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Monte Negro Grogue Barbosa Amado & Vicente
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?
Aggregated from 35 community reviews.
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
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.0 sits in the “Good” band. 45% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 8% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
69% rate it between 6 and 8. 15 selected write-ups from 35 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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 Frank
3 Grogue im Vergleich: Barbosa, M&G, Vulcao… alle natürlich sehr ähnlich… Nase: pflanzlich, vergorene Frucht, vinegar. Wirkt ein klein wenig trockener und erdiger als die anderen. Sake und Mezcal, etwas mehr Richtung Sake. Rote Bete-Saft mit etwas Gurke und Sauerkraut daneben aber auch fruchtige Süße von Trauben oder Kirschen. Etwas speckiges kommt durch. Gaumen: harzig, leicht wässrig, Anis. Und deutlich pflanzlich. Einschlag von Sake und Mezcal. Etwas künstlich und leicht rauchig. Grogue bleibt etwas ganz spezielles, mit Clairin vergleichbar. Muss man mögen. Aber ich mag Herausforderungen
Review by Émile Shevek
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 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 m8375e
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 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 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 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 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 Christoph
Sake, but different from Nine Leaves (very "contaminated"). Fermented fruit. Melon, cucumber, some overripe cheese on the finish.
Review by Rummiamo
Intenso, erbaceo, salato, ma non equilibrato, per quanto mi riguarda meglio altri grogue, per alcuni aspetti non sembra neanche un distillato di canna da zucchero
Review by Renato
A nose of fruit liqueur, a more vegetal and bitter palate, and an identical and rather discreet finish.
Review by Jean Louisss
Everything is already said in the other comments about this rather strange rum.
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.
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Avg. community purchase price 46 €
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Details about Monte Negro Grogue Barbosa Amado & Vicente
A Grogue from Cap Verde, distilled by Monte Negro, at 45%.
Community purchases
43 bottles logged by 39 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
32% opened, 3 emptied and repurchased.
What does Monte Negro Grogue Barbosa Amado & Vicente cost?
Community paid 25–49 €.
Current best price: 50.62 € – above the typical community range.
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