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Oak, Woody, Black pepper
Most mentioned across 22 tasting notes
- Perfect for
- Agricole fans who like power, spice and oak
- Less suitable for
- Anyone put off by heavy pepper or high ABV
Rhum Chantal Comte Maison La Mauny La Tour De L'Or 2005
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Black pepper leads here, backed by oak, coffee, dark chocolate and roasted almonds, with red and dried fruit peeking through. It's an intense, oily Martinique agricole from La Mauny, bottled by Chantal Comte at cask strength. Most tasters call it complex and beautifully balanced — a few just wish the pepper eased off. One reviewer blind-tasted it and guessed Foursquare, not agricole.
The community says- Complex and balanced
- Oily, coating body
- Less suitable for: Anyone put off by heavy pepper or high ABV
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How does Rhum Chantal Comte Maison La Mauny La Tour De L'Or 2005 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Intense, peppery, roasted agricole for sipping People rate this a very good, complex agricole with roasted, spiced depth. The recurring catch: it's peppery enough that some feel the wood spice tips over the top.
Agricole fans who like power, spice and oak
Anyone put off by heavy pepper or high ABV
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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51 community reviews
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Review by Joachim Guger
Beautiful nose. Oak dominates, followed by a great glue note and then fruit. Balanced, alcohol well integrated, fresh. In the mouth then a wild ride. Very peppery and powerful. Balanced again on the finish. Very good overall. A very good Agricole, but lacks the brilliant elegance of its two brothers. And meanwhile there is an abundance of similar Agricoles of comparable quality.
Review by Jakob
Very appealing, multi-layered profile with classic agricole markers and plenty of red and dried fruit. Convincing in terms of quality and taste, but still ranks clearly behind the two Chantal Comte releases from 2001 and 2006.
Review by Oliver
Great Agricole with plenty of power. A little too much pepper in the finish for a top rating.
Review by cigares
On the nose, wood and solvent, papaya and banana, floral and herbaceous. Very complex, with all aromas harmoniously blended. The palate is calm on entry, with wood taking the lead, followed by the other aromas, ending with a magnificent finish in which all the flavors play their part. The empty glass brings further aromas of yellow fruit, pear and quince. A splendid rum, dense and austere, complex and full-bodied.
Review by Insta: spiritofbernard 🇫🇷
Blind tasting I would never have imagined it was an agricole. I guessed a Foursquare! Mid-palate a bit disappointing but magnificent integration of the alcohol.
Review by Mike H.
87 points. Lovely nose and mouth. I would have liked a little more dried fruit and less pepper. But a very good rum nonetheless.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Agricultural rum in all its splendor. The olfactory profile is superb, very balanced and elegant. There's plenty of spice on the nose (vanilla, pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg) with roasted notes of dark chocolate, coffee, almonds and hazelnuts. Caramel emerges with a pastry-like touch of praline and brown sugar, while floral notes perfume the nostrils after aeration. Fruits, from cherries to raisins to tropical fruits, are also present. The influence is more agricultural than in the 2006 vintage. The attack on the palate is intense, yet subtle in flavor. The spiciness remains dominant on the palate, but a hint of tobacco and bitterness on dark chocolate, coffee and almonds bring a dry, almost tonic edge to the palate. Caramel, nougat and fruit (red and dried) add a touch of sweetness to this lively profile. The alcohol is well integrated. The finish is very long. Slightly herbaceous and woody, with spice and a hint of sweetness that lingers in the aftertaste. Though a little rougher than its 2006 counterpart, it's still an autenthic, prestigious and remarkably well-structured rum.
Review by F Kraemmer
Tasting 20.06.2026. With Mr. S Hansen & D Jungberg. Scent: Fine orange and refined barrel complex scent. Mouth: Truly agricole art. Light orange, fine pepper, lovely filling body, wonderful agricole. Tasting Oops Aarhus
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
We're tasting this one right now and we can all agree that it's a very good rum. We are however not entirely in sync on the nose and palate :-) The me the nose is full of spice mixed with some fresh cherries. Then comes almond and coffee with a nice oak finish. The palate is complex, intense and very well balanced with fruits, nougat and vanilla in the front. In the back i can get caramel, coffee and oak. The finish is very long with vanilla and toffee sliding into some barrel feel.
Review by Thunderbird
Still quite reserved on the nose, the rum develops its full potential on the palate: oily, creamy it spreads and a slight woody bitterness spreads! Always new fine spice notes appear... very complex, in the end it becomes slightly grassy! A great rum
Review by Benoit Mahe
A profile a bit too dark and bitter for my taste but still a good rum.
Review by Daniel Jungberg.
Tasting at Oops "The big rum day" Nose on an adventure👃: I sense freshness and notes of coffee or chocolate. Tongue on an adventure 🥃: I taste an intense flavor that's a bit hard to place. There's definitely something citrus-like and again coffee or chocolate. The tail of the story💫: You have to learn to drink Agricole, and I'm still on that journey. Great experience. 💪😎
Review by alex
Superb, slight bitterness but it remains subtle. What a treat anyway 😍
Review by Alexander Rasch
My RumRatings review from 5 years ago: On the nose, the rum is wonderfully balanced. The light grassy Agricole notes pair with nice oak wood, spicy burnt almond and nut. On the palate, the rum is very smooth but direct. The nose repeats itself. The Agricole notes are accompanied by spicy nut notes, caramel, wood influence and also fresh citrus fruits. The finish is then a bit heavier with dark chocolate and wood influence as well as some citrus. Agricole notes linger for a long time. A great Agricole, nicely complex. The rum is expensive though and for the money I would probably look elsewhere. There are equally good Agricoles for less money. But all complaining on a high level. Those who can afford it get a great rum.
Review by L' Art Rhumiste
Of great class and total mastery, this 2005 is magnificent with perfect balance and crazy complexity. A big favorite ❤️
Review by Nico Köppe
Wow, a great Agricole... Its scent powerfully emanates from the glass and I really like the peppery profile. Nice wood on the palate, absolutely not disturbing.
Review by Dimitri Van Loo
The nose is on old waxed wood also bringing a touch of indulgence. The attack is lively and very spicy. In the end, you find the aromas from the nose a bit more.
Review by Peder Frits Nielsen
One of my personal Top-three rums - fantastic appearance and a fantastic taste. I’m fortunate enough to have one of these bottles in my Rum-cupboard
Review by Silas Noergaard
Intensely Intense Explosions of flavors, but maybe a touch too much of wood spice and pepper. A nice dram.
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Rhum Chantal Comte Maison La Mauny La Tour De L'Or 2005 at live auctions
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41 bottles logged by 36 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
19% opened, 4 emptied.
What did the community pay for Rhum Chantal Comte Maison La Mauny La Tour De L'Or 2005?
Community paid 179–300 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 188 €. Price history with 3 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about Rhum Chantal Comte Maison La Mauny La Tour De L'Or 2005
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, bottled by Rhum Chantal Comte, at 51,5%.
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