demerara. The 54.4% is well integrated, but the wood is loud and a medicinal, bitter edge runs through it. One member calls it "réservé aux spécialistes" — for a reason.
The community says- Long dry finish
- Coffee and chocolate
- But: Very woody
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Summarized by AI from 30 community reviews.
Heavy, woody old agricole with dark fruit Loved by fans of dark, woody old rum — prune, coffee, chocolate and a long finish. The catch: heavy oak and a slightly bitter, medicinal streak aren't for everyone.
Fans of heavy, wood-forward old rums with dark fruit and coffee
Anyone expecting a light, grassy agricole or put off by strong oak and bitterness
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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30 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by TheRhumhoe
A superb Damoiseau that shows the distillery is capable of great things. The nose displays a certain power and great elegance with heavy fruit notes (grape, red fruit like redcurrant and cherry) and warm spices (chili, nutmeg, baked apple, licorice, vanilla, pepper). Then come oak, leather, dark chocolate, tobacco, and espresso-style coffee. A dark and refined olfactory profile rarely seen in the French Antilles. The attack on the palate is intense, thick, and deep. The fruitiness is heavy, with prune, grape, and blackberry. Dark notes of leather, dark chocolate, coffee, and tobacco blend with spices (vanilla, licorice, chili) for a rounded and coherent whole. You also sense the taste of sugarcane and molasses. The alcohol is superbly well integrated. The finish is very long, dry, and elegant. You find that heavy and dry fruitiness again, the dark side with molasses and sugarcane, aromatic herbs, roasted oak, cocoa, and spices (cinnamon, licorice). The impression left in the mouth is very pleasant. A superb representative of its distillery, which was available at a very fair price when released.
Review by Oliver
Really heavy nose with dark fruits - especially cherry stands out. Roasty, slightly bitter, yet fruity. Great mouthfeel with a pleasant, natural sweetness. I really like it!
Review by Vincent D
I was worried, given the age and color, that this rum would be just a woody juice. The very woody Calvados smell only amplified that impression. Yet, on the palate, this rum reveals itself to be more complex. Licorice, prune, dark chocolate slowly evolve to offer minty and licorice notes. Wood is extremely present. Not for everyone but nice.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This one is not as potent as its predecessor, but still pretty good. The nose is woody with fruits and candied vanilla. Trailing behind i find licorice and some vegetal and earthy notes. The palate is full bodied with wood and fruit followed by molasses, vanilla and licorice. I also find some vegetal and medicinal notes. The finish is medium to long with wood and dried fruit trailed by vanilla and licorice.
Review by Joachim Guger
A very heavy Agricole, reminiscent of a tropically ripened Demerara. Cassis and red fruits.
Review by Frank
Full round nose. Woody and spicy with dark dried fruits. Prune and dried orange peel. Leather and vanilla and chocolate are beautifully woven in. Something fresh and tart like currant comes in. Deliciously spicy and woody again on the palate. Licorice at first, then some date and prune. Salty and slightly bitter it seems. Something sweet towards caramel is caught up by something spicy, peppery. It remains slightly bitter in the finish. At the back then comes licorice, the grassy sugar cane and even some mint. The age and ABV suit him well.
Review by Buddudharma
Great molasses rum that combines a dark profile with notes of spices and herbs. At the same time intense and complex/subtle, you can discover many facets here. My favorite among the 1990s Damoiseaus…
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Vintage 1991. I rate it 8.4 out of 10, very good rum.
Review by Léo Delek
I find the molasses very present with always the burnt sugar that almost pulls towards tire with the very present empyreumatic/smoky. Unfortunately, this empyreumatic side erases the fruity side I found on the 1998 but I always have a cherry side that comes to poke its nose. The alcohol, however, is very integrated.
Review by Mathieu C.
Exceptional length
Review by Mc Pirate
Powerful old rum nose, like Negrita (sorry!) but so aromatic! On the palate, however, it's very atypical, medicated, almost bitter, but with a very old rum finish of leather, vanilla and wood! For specialists only!
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Community shelf
82 bottles logged by 72 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
21% opened, 8 emptied.
What did the community pay for Damoiseau 1991?
Community paid 89–316 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 217 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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Details about Damoiseau 1991
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, distilled by Damoiseau, at 54.4%.
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