Chairman‘s Reserve Vintage 2005
Loved by Roman Staroń, crazyforgoodbooze & 36 more
A solid stepping stone for those building their palate: 14-year-old Chairman’s Reserve 2005 at 46% is unsweetened yet warmly rounded, mixing vanilla, chocolate, dried fruits and oak. Widely praised as an everyday Foursquare‑adjacent sipper with great value.
- Balanced profile
- Great value
- Everyday sipper
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How does Chairman‘s Reserve Vintage 2005 taste?
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Balanced Foursquare‑style daily sipper A solid stepping stone for those building their palate: 14-year-old Chairman’s Reserve 2005 at 46% is unsweetened yet warmly rounded, mixing vanilla, chocolate, dried fruits and oak. Widely praised as an everyday Foursquare‑adjacent sipper with great value.
Fans of balanced, Foursquare-style rums who want an unsweetened, fruity-chocolate daily sipper with moderate strength and plenty of character for the price.
Those chasing extreme funk, cask-strength power or very complex, contemplative rums; drinkers highly sensitive to any alcohol prickle or woody notes.
How is Chairman‘s Reserve Vintage 2005 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.0 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 94% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Roman Staroń
Great. Slightly spicy but well distributed, balanced.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
very cool st Lucia and incredibly balanced! i like it very much! especially this fresh pineapple-mint note, caramelized coconut chips, slight acidity & hints of red berries and subtle nougat, toffee and allspice and various citrus fruits💣 super tasty, for me my absolute drinking strength reference at st Lucia!🙏🇱🇨 Blindly, you would rather think of Barbados here.
Review by Basti
An der Nase sehr gefällige Noten von Schokolade, Rosinen, Karamell, getr. Früchten, Vanille. Insgesamt sehr einladend. Trotz der Reduzierung doch relativ vielschichtig. Erinnert stark an Rum aus Guyana oder Barbados.
Review by Cino
Complex and at the same time very pleasant and balanced. Fresh fruit, caramel and chocolate over all; not missing a little roasted note. Reminiscent of some Foursquare. Excellent value for money.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5153 15.03.2025 Running a few samples at home. Nose Intense, wood, light roasted, light varnish, dried fruit, light orange, faint leather, spice. Palate Medium intense, wood, spice, medium dry, orange, light caramel, tannins, dried fruit, faint chocolate, light cherry. Finish Long, wood, light tannins, dried fruit, light caramel, light orange, medium dry, spice. Empty glass Leather, light caramel, clove, light tobacco, dried fruit. Needs to rest for a good while to really settle properly. Add a few drops of water to release even more flavours.
Review by DosenZorn
Very tasty, only the alcohol could be hidden a little better despite only 46%. Bitter chocolate in the flavor profile is very tasty and mixed with light fruit notes. Despite the mentioned 46% taste quite intense, which I find very great. Is definitely worth its price of 65€ (as of 2.2.22), but would wish it were uncolored.
Review by Rodolphe
What a pleasant surprise this 2005 chairman is. Very good rum, greedy and pastry. It is closer to a foursquare 2007 than to other chairmans, much more metallic and fruity. When you think about its price, it is just an excellent pleasure product!
Review by Jeremy Roger 🇫🇷
Nose very soft/round. fruity and sweet it looks very greedy all that! Mouth indeed very greedy! It's light but very good. From vanilla prune to woody cocoa. A sweetness of the evening ! A real candy.
Review by Anonymous
Just love this. Always have a bottle open. Massive bang for the buck. Full bodied textural, not too woody
Review by Tim
An ingenious everyday rum, with lots of fruit (esters) and chocolate. A little caramel, toast and spices round off the whole thing. There are some similarities with Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana. Very tasty, exactly to my taste! It could be a bit better in the mouth, but the nose is brilliant! I'm not sure if you can still get this rum, but the price was very good at the time.
Review by HenryL
Sehr leckerer Rum zum gemütlichen beisammensitzen. Nicht langweilig aber auch nicht zu kompliziert. Schön ausgewogen, könnte für mich aber noch etwas mehr Komplexität haben. Dennoch fair bepreist und gern getrunken, hält aber nicht mit so manch anderem Release wie dem Rum & Co. aus 2004 oder der sagenhaften Rum Tasting Notes Abfüllung mit.
Review by Richard Krupa
Better than the Forgotten, more volts support the fruity flavour, which goes into the wood. The aroma is identical to Forgotten
Review by Oliver
Very nice fruity and balanced
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111 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.
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About the Saint Lucia Distillers distillery
The Saint Lucia Distillers distillery is located in Saint Lucia. Rums from Saint Lucia Distillers have been reviewed 4,605 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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