A.H. Riise XO Reserve Rum Port Cask

Review by Marcel Pavelka

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Marcel Pavelka

Feb 20237 reviews

9.0/10

Lehky.zdanlive sladky se sladkym dozvukem

Review by Tim

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Tim

Feb 2025537 reviewsGermany

2.2/10

Port Cask Finish, that sounds promising to me. The nose is not the typical candy bomb, but an extremely smoky palette of aromas. Huh? As if a whisky finish had taken place here, not a trace of port. This continues throughout and I am left confused and disgusted. If you want to suck a sugared piece of coal, here you go.

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Dec 20255,622 reviewsDenmark

6.5/10

22.12.2025 Day 22 of my Christmas Calendar and also a sweet and fruity rum. The nose is rather light with a hint of mint and cinnamon. ------- Another release where I think the cask finish damaged the final result. Sweet and fruity with smoky wood.

Review by heckto🥃

heckto🥃

Jan 2025113 reviewsGermany

7.0/10

Etwas weniger süß als seine Brüder aber immernoch recht süß. Rauchig-holzig in der Nase, fruchtig am Gaumen mit leichter Sherrynote. Der etwas sprittige Abgang stört mich ein wenig aber er ist gut trinkbar.

Review by LukaŽiga

LukaŽiga

Jul 2024801 reviewsGermany

7.4/10

7,5:The rum nose is very sweet and fruity. Unlike the brand's other rums, the first moments are not marked by a few heavy exotic fruit notes. Here, we're immediately plunged into something syrupy, liquorish, like a fruit syrup. Cinnamon is clearly present, providing a pastry-like quality. The alcohol expresses itself and escapes from this thick liquid. Vanilla rounds out the finish, with melted candy sugar and candied citrus peel. Alcohol mingles with pepper and tickles the nose.Aeration confirms and reinforces the sweet, gently spicy profile. You'd expect a sweet rum, now refreshed by finer spices like cardamom, and a sweet, icy mint edge. With time, the rum settles on candied fruit and spices= Christmas cake character. 7,5:The palate reveals the hint of heaviness (very ripe, even cooked banana) that was not present in the first notes. The rum is gripping, acidic, high in alcohol but very sweet and full-bodied. The candied fruits and spices are full-bodied and consistent, catching the taste buds thanks to a coffee powder. 7,2:The finish is permeated with coffee, still with a candy-like impression that in the end is more reminiscent of cola.

Review by Gregor

Gregor

Jul 2024512 reviewsCzech

7.0/10

On the nose. Sweetish with a very slight smokiness and lots of cookie. The smoke is reminiscent of lager and less of peated whisky. Then on the palate the smoke is very strong and completely surprising. I would not have expected that with this rum. Very sweet, as usual for the company. However, there is something about the smoke. I was pleasantly surprised by this rum. For me, it's the best I've had from this company so far. Above all, the price is quite fair compared to its peers.

Review by Filip Šikula

Filip Šikula

Mar 2024588 reviewsCzech

7.1/10

Slaďoučký náběh pana lékarníka. Karamel, vanilka, liskovy orisek v nose. V chuti je to hodně hodně sladké, ale to se tady dá čekat. Je to kulaté a už v puse to lepí. Myslím, že ženy toto musí milovat.

Review by DomLRum

DomLRum

Jun 20252 reviewsCzech

7.7/10

Rum je sladší, ale né příliš. Po polknutí působí suše, ale chuť se příjemně zakulatí. Vůně velmi příjemná a jemná. Obecně jsem zastánce spíše sladších rumů s jemnou chutí a zajímavým finishem, kterým zrání po portu je. Za cenu okolo 1150,-Kč je rum v této cenové kategorii nadprůměrný, určitě stojí za zkušenost.