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HSE Single Cask (MEB 2019) 2003
Most tasters land in the high-8s on this one, with the main quibble being that the gorgeous nose outshines the palate. Expect roasted cocoa, coffee, vanilla and dried plum up front, then a surprisingly nutty, almond-heavy agricole with young banana, wood and a dry, slightly green finish. The 47.8% sits in beautifully — even at 15 years it never turns hot.
- Unusually nutty
- Well-integrated alcohol
- Complex cocoa-coffee nose
+10
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How does HSE Single Cask (MEB 2019) 2003 taste?
Aggregated from 67 community reviews.
Nutty, dry agricole with a stunning nose A warm, very nutty Martinique agricole with a knockout nose of cocoa, coffee and plum. Most love it; a few feel the palate stays a touch timid and dry after that big nose.
Agricole drinkers who like nutty, dry, oak-driven sippers
Anyone wanting sweetness or a big, bold palate
How is HSE Single Cask (MEB 2019) 2003 rated?
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Selected write-ups from 67 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 67 ratings
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
From our rum tasting 2021.17.04
Review by Carlitooo
Für Agricole ungewöhnlich nussig und der Alkohol ist toll eingebunden. Steigert sich enorm bis zum Abgang, der der absolute Hammer ist
Review by Mr. Stups
Damn good. Nice grassy notes and not too much wood.
Review by Rum N Cigar
Un rhum de très grande qualité démontrant une grande richesse aromatique.
Review by Oliver
HSE at its best. Alcohol perfectly integrated, full-bodied, nice wood influence. An excellent Agricole!
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Beautifully round and full-bodied Agricole.
Review by Tim
The nose of this rum is insane: it starts with roasted cocoa, coffee, lots of wood, always with a full load of vanilla and ends in dried fruits such as citrus and plum. Absolutely round and intense! Surprisingly mild in the mouth with a nice drinking strength, lots of tart notes and tart fruits. Not quite as round as on the nose. The finish is again very roasty with (hot) spices and sweet pear. The HSE XO already had this crazy coffee note, but this rum is on another level!
Review by Benoit Mahe
A superb agricultural very greedy and balanced. The palate is a bit dry and green but this is well counterbalanced by greedy notes.
Review by Lukas Jäger
A very nice agricole. Perhaps not the most dominant, but for me the most surprising is the aroma of young bananas, which becomes particularly clear after some time in the air. Quite different from the banana we know from Jamaica and co. Otherwise, it is very complex, with dark aromas of wood, nuts and coffee, but also tropical fruits and plums. The 15 years suit this rum so well that I didn't notice the comparatively low alcohol content at first. Really delicious!
Review by Johannes
Very nice nutty note!
Review by Nicolas Pantaloni
Une belle réussite que nous offre HSE! Le degré d'alcool est parfaitement intégré pour laisser passer sur nos papilles les fruits mûrs avec une très belle longueur en bouche !
Review by Joachim Guger
Very warm, full Agricole with lots of almonds. Spicy and dried fruit. Very complex, alcohol super integrated. Good drinking strength. It tingles properly in the mouth and finish. Super Agricole! 😀😀😀😀
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
Nicely round and light. On the nose plums, ripe banana and vanilla. When I taste Agricole i usually pick up this earthy and licerice note, it is also present here, but together with a refreshing minerality. Not fully my cup of tea, but i can appreciate the obvious quality.
Review by RumRhush
Une finale très gourmande sur la cacahuète
Review by mto75
very harmonious and complex on the nose and palate.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
the nose is gigantic after passion fruit, vanilla and lots of barrel with roasted nuts. taste then towards young banana, pineapple, fig, pear and sesame. in addition relatively dry, acidic and lots of wood. overall very tasty and complex but not 100% my thing.
Review by Godspeed
Good HSE, but lacks that little extra that would have made it soar. Very easy to drink, there's quality here but no boldness, something timid takes over and we find ourselves satisfied but not impressed.
Review by Jimmy Bertazzoli
A nose that predisposes to a certain complexity that is found only timidly in mouth, however the years of aging are supported by an adequate alcohol percentage. Like almost all of Simon's liquids, they lose depth in the mouth and the alcoholic boost could slightly disturbing after some seconds. If it had 5% abv more it would be totally unbalanced, therefore the bottling at 48% abv is appreciable.
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Details about HSE Single Cask (MEB 2019) 2003
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Distillerie du Simon, at 47,8%.
Community purchases
159 bottles logged by 112 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
15% opened, 9 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for HSE Single Cask (MEB 2019) 2003?
Community paid €73–€149.
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159 purchased · 67 tasted · 47 wishlist · as of
About the Distillerie du Simon distillery
The Distillerie du Simon distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Distillerie du Simon have been reviewed 4,970 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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