Savanna Rhum Vieux Traditionnel
A solid stepping stone into Savanna’s molasses rums: light, smooth and easy, with vanilla, tropical fruits, gentle wood and a slightly floral/vegetal edge. Best as an approachable everyday sipper or casual tasting bottle.
- Smooth and easy
- Vanilla and fruit
- Good value
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How does Savanna Rhum Vieux Traditionnel taste?
Aggregated from 73 community reviews.
Smooth, simple intro to Savanna A solid stepping stone into Savanna’s molasses rums: light, smooth and easy, with vanilla, tropical fruits, gentle wood and a slightly floral/vegetal edge. Best as an approachable everyday sipper or casual tasting bottle.
Those building their palate who want a smooth, mildly fruity vanilla-led sipper and an accessible first look at Savanna’s traditional molasses style.
Enthusiasts seeking high-ester funk, big agricole character or deep complexity; anyone who dislikes a bit of alcohol bite or vegetal notes.
How is Savanna Rhum Vieux Traditionnel rated?
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Rum reviews
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Review by Vincent D
First traditional rum of Reunion Island that I taste. In the nose, I don't find very particular markers. Some fruit, wood, vanilla. Some cane too. In the mouth, the juice is thick, almost fat. It is at first woody and sweet. Ripe yellow fruit, vanilla, pepper too. It is very pleasant in the mouth, a little less in the throat where it stings a little (I am sick when I do this tasting).Nice discovery. Not very complex but pleasant to drink.
Review by TheJackDrop
Tellement sous côté sur RumX, les gars 6, faut pas deconner. On a un vrai rhum traditionnel de la réunion, un bon boisé un peu de vanille et de fruits, un complément de solvant/cire qui rajoute une petite typicite. Très sympa.
Review by rum_sk
Wow so far the best Rhum I had. Sweet, creamy, vanilla, nougat. No hints of floral earthy vegetal elements. Awesome one.
Review by Alexandre Van Ham
Rhum sans prétention mais très sympa, bien pour s'initier aux Savanna. Excellent rapport qualité prix
Review by Emil G.S. Munk
Nice green and fresh flavors but somewhat unbalanced. Surprisingly long lingering finish. Slight solvents flavors. A distinct personality that differentiates from other rums is a plus.
Review by Tom Buteneers
Delicate, subtle and elegant: no bombastic explosions of scents and flavors, but rather fleeting fruity and vegetal impressions. Nevertheless delicious to drink and discover.
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Mah...some rums just don't impress me anymore. They are pleasantly drinkable, but nothing more. From Savanna I would have expected more, but it is also true that they are rums with low pretensions.
Review by LukaŽiga
7,8:The nose opens with a very nice banana, with notes of molasses, strongly toasted wood and coffee. It starts to melt into a dark honey with accents of tar and dried flowers, then into thick, sticky drops of fruit juices. Vanilla, almond and toffee arrive with the opening, while the rum continues to launch some geranium flights. On opening, the coffee and molasses are lemony and thus sharper. The woodiness takes on an air of toasted bread and nutty, nutty fruit. The pepper is fresh and minty. 7,1:The palate is balanced and rather concentrated. Exotic fruits make a quick passage, banana pervades, they immediately give way to roasted nuts, roasted cocoa and a tasty coffee. A small benevolent solvent cleanses a slightly tarry metal. 7:The finish is very roasted, even burnt and mineral. The oxidised nuts are coated with molasses.It is a bit dry. On the nose, this rum promises a lot..
Review by Godspeed
Savanna is an interesting distillery from La Reunion making rums both from molasses and from cane juice. This is one of their rum traditionnels meaning molasses based and they clearly know what they are doing in this art. The nose is quite subtle apart from a hint of vanilla and a complete absence of alcohol smell. In the mouth it is incredibly smooth to sip and the vanilla carries through to greater expression. Slight and subtle tropical fruits can be gleaned but the most impressive thing is just how well all the flavors turn in on themselves to join an incredibly integrated whole. Practically no alcohol burn whatsoever and with an aftertaste length that is about par for the course. But the takeaway here is that this is a highly agreeable sipper with very well integrated flavor.
Review by Worst
Easy rum, with a very common profile. Is surely something nice to drink and approach the distillery. If you are used to something more complex you can skip it. The nose is the best part, intriguing at least. I find it a little bit short after tasting it. But as said it does the job .
Review by Thomas Renoud
Even though it comes at 43, it still carries a lot of flavours, Savanna really knows their topic. And if you take the price into account, that's a banger !!!
Review by Niko
Des beaux arômes agréables qui méritent une peux plus d'équilibre et peut-être de vieillissement...
Review by Jerome Lacroix
Sans prétention,fait le travail rhum sans gros caractère, mais un chemin vers les gros agricoles du soleil très appréciable
Review by Stefan Persson
Overall an interesting rum that makes me want to test more from the brand, both traditional and Agricole. The nose is mostly fruity, but also rather alcoholic. At the palate it’s spicy, fruity and bitter with flavors of anise.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
09.08.2019 Tasting with the usual suspects and our own bottles. Notes Medium dark in colour. Nose Wood, roasted, fruits, light nutts, floral, faint tar. Palate Light, wood, roasted, faint coffee, fruits, citrus, light nutts, faint mint, faint medicinal. Finish Medium long, wood, roasted, citrus, nutts, light chocolate, faint coffee.
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Community purchases
130 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 19 members.
About the Savanna distillery
The Savanna distillery is located in Reunion. Rums from Savanna have been reviewed 7,562 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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