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HSE Rhum Agricole Extra Vieux - Les Forêts - Chantilly 2015
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Most tasters land somewhere in the mid-8s, and the reason is the wood. HSE aged this in fresh French oak from the Chantilly forest, and you can taste exactly what the cask gives: dark oak, tannins, spice — clove and anise — over ripe yellow fruit and a buttery, brioche note. At 51% it runs warm and the tannins turn a little bitter on the dry finish. Several members say it needs to rest in the glass first.
The community says- Expressive oak
- Ripe yellow fruit
- Keep in mind: Bitter, dry finish
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How does HSE Rhum Agricole Extra Vieux - Les Forêts - Chantilly 2015 taste?
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Wood-forward Martinique agricole, fruit underneath Most rate it high — a wood-forward Martinique agricole where the fresh French oak does the talking. A few find the tannins and bitter, dry finish tip too far.
Aroma profileagricole fans who want oak up front
anyone put off by bitter, tannic finishes
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Yes, if you're after bold, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
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45 community reviews
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
#5114 17.02.2025 Running some samples at home. Nose Fresh, wood, Agricole, sugarcane, light tannins, fruity, vegetal, light citrus, spice. Palate Balanced, fresh, Agricole, spice, wood, light tannins, light citrus, light roasted, light nutts, light dry. Finish Medium to long, round, balanced, wood, light roasted, light tannins, fruits, dried fruit, light nutts, light dry. Empty glass Light caramel, faint coffee, wood, light dried fruit, light sugarcane. Needs to rest for a while to really open up and the tannins to settle.
Review by Julien Ries
Most helpful mixed review
The nose welcomes us with a fairly powerful warm woodiness. Initially quite discreet, it asserts itself after a few minutes in the glass with invasive star anise and cardamom. There is also a bit of tobacco like a cigar box. A second nose brings acidic bursts of dried apricots, but overall it is mainly spicy. The palate is quite sharp and lively, on chili, lots of wood. The anise is as present as on the nose and that’s not my thing. This rum lacks complexity and there is a strong bitterness that persists on the finish, not very pleasant. The finish is quite average, with this woodiness and this bitterness. Meh... I give it 60/100
Review by cigares
A rum tasted at Rhum Fest in 2024. A nose of old rope, fruit and wood in harmony. On the palate, old wood, caramel and vegetal. More fruit on the finish. A little salted butter caramel at the very end.
Review by Boletus
The strong oak profile manages to harmoniously integrate the lively and fruity base spirit and charge it with numerous spices and dark barrel notes. The result is really impressive, profound and multi-layered with a fine, natural base sweetness between sugarcane and brown sugar and a subtle bitterness due to the tannin contribution. A delicious Agricole!
Review by Johannes
Somehow exciting and special! Slight medicinal notes, raisins, wood.
Review by Volkmar Weber
A real treat for the palate. HSE has never completely won me over. This one is different. Spicy and creamy, with buttery, creamy salty notes. Umami without end. Anyone who likes Nive Leaves knows it. It's not particularly extreme, the wood is subtle, for an Agricole it's downright accessible. Zero dryness. So maybe I should have tried more HSE. Or it's an atypical HSE. But that's why it's so exciting.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Quite a different bottle from its twin sister, with yellow fruit and spices! Very nice!
Review by BottleShrimp
Comparative tasting of the 2 forests. The nose of this one is quite typical of a Martinican with a nice balance of fruit/spices/wood and a brioche touch. The palate tends towards the barrel and a bitterness, which remains on the finish, average in all aspects.
Review by Adrien B
Quite sharp on the alcohol.
Review by Martin Švojgr
How I like this. Big dark colour, tropical fruit, espresso, coffee notes, subtle winey notes on the nose. on the palate I taste tropical fruit, subtle woodiness, raisins, a lovely long finish to a red dessert wine.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
🥃 Continuing with bonuses from the last PokeRhum evening! After the Neisson Profiles, we stay in Martinique with a cuvée that clearly puts wood at the center of the game: HSE “Les Forêts” – Chantilly 2015 / bottled 2022 (51.1%). 🌳 The concept is always interesting at HSE: exploring the impact of oak origin by working with new barrels from different French forests (here Chantilly and Montpensier), with specific toasts supposed to reveal the full aromatic potential of the wood. An approach already initiated in the past with other forests (Vosges, Ozarks...), always with the idea to compare the wood's imprint on the rum. Here, no duel: just a tasting of the 2015 Chantilly vintage. 👃 Nose We find a beautiful HSE signature: fruits, spices, controlled woodiness, with a little brioche touch quite gourmand. 👄 Palate Here, the wood clearly takes over. The tannins are very present, with a marked bitterness that gradually settles in. 🔥 Finish Continues: powerful, woody, structured... but quite dry and astringent. 👉 For my part, the balance leans too much towards barrel extraction, to the detriment of gourmandise. It's not necessarily my style, but the intention is clear: to put the wood front and center, and it works perfectly. At least one thing is sure: you precisely feel what the barrel brings to the rum, unfiltered. 🙏 Thanks Michael for sharing this and for this beautiful Martinican discovery that I had not yet had the chance to taste.
Review by El Peludo
First taken on its own: the nose is greedy, with brioche, butter and brown sugar wrapped in a woodiness that seems discreet because of its elegance. It's not very pronounced, but its presence is there and it frames the rest. There are sweet spices and a hint of acidity. On the palate, this acidity is reminiscent of grapes! There's other fresh fruit and a lovely freshness throughout the mouth that balances with the degrees, the mouth is warm, all well integrated. The palate is fat and greedy, with some spice and harmonious oak. A very good rum, quite complex. It's different from the other forest, more affordable and closer to what you'd expect from a good old rum. It has a more open profile. It's interesting to contrast the two: one is dark, withdrawn and more coffee-like, while the other is greedy, buttery and more raisin-like. Cool exercise
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
15/03/25: tasted @ Brussels Rhum Festival. Very nice Agricole rhum. Tasted alongside the Forêt de Montpensier release, which is an interesting concept/comparison. The influence of the wood used for the cask really made a difference. I preferred this Chantilly over the Montpensier, but it's like splitting hairs.
Review by Stijn Zino
Brussels Rhum Festival 15/03/2025 Tasted side by side with HSE Montpensier for the different wood influence. Both interesting rums with different flavours then I'm used too. I think they both need too rest to bring out the nose. This one is a bit more intens, so I like this one more. Agricole recomendation.
Review by Vidian
Some notes of clove Bitterness contained but long Nice length
Review by bibi la légende
HSE Brut de fût 2015 Forêt de Chantilly 51.1° Tasted as a sample Quite simple overall but very good. I prefer its brother Montpensier which I found more expressive.
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Vintage 2015. I rate 8.6 out of 10, excellent rum, which ranks high even among my more than 1,300 ratings.
Review by Nicholas Hardy
Woah! Woody, dark, sensual. Sweet and savory with very round tasting tropical fruits. Finish can be nice. I was getting table grapes for a while but now getting a hint of what i hate about the velier el amparo - soap. But it’s ever so faint and excusable :).
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HSE Rhum Agricole Extra Vieux - Les Forêts - Chantilly 2015 at live auctions
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31 bottles logged by 30 collectors.
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16% opened, 1 emptied.
What does HSE Rhum Agricole Extra Vieux - Les Forêts - Chantilly 2015 cost?
Community paid 96–130 €.
Current best price: 134.90 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 127 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about HSE Rhum Agricole Extra Vieux - Les Forêts - Chantilly 2015
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Distillerie du Simon, at 51,1%.
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