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New Grove Savoir Faire 2008
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Drinkers who chase dry, elegant column rums will feel at home here. This Mauritian single cask leans on wood, cinnamon and a cool menthol streak, with cherry, tropical fruit and dried fruit weaving through. It reads spicy and fairly dry rather than sweet, with the 49.8% tucked in nicely. A few tasters compare its polish to Foursquare or Travellers.
The community says- Balanced and complex
- Menthol and spice
- Keep in mind: Fairly dry
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How does New Grove Savoir Faire 2008 taste?
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Dry, woody Mauritian with menthol and spice Members really enjoy this — a balanced, wood-and-spice Mauritian with menthol, tea and tropical fruit. Well-integrated alcohol, dry finish. The one caveat: sweet-rum fans will find it too dry.
Aroma profilePeople who like dry, elegant, spice-led sipping rums
Anyone after a sweet, round, easy-drinking rum
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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What does the community say?
28 community reviews
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4905 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Balanced, light wood, faint roasted, dried fruit, spices, faint earthy, light cinnamon, faint caramel. Palate Round, oily, balanced, light wood, light roasted, dried fruit, light caramel, faint nutts, spices, light tea, berries, faint mint. Finish Medium to long, balanced, light wood, fruits, light berries, light caramel, spice, faint mint, light herbal. This is a really nice bottling and I liked it a lot. Really well balanced profile and I think most can drink it.
Review by Eric Frechin
New grove is a brand I like more and more. This cuvée is more than pleasant. I find some similarities here with certain fruity cherry tdl's, mentholated freshness, caramel... It's greedy, with an accessible complexity.
Review by Vincent D
Wood dominates this rum, on every level. Mentholated and spicy notes accompany it. Dried fruit and cinnamon too. The alcohol is at a parsit level for me and is nicely integrated. A fruity trait that I can't quite identify. Very pleasant
Review by Louis Zimmermann
A New Grove that clearly plays the gourmet card. Accessible, generous, it seduces right from the nose with its woody notes. Highly concentrated aromas on the palate, without any aggressiveness, with a light menthol that quickly fades away. Never disappointed with this type of product.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A very nice rum from Mauritius with lovely qualities to showcase. The nose is fresh and slightly mentholated, going towards fruits (red, peach and dried fruits) and supported by a spicy sweetness of vanilla and cinnamon. The whole is balanced, soft and accessible but complex enough to be appreciated by connoisseurs. The symphony continues on the palate with a very good balance of flavors. Tea and menthol meet tropical fruits, cherry and wild berries while wood and spices, including cinnamon, try to assert themselves at the front of the palate with a hint of caramel as a bonus. The rum is generous, oily on the palate and pleasant to drink. The alcohol is very well integrated. We have a beautiful and long finish, quite dry and slightly warmed by caramel and spices. The herbal and fruity side is calmer but opens the debate to a calm and balanced end of mouth. A very good all-round rum, as accessible in terms of taste as cost.
Review by TheJona'Spirits
Tasted at Rhum Fest Paris 2025: 👃 Woody and spicy at first, then menthol, dried fruits, red fruits (cherry?), a hint of overripe yellow peach, cinnamon and vanilla. Less fruity than #550 and more woody. 😋 You find this combination of spices and wood, slight bitterness, cinnamon, a bit of vanilla pod fallen on the ground. I also have a note of caramel. Then the fruits appear, mainly tropical. I also have a cherry note like on the nose. Mint and green tea. Alcohol imperceptible. ⛳ Freshness, menthol, tea, wood, a bit of fruits between the tropics and orchard. Nice balance between woodiness, freshness and fruits.
Review by alex
Pwouhaaaaa quelle très belle surprise 🤩🤩 ce jus est délicieux, plein d’arômes, de punch, belle longueur, des épices, un alcool superbement intégré, une belle complexité !!! Franchement un régal 😍😍 je kiff complètement
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
A nose of spices, cherry, slightly earthy. A superb palate of spices, menthol and tea. A very fine rum.
Review by TheJackDrop
Whisky Live Paris 2025 tasting: In the vein of the legendary cask #330? Not exactly, but tea, menthol, spices are well present, and you come back to it with pleasure. Always that indulgence typical of Grays, a real candy, with character.
Review by Double Barrel
WL 2024 More roasted than usual on the nose (tending towards Foursquare/Travellers), the fruity New Grove makes its way onto the palate for yet another fine success. Decidedly a small distillery on the rise, on the rise, on the rise...
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
Tonight, back to the New Grove Savoir-Faire 2008 - Single Cask R313 - 49,8% recently tasted with pal Selvamino. The New Grove distillery in Mauritius is winning over a growing number of enthusiasts in Belgium and elsewhere. Its distinctive style - lively, taut, oscillating between tropical fruits, flowers and spices, but above all relatively dry - wasn't always the most accessible when it arrived on our market. Unflattering to lovers of sweet or very round rums, it is now attracting the attention of connoisseurs in search of authenticity. This single cask, distilled in 2008 from molasses, was made on column at Grays Distillery. It was aged for 15 years in a tropical climate, in Limousin oak casks, before being bottled at 49.8% brut de fût. 👃 Nose: Very balanced, floral and intensely exotic, it immediately evokes the islands. Pretty, ripe tropical fruits come to the fore: mango, quince, raspberry, all wrapped up in a honeyed, gourmand sweetness. The whole is both expressive and refined. 👄 Palate: A superb continuation of the nose, with an attack on pure cane sugar, followed by candied exotic fruits: mango, apricot, peach in the form of tart candies. The whole is harmonious, well-balanced, without overflowing. On the second palate, there's more spicy dryness, with a slight bitterness on the finish, giving the rum character without ever detracting from the pleasure. Power is perfectly controlled. 🔚 Finish: Fairly long, gradually drying out, without aggressiveness. There's a woody bitterness, a marked spicy structure, and a rawer, almost vegetal trace of cane sugar. ✅ Conclusion: A rum with character, complex yet accessible, a perfect illustration of New Grove's savoir-faire. An expressive, precise, superbly balanced single cask - to be shared among enthusiasts of dry, elegant profiles.
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12 bottles logged by 12 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
33% opened, 2 emptied.
What does New Grove Savoir Faire 2008 cost?
Community paid 90–108 €.
Current best price: 108.09 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 105 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about New Grove Savoir Faire 2008
A rum from Mauritius, distilled by Grays, at 49,8%.
About the Grays distillery
The Grays distillery is located in Mauritius. Rums from Grays have been reviewed 2,885 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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