Chairman's Reserve Master's Selection (Cask & Bottle) 2011
One taster called it "a bit totgefinished" — over-finished, lacking direction — and that thread runs through a lot of the notes. It's classic St. Lucia DNA: roasted oak, cream toffee, red berries and tropical fruit against baking spice, leather and a menthol-tea coolness. Good, complex, cask-strength rum that a few felt lost some focus after brandy, red wine and bourbon casks.
The community says- Classic St. Lucia character
- Fruit-and-spice complexity
- But: Over-finished for some
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How does Chairman's Reserve Master's Selection (Cask & Bottle) 2011 taste?
Aggregated from 18 community reviews.
Complex St. Lucia sipper, over-finished for some Everyone agrees it's a good St. Lucia rum, but in side-by-side tastings most placed it below other Chairman's releases — several felt the multi-cask finish left it a touch muddled.
Fans of St. Lucia's roasted, fruity-spiced style who sip cask strength neat
Anyone wanting a focused, single-cask rum without finishing layers
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How is Chairman's Reserve Master's Selection (Cask & Bottle) 2011 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.4 sits 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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What does the community say?
6% rate it between 6 and 8. 6 selected write-ups from 18 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by zabo
Edit: gegen die anderen Chairman’s hat er leider nicht ganz mithalten können, denoch für mich ein angenehmer Sipper für zwischendurch, da er nicht so anstrengend wie manch andere Chairman’s ist. Erster Eindruck: gefällt mir persönlich ganz gut. Ausführlich kommt, wenn alles Samples aus Split verschickt sind. Die 8 wird er mehr als locker leicht knacken.
Review by Buddudharma
Für mich ein wenig totgefinished, dem Rum fehlt etwas Orientierung. Nicht schlecht, aber da gibt es viele bessere Abfüllungen.
Review by Johannes
Vielleicht nicht einer der Top-Lucia, aber typische Lucia-DNA. insgesamt richtig hohes Niveau. Gefällt mir sehr gut!
Review by DomM
Good quality as always from Chairman’s out of St. Lucia. However, this bottling was the weakest of the evening. It just feels a bit „damp“ compared to other Master‘s Selection bottlings. Presumably there have just been to many different stills and casks involved over all. Still a very good rum but not in the very top bracket of what SLD can do.
Review by Jarek
Frankonian Tasting Gang - 21.03.2025 - Nürnberg: Fünf Chairman‘s Reserve in kleinem Cross Tssting. Der Horizon hat eine sehr dominante, mega-fruchtige Nase. Gleich nach dem Einschenken ist er da, während die anderen noch etwas Zeit benötigen um sich zu entfalten. Nach einer Weile holen RdL und RA auf. Ähnliches Bild am Gaumen, die drei wären meine Favoriten, während der LMDW mir zu holzig ist und der Cask&Bottle zu viel Finish aufweist.
Review by Serge
Als Chairman natürlich auf hohem Niceau holt mich jetzt aber im Direktvergleich etwas weniger ab. Nicht mein Favourite und weniger reichhaltig in der Geschmackspalette als die parallel verkosteten Abfüllungen
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Avg. community purchase price 119 €
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Details about Chairman's Reserve Master's Selection (Cask & Bottle) 2011
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Saint Lucia, distilled by Saint Lucia Distillers, at 56,3%.
Community purchases
3 bottles logged by 2 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
66% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
3 purchased · 18 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
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