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167D99CD-FD9D-4D97-9E23-D563D66713B2Martinique Distillerie du Simon
HSE Château La Tour Blanche Finish 2005 50cl bottle
Rum Agricole · 11 years 8mo · 41%

HSE Château La Tour Blanche Finish 2005

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How does HSE Château La Tour Blanche Finish 2005 taste?

Aggregated from 12 community reviews.

Style & occasion: Mature & oaky

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas

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8.2/10 Very good

12 community reviews
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8–9 58%
7–8 17%
6–7 25%
5–6 0%
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0–4 0%

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Review by TheRhumhoe

Most helpful positive review

TheRhumhoe
TheRhumhoe
Aug 20221,050 reviews
8.5/10

Un rhum très gourmand qui tire profit de sa finition en fût de sauterne pour gagner en rondeur, notamment avec un profil sucré sur les fruits confits et tropicaux, l’abricot et la banane, le vin, la canne à sucre et le miel. Des notes épicées et presque beurrées viennent agrémenter ce nez très plaisant. On retrouve un rhum très doux en bouche, mais assez équilibré entre les fruits, le tabac, le caramel et les épices. Assez complexe et très gourmand, il se laisse boire facilement avec ses 41%. La finale est sur une longueur moyenne et apporte une touche toastée au rhum. Un bel exemple d’une finition réussie chez HSE.

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Most helpful mixed review

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Apr 20217,207 reviewsDenmark
7.2/10

We had a go at several HSE today and I'm a bit tipsy from it.

Review by bossi

Nov 2023102 reviews
8.1/10

Blind tasting: the nose immediately recognizes an Agricole: some grassiness, sweet white wine, leather, earth and barrel influence with nice spicy aspects. Drinking strength on the palate with ~43% and the powerful spice already noticeable on the nose. Unfortunately, I don't find the unusual white wine sweetness for Agricole rums from the nose on the palate again. Could indicate a finish or a misperception on my part ;-). The finish is medium-long and very spicy. A tasty Agricole, no more and no less. I guess a Martinique rum from Le Simon (Clément, HSE) with ~43% and 9-12 years (possibly with a sweet wine finish). 81 points

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Community shelf

42 bottles logged by 40 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

33% opened, 6 emptied.

28 sealed 8 open 6 emptied

What did the community pay for HSE Château La Tour Blanche Finish 2005?

Community paid 50–106 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 85 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

42 purchased · 13 tasted · 4 wishlist · as of

Details about HSE Château La Tour Blanche Finish 2005

A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Distillerie du Simon, at 41%.

CountryMartinique
CategoryRhum Agricole AOC
Raw materialSugar cane juice
DistillationColumn Still
ABV41%
Age11 years 8mo
Vintage2005
Limited edition3,200 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume50cl
Cask #LTB1501

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Distillerie du Simon

Distillery

Distillerie du Simon 

Avg Rating 8.0/10 340 Rums

Le Simon is Martinique's ghostwriter. It is the island's most technologically advanced distillery, yet it sells no rum under its own name, runs no public tours, and ages nothing on site. Instead it distils two of the most beloved names in Martinique agricole, HSE and, until recently, Clement, on stills moved here from their original homes. What you taste as HSE is, in fact, Le Simon.

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2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
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