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Grays New Grove Savoir Faire 2008
Loved by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰, Eric Frechin & 25 more
For curious explorers, this 15‑year New Grove Savoir Faire balances dry elegance with generous flavor. RumX drinkers note tropical fruits, menthol, tea and spices over Limousin oak, with superbly integrated 49.8% ABV and a long, dry finish—great value for an authentic, unsweetened sipper.
Aggregated from 27 community reviews.
- Dry, unsweetened profile
- Balanced fruit and oak
- Alcohol well integrated
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Stern Magazine Details about Grays New Grove Savoir Faire 2008
A rum from Mauritius, distilled by Grays, at 49,8%.
How does Grays New Grove Savoir Faire 2008 taste?
Aggregated from 27 community reviews.
Dry, fruity, mentholated New Grove benchmark For curious explorers, this 15‑year New Grove Savoir Faire balances dry elegance with generous flavor. RumX drinkers note tropical fruits, menthol, tea and spices over Limousin oak, with superbly integrated 49.8% ABV and a long, dry finish—great value for an authentic, unsweetened sipper.
Fans of dry, characterful rums who enjoy tropical fruit, menthol/tea notes and clean oak at a comfortable near‑cask strength without added sugar.
Those who prefer sweet, rounded dessert rums or are very sensitive to drier, woody finishes.
How is Grays New Grove Savoir Faire 2008 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.5 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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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 TheJona'Spirits
Dégusté au Rhum Fest Paris 2025 : 👃 Boisé et épices en premier, puis menthol, fruits secs, fruits rouges (cerise?), un soupçon de pêche jaune trop mûre, cannelle et vanille. Moins fruité que le #550 et plus boisé. 😋 On retrouve cette combinaison d'épices et de bois, légère amertume, cannelle, un peu de gousse de vanille tombée à terre. J'ai aussi une note de caramel. Puis, les fruits apparaissent, tropicaux principalement. J'ai aussi un note de cerise comme au nez. Menthe et thé vert. Alcool imperceptible. ⛳ Fraîcheur, menthol, thé, boisé, un peu de fruits entre les tropiques et ceux du verger. Bel équilibre entre le boisé, la fraîcheur et les fruits.
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
Dégustation Whisky Live Paris 2025 : Dans la veine du légendaire fût #330 ? Pas exactement, mais thé, menthol, épices sont bien présents, et on y revient avec plaisir. Toujours cette gourmandise propre à Grays, un vrai bonbon, avec du caractère.
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.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un très joli rhum de l’île Maurice qui a de jolis atouts à faire valoir. On a un nez frais et légèrement mentholé qui part sur les fruits (rouges, pêche et fruits secs) et qui est soutenu pour une douceur épicée sur la vanille et la cannelle. L’ensemble est équilibré, doux et accessible mais assez complexe pour être apprécié des initiés. La symphonie continue en bouche avec un très bon équilibre des saveurs. Le thé et le menthol croisent les fruits tropicaux, la cerise et les baies sauvages tandis que le bois et les épices, dont la cannelle, tentent de s’imposer sur le devant de la bouche avec une soupçon de caramel en prime. Le rhum est généreux, huileux en bouche et plaisant à boire. L’alcool est très bien intégré. On a une belle et longue finale, bien sèche et légèrement chauffée par le caramel et les épices. Le penchant herbacé et fruité est plus calme mais ouvre les débats à une fin de bouche posée et équilibrée. Un très bon rhum passe-partout, autant accessible en termes de goût que de coût.
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Community purchases
12 bottles logged by 12 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
What does Grays New Grove Savoir Faire 2008 cost?
Community paid €90–€108.
Current best price: €108.09 – within the typical community range.
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About the Grays distillery
The Grays distillery is located in Mauritius. Rums from Grays have been reviewed 2,691 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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