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La Confrérie du Rhum HSE XO (Cuvée No. 22) 2016
Wet oak and damp grass first, then the greedy side kicks in: vanilla, cinnamon, chocolate and burnt cane sugar, with dried fruit and a bit of orange peel underneath. At 48.2% the alcohol sits well integrated, warm and easy. A few tasters note the cask does a lot of the talking — one calls it almost too polished to still read as agricole. Loses a little punch as the bottle oxidizes.
The community says- Vanilla-choc richness
- Well-integrated 48%
- But: Wants more depth
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How does La Confrérie du Rhum HSE XO (Cuvée No. 22) 2016 taste?
Aggregated from 49 community reviews.
Rounded cask-led agricole, easy daily sipper Most owners land on the same verdict: a rounded, well-priced daily agricole where the cask leads. A minority wish it pushed further and found more depth.
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88% rate it 8 or higher. 20 selected write-ups from 49 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8,5:On the nose, there's a lot of greediness, the rum is well balanced, sugar cane is juicy, waxy, mineral and slightly smoky. There are strong peaches and some tea.As is often the case with HSE, the influence of the cask is evident in the form of wood, a bit roasted, dry, which brings vanilla, roasted nuts and chocolate. The sugar is burnt now. When aired, come aromas of orange, nutmeg, cinnamon, dried figs and flowery (geranium), vegetal with an olive, fresh grass, some herbal notes.The whole is very harmonious. Tobacco is left for the finish, becomes a bit musty. 8,4:On the palate, the attack is relatively soft, with a juicy, waxy and mineral sugar cane, spicy, the fruits are bourbony, as peaches, orange, maybe kumquat.Red fruits appear in the middle.The wood is dry, a bit smoky, there are nuts like almond, chocolate, vanilla. It is also vegetal and after airing, a bit salty and tannic. When nicely rested, herbal and geranium notes are stronger... 8,6:The finish is long, dry with quite intense wood notes, delicious and mineral sugar cane, bourbon yellow fruits, cherry, vanilla, chocolate, nuts, then a slight tannic edge and tobacco. Edit:7.3.26
Review by Johnny Rumcask
Most helpful mixed review
Unfortunately, not mine at all. The rum tastes like a mixture of sweet vanilla aromas and herbs. With longer standing time, the whole thing harmonizes a little better, herbs and vanilla, some wood, that's all there is to it. For me, this is a very modern agricole style, as is unfortunately also the case with many newer Saint James bottlings. Alcohol is well integrated. No off-notes, but the taste is just not my thing.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Surprisingly great cinema! Wood, honey, chocolate. The two young barrels (only 7 and 8 years old) were really brought out the best.
Review by mto75
CdR bottling, blend from 2 casks, 7/8 years old. Quite caramel-sweet on the nose, roasted nuts, subtle green notes, a bit like green/unripe banana. On the palate nutmeg, barrel, tannins. It lacks a bit of complexity, but for just under 90 EUR you get a really tasty sipper here!
Review by Fred Tillac
Nez = Symphonie de boisé, de notes herbacées, de fruits confits, de fruits rouges, un peu de caramel et de chocolat. Bouche = C'est plutôt huileux où s'ajoutent des épices, des fruits secs et un peu de vanille. Avec l'alcool et les chauffes de fûts, cette eau-de-vie supporte d'être aérée plusieurs minutes. La finale est normale.
Review by Leo Krüper
Sehr guter, klassischer HSE. Passt alles. Auch der Preis.
Review by TheJackDrop
Un peu perplexe ici, j’espère que la 14 ans promet d’autres choses :) Un nez super sympa porté par les fruits et la vanille, une pointe de caramel. En bouche c’est similaire mais avec quelques notes plus vertes. La finale par contre vire trop sur le bois jeune, un peu d’astringence, et de sucre brûlé. Un peu trop droite et courte à mon goût. Sympa, mais ça manque de profondeur.
Review by TheJona'Spirits
👃 Boisé humide typique des agricoles martiniquais en général. Comme si on avait chauffé à blanc les douelles du bois, puis les imbiber d'eau pendant longtemps, puis les assécher ensuite. Un côté herbacé sur de l'herbe humide et grasse. Une jolie dualité entre d'un côté une gourmandise de vanille, cannelle, épices de cuisine, chocolat et caramel de canne à sucre, et de l'autre côté des fruits secs des eaux-de-vie de raisins et un peu d'agrumes légers (mandarine ?). Un peu de torréfaction d'oléagineux. 😋 Je retrouve cet aspect herbacé et végétal, assez étonnant. Herbe humide, boisé humide, les tanins du fût, de la canne à sucre confite, sève légère. Les fruits secs confits légers, pomme cuite, et ensuite pas mal d'épices, vanille, muscade, léger poivre gris, cannelle légère. N.B. perd en intensité au fil de l'oxydation. ⛳ Moyenne, douce, humide. Comme si on avait brûlé des douelles du fût avec de l'eau et de la canne à sucre. Fruits secs léger, fût de bourbon, vanille, chocolat, épices. N.B. 85 > 83. -2 pts après plusieurs dégustations. Il perd en intensité et concentration au fil que le niveau baisse dans la bouteille, ne supporte pas l'oxydation. C'est toujours un très bon Rhum, avec un nez > bouche.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Really round and tasty agricole. However, the new American oak or possibly also bourbon barrel sets the tone enormously and almost irons out all agricole aromas. Tonka, cinnamon, vanilla, caramelized sugar, dried apricot, thickened sour cherries and intense barrel notes. Very tasty and harmonious but almost no longer recognizable as agricole rhum. Regardless of this, it's a deliciously tasty rhum that could pass as a daily sipper!
Review by Boletus
Das Grundprofil von HSE mit der merklichen, aber nicht übertriebenen Eiche, den feinen Gewürzen und der tropischen Fruchtigkeit mag ich eh schon ziemlich gerne, wobei hier noch eine sehr leckere Schokoladennote vom Geruch bis zum Finish für zusätzliche Abrundung sorgt. Ein Agricole ganz nach meinem Geschmack!
Review by Johannes
Schöner, komplexer Agricole. Mir etwas zu viele grasige Noten.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6967 26.06.2026 Relaxing with a few rums after a hard training on my bike in the scorching heat. Listening to some classics turned into Trance on spotify. A very nice agricole with a good price tag in my mind. Well balanced rum with nice spices, fruits, chocolate, nutts, roasted wood and some leather.
Review by Martin Spooner
Die Nase Fruchtig mit einem Hauch nugat. Leicht metallischer unterton. Sehr pflanzlich grasiger Geschmack. Der Rum hat eine gewisse Komplexität allerdings sind die grasigen Noten sehr dominant. Gewöhnungsbedürftig. In der zweiten Verkostung nicht wirklich verändert.
Review by Nils123
Sehr gefällig! Mit Wasser kommen noch in der Nase Honigaromen hinzu und am Gaumen Vanille, leichte Holznoten und etwas Würze und im Abgang ein leckerer Agricole-Moment. Der Alkohol ist super eingebunden.
Review by Djehey
Grosse gourmandise avec une vanille qui prend pas mal de place. Résolument sur des arômes boisés travaillé, l'ensemble donne un impression abouti pour la relative jeunesse du produit. En bouche, on y retrouvera une orangette (écorce d'orange confite enrobée de chocolat) et de la crème anglaise. Le prix est aussi à saluer.
Review by FischeJ
Ziemlich starke Karamellnote und Vanille gemischt mit grassigen Noten. Im Mund sehr ähnlich zur Nase. Recht viel Holzeinfluss.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
La Confrérie du Rhum HSE XO (Cuvée No. 22) – 2016 – 7/8 ans - 48,2% : Mise en bouteille pour la CdR, il s'agit d'un assemblage de deux fûts (7/8 ans d’âge). Un nez assez caramel-sucré, et en bouche, une touche boisée avec des tannins. Bien qu'il manque un peu de complexité, il reste un bon rapport qualité/prix.
Review by Xav yé
The color is a beautiful mahogany, and on the nose I find light woody and caramel notes, some spices, honey, and almond in a more sustained way. On the palate, a gentle attack of the gourmet woodiness so well mastered by HSE, then shifts to red fruits (raspberry, blackcurrant, blackberry), then to dark chocolate before gently fading away. Not an avalanche of spice and woodiness, which reduces the finish a little, but it's a very good rum!
Review by BottleShrimp
Un profil "typique" d'un XO agricole martiniquais de qualité. Nez aguicheur et bouche dans la continuité. Manque peut-être un peu de complexité mais ça reste du solide sans fausse note pour le tarif. Belle sélection.
Review by Vidaa Wz
Très bel agricole au nez du toasté, la torréfaction le fut des épices, de la cannelle, à côté pêche blanche, très appréciable, une infusion de baies j’aime vraiment ce nez Embauche retrouve une une attaque, vive une belle intégration de l’alcool, en canne à sucre, très belle sélection par la confrérie
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Details about La Confrérie du Rhum HSE XO (Cuvée No. 22) 2016
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, bottled by La Confrérie du Rhum, at 48,2%.
Community purchases
73 bottles logged by 62 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
21% opened, 7 emptied and repurchased.
What does La Confrérie du Rhum HSE XO (Cuvée No. 22) 2016 cost?
Community paid 74–90 €.
Current best price: 89.25 € – within the typical community range.
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