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d315d8a0-b16f-1f32-9148-cfca5c2be971Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Distillers
Chairman's Reserve Master's Selection (Kratochvílovci) 70cl bottle
Aged rum · 16 years · 60.9%

Chairman's Reserve Master's Selection (Kratochvílovci)

People who already like Saint Lucia's dry, port-influenced style are the audience here. Expect coconut and dried fruit on the nose with a touch of caramel, then a spicy, port-sweet palate that turns dry with a slightly minty, technical edge. One taster called it a "nice full aroma, but taste is a bit flat" — a few felt this cask lacked a real face compared to its 60.7% sibling.

The community says
  • Coconut and dried fruit
  • Dry port character
  • But: Flat finish

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How does Chairman's Reserve Master's Selection (Kratochvílovci) taste?

Summarized by AI from 20 community reviews.

Dry, port-driven cask that finishes a touch flat Well-made single cask, but opinions vary: strong dry port and coconut up front, then several found the finish flat and a bit technical, less characterful than the sibling bottling.

Perfect for

Fans of dry, port-influenced Saint Lucia rum at cask strength

Less suitable for

Anyone wanting a sweet, easy sipper or low ABV

Experience level · Expert (4/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

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

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What does the community say?

8.0/10 Very good

20 community reviews
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9–10 0%
8–9 35%
7–8 60%
6–7 5%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Review by Timo Groeger

Most helpful positive review

Timo Groeger
Jan 20263,258 reviewsGermany
8.2/10

Here we have a solid Chairman's. Definitely dried fruits and coconut, as well as some caramel on the nose. On the palate, it stays fruity, with some caramel remaining, plus mint and spice coming through.

Review by Martin Švojgr

Most helpful mixed review

Martin Švojgr
Jan 2025414 reviewsCzech
7.9/10

No, I have a somewhat conflicting taste impression. The color is very dark, I think, this is going to be a blast again. The nose is probably okay, I smell spices, honey, coconut, port. I taste it and here comes the contradiction. The flavor is spicy, sweeter from the port, and then nothing, it turns into a disturbing technicality and mint, which doesn't fit at all with the previous notes. I think, damn, the second bottle for Kratochvílovec was much better, I wouldn't even give this beast 8/10. So I slowly sip it on the train and after the umpteenth sip, I think maybe I even like that technicality. But just maybe, actually I don't know, so that's why 7.9/10.

Review by Martin Ekrt

Martin Ekrt
Mar 2024354 reviewsCzech
8.0/10

After my colleague with 60.7% I expected almost the same experience, but the opposite is true. In aroma just coconut boredom with a little dried fruit. Taste-wise it's not bad, but it just lacks some face. There is a hint of technicality, but overall I find this piece so unusually ordinary.

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Details about Chairman's Reserve Master's Selection (Kratochvílovci)

A rum from Saint Lucia, distilled by Saint Lucia Distillers, at 60.9%.

Raw materialMolasses
ABV60.9%
Age16 years
Limited editionYes
Volume70cl

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Saint Lucia Distillers

Distillery

Saint Lucia Distillers 

Avg Rating 8.2/10 240 Rums

St. Lucia Distillers is the island's only distillery and one of the most versatile in the Caribbean. Four stills give it eight different distillates, molasses and cane juice, pot and column, which its blenders turn into everything from the humble Bounty to the cult Chairman's Reserve and the super-premium Admiral Rodney. It rebuilt itself after an arson fire and is now owned by the same group as Martinique's J.M and Clement.

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