La Maison Du Whisky Rum Saint Lucia (Flag Series) 2004

Review by cigares

Most helpful positive review

cigares

Oct 2025933 reviewsSwitzerland

8.6/10

A rum tasted at Whisky Live Paris in 2025. A full, warm, pastry nose, but with finesse. Herbaceous and pruney too. The first palate is alcoholic and medicinal, but immediately the aromas rise and take their place, pineapple, yellow fruit and cedar wood. The finish is moderately long, then narrows, but the cedar wood remains for a long time. A very fine choice of cask, as is often the case with this series.

Review by zabo

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zabo

Jan 20261,530 reviewsGermany

7.9/10

So, I finally tried the three new bottlings from the Flag Series. Unfortunately, this rum from Saint Lucia didn't really convince me. For the price, you get more for your money with Chairman's.

Review by LukaŽiga

LukaŽiga

Nov 2025799 reviewsSlovenia

8.6/10

8,6:On the nose, vegetal notes, glue, roasted wood and allspice, tropical fruits with banana and passion fruit, citrus, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the molasses is fresh with tea, flowery and herbaceous, sweet with honey, some green fruits arise, rubber and menthol, as the wood brings confectionery, is slightly resinous, smoky, perhaps we notice juniper. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is strong with menthol and allspice, much later vanilla, roasted wood notes like crunchy bread, roasted nuts, butterscotch, pastry, slightly smoky, later resinous, fruity with citrus and tropical fruits like banana, later green fruits, some coconut, perhaps yellow fruits. The molasses is grassy and minty, later dark with licorice.On oxidation, some rubber is obvious. 8,6:The finish is long, balanced, dry, as roasted wood notes(oaky), smoky, like crunchy bread, cookie dough, butterscotch, buttery and nutty, intermingle with tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, citrus and grassy, flowery molasses, fresh with tea..

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Sep 20255,618 reviewsDenmark

8.0/10

#5721 27.09.2025 Day one of the Whisky Live 2025, which this year looks better organized/arranged inside. This one is a better release and you can actually get the heavier notes in the profile. Wood is present witout being dominant alongside the medicinal, glue and dried fruit notes. In the back there are some light pastry notes and tobacco.

Review by Skyfly

Skyfly

Nov 2025556 reviewsGermany

8.6/10

Even the nose surprises me positively with its complexity. Dried fruit (especially plum) as well as tropical fruit, mint, wood and some sticky aromas accompany you from start to finish, with the intensity decreasing from nose to palate to finish. Alcohol perfectly integrated!

Review by mto75

mto75

Nov 2025693 reviewsGermany

8.1/10

There have already been some good bottlings from the flag series, so I'm also looking forward to this St. Lucia. A Chairman (Vendome) in terms of profile, but predominantly continental matured (19ko/2tr)... fermented sour fruits, chemical, butter cake, cask come across the nose. On the palate the charred notes dominate, the whole thing is a bit one-sided. Overall, I had the Rum&Co 2004 Chairman, for example, further ahead.

Review by DutchRumPirate

DutchRumPirate

Dec 2025114 reviewsNetherlands

8.3/10

The nose is very complex and wonderfully full of flowers, tropical fruit, glue, butter, and a touch of toasted wood. Banana and sweet pineapple also emerge, with a touch of citrus for sharpness. This is simply a delight on the nose. On the palate, it starts strong with menthol and vanilla, transitioning to tropical fruit, banana, and citrus. The finish is certainly long. Tea, slightly dry, and a touch of smoky wood. In short, a wonderfully complex, fresh, and fruity rum with a long, refreshing finish.

Review by Jussi Piirainen

Jussi Piirainen

Feb 2026166 reviewsFinland

8.1/10

On the nose this rum was very different than all the other St.Lucian rums i have tasted to far, so had to do some research about it. Vendôme pot still that has been aged for two years in a tropical climate followed by nineteen years in a continental one. On the nose: Woody, medicinal, roasted and earthy notes dominate profile. Light minty notes and glue notes in the background. Taste: Woody, minty, medicinal and roasted notes with menthol notes in the background. Then you get some alcoholic notes. Medicinal/menthol notes evolve towards more tar and rubber kind of notes. Light glue notes in the background in here and there. Finish: Woody, minty, medicinal and roasted at first. Then is gets dry, light smoky notes and little bit of citrus peel notes. Medium finish. One rum purist might ask is this St Lucian rum anymore due to its long continental aging. Back to the rum, interesting, different flavour profile, but the integration of alcohol could have been better and that drops the score for me.