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Monte Negro Grogue Barbosa Amado & Vicente
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One taster put it best: "super weird." This unaged Cap Verde grogue smells fruity and floral, then turns hard vegetal on the palate — sake, cucumber, olive, a meaty smokiness and a bitter, fermented edge. Several place it near Paranubes or clairin. People either find it fascinating or slightly off-putting; the alcohol reads a touch rough for a few.
The community says- Wild and characterful
- Fresh vegetal notes
- But: Bitter, fermented finish
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How does Monte Negro Grogue Barbosa Amado & Vicente taste?
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Wild, vegetal grogue: sake, cucumber, smoke Divisive wild cane spirit — floral, fermented nose, then vegetal, smoky and bitter. Fans compare it to clairin and Paranubes; others find it unbalanced and too far from rum.
Fans of clairin, Paranubes and wild funky cane spirits
Anyone wanting a smooth, sweet or classic rum
Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neat
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35 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by m8375e
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some low scores so far but I find this very tasty but also don't feel I need a bottle. somewhere between paranubes and agricole.
Review by Émile Shevek
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On the nose canned corn, garlic, sake, fermented, floral, vegetable, pepper, sour fruits.On the palate light with fermented, sake, roasted garlic, vegetable, pepper, cucumber, savory and pumpkin. Peculiar, but not for me, too much garlic.
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
A pleasant rum, perhaps good for a Ti' Punch, but nothing extraordinary. Medium persistence and in my opinion too much hint of sake and a very distant smokiness. Unsuitable for tasting at a certain level, it remains a lighthearted rum. Still, it is always good to experiment with new distillates. Rum from sugarcane juice with 10% from molasses.
Review by Jean Louisss
Everything is already said in the other comments about this rather strange rum.
Review by Florent Apl
I was curious about that one, following the announcement of a couple of rums from Cabo Verde by Habitation Velier. On the nose it has aromas of sugarcane, olive and I can feel a slight acidity. On the palate, there is an interesting meaty smokiness coming through (but not like on Le Rocher). Finale is slightly bitter and herbal. It's a decent rum, price might be a bit high depending where you find it. I really feel like it's current grade of 7 doesn't do it justice.
Review by Tom Buteneers
Not bad, reminds me a bit of stuff like Paranubes. Very fresh with olives and vegetal notes. Friend says the finish reminds him of oysters (don’t like oysters so I can’t really tell) Was told that it’s distilled with a wood fire, which makes for an interesting story. Seems more powerful, but it says 45%.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
A charming nose of fermented cane, very floral. It's a far cry from what I'm used to from agricultural rums. It's earthy, like after mowing wet grass. It's fresh and fruity, with red fruits (cherry) and a hint of olive. There's a Clairin style, rather sweet and smoky-salty. It's not incredible on the nose, tending towards sake, but it's quite nice and you want to taste it. On the palate, the attack is soft, even restrained. It's less fruity and more herbaceous. There's that olive note again, a bit like Savanna.
Review by Renato
A nose of fruit liqueur, a more vegetal and bitter palate, and an identical and rather discreet finish.
Review by Buddudharma
Interesting nose, but then the grog falls noticeably in taste. Alcohol is relatively poorly integrated, the overall flavor profile is too unround and closed.
Review by Arnaud Faverjon
Wonderful discovery of the toddy, a nice slap with this one
Review by Han
Not mine at all - still smells nice fruity-grassy, but taste and finish pretty nasty, fermented and almost tipped.
Review by Christoph
Sake, but different from Nine Leaves (very "contaminated"). Fermented fruit. Melon, cucumber, some overripe cheese on the finish.
Review by Frank
3 Grogues in comparison: Barbosa, M&G, Vulcao... all naturally very similar... Nose: vegetal, fermented fruit, vinegar. Seems a bit drier and earthier than the others. Sake and Mezcal, a bit more towards Sake. Beetroot juice with some cucumber and sauerkraut alongside but also fruity sweetness from grapes or cherries. Some bacon notes come through. Palate: resinous, slightly watery, anise. And clearly vegetal. Touch of Sake and Mezcal. Somewhat artificial and slightly smoky. Grogue remains something quite special, comparable to Clairin. You have to like it. But I like challenges.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
super weird! on the nose very fruity, berry, fresh.... in the taste then cucumber, pumpkin, bitter melon and date oat cookies?! in addition strangely smoky and again discreetly reminiscent of mezcal and sake. in the finish dominates for me the cucumber and bitter melon, but is also somewhat creamy in the direction of cookie dough. pure cuts it off quite well in the daiquiri again dominates the bitterness and is just not a round thing. too bad.
Review by Michael Janek
5.3.2026 Casa Havana Prague smells at first like a dead squirrel or when it's pissed off in the corner, then like overripe juicy fruit, it's very wild, very intense and long tastes like fruity brandy, juicy, full of fruit
Review by Rummiamo
Intense, herbaceous, salty, but not balanced; for me, other grogues are better, in some aspects it doesn't even seem like a sugarcane distillate.
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3 critics scored it, averaging 8.3/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by RumRock
Read full review ›I had no idea what to think of this rum at first. A completely unknown brand, Cape Verde is a totally unexplored country for me (when it comes to rum origin), so I was wondering if it would be worth it. The bottle looks pretty cool, that classic style with bold colors.
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Community shelf
44 bottles logged by 40 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
31% opened, 3 emptied.
What does Monte Negro Grogue Barbosa Amado & Vicente cost?
Community paid 25–50 €.
Current best price: 50.62 € – above the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 48 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
44 purchased · 36 tasted · 6 wishlist · as of
Details about Monte Negro Grogue Barbosa Amado & Vicente
A Grogue from Cap Verde, distilled by Monte Negro, at 45%.
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