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Taste
Woody, Caramel, Grapes
Most mentioned across 13 tasting notes
- Perfect for
- Agricole fans who enjoy a soft, vinous, cognac-leaning nose
- Less suitable for
- Anyone wanting a powerful, full-bodied rum with a long finish
Saint James 240 ans Cuvée Anniversaire
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Blind, several tasters mistook this for a cognac — that vinous, raisiny, dried-fruit nose really does lean that way. It's a Martinique agricole from Saint James: sugarcane, light wood, orange and a whisper of chocolate, all nicely balanced. The catch is the palate. At 43% it reads watery and thin for many, fading fast where you want it to linger.
The community says- Balanced agricole nose
- Cognac-like dried fruit
- Less suitable for: Anyone wanting a powerful, full-bodied rum with a long finish
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How does Saint James 240 ans Cuvée Anniversaire taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Elegant nose, but thin and watery palate Pretty and well-balanced on the nose, but most find the body too thin and diluted for the price. A gentle sipper that "verfliegt" fast — nice, not memorable.
Is it right for you?
Yes, if you're after characterful, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
Agricole fans who enjoy a soft, vinous, cognac-leaning nose
Anyone wanting a powerful, full-bodied rum with a long finish
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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What does the community say?
26 community reviews
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
14.12.2019 A nice get together in a summerhouse with family and friends and rum for some of us. Notes Medium dark in colour. Nose Light, round, light wood, faint roasted, sugarcane, orange, light citrus, light dried fruit, faint floral. Palate Light, balanced, sugarcane, light wood, dried fruit, medium dry, light grass, faint chocolate. Finish Medium long, light wood, sugarcane, medium dry, light vanilla, faint caramel, light orange.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Most helpful mixed review
RumX Advent 19.12.2023 Crispy Agricole with typical St. James markers, if you know them at least 😅 it is pleasant but overall it is and feels too thin for me. The finish is tasty and lasts pleasantly long.
Review by FabiDram
RumX Advent Calendar 2023 Day 19
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
RumX-Adventskalender 19.12.2023 Blind tasting: This rhum looked familiar to me. With , because I thought it was an Agricole from Martinique, namely RX1229. After all, I was exactly right with my estimate of the ABV. 😉
Review by Rare Akuma
#24DaysOfRum2023 - Day 19 On the nose a sweet and vibrant aroma of fruits, nougat and grasses. Additionally it has wonderful evolution over time. It jumpstarts with berries, red rhubarb and grapefruit juice, before redefining itself sweeter with dried apricots and nougat. Eventually it gets spicier, grassier and lightly complex with camomile and clay notes. The aroma shows no restraint, yet certain elegance as it tip-toes between a multitude of flavours. Just like other tasters noted, I agree, the nose is much like cognac. I could smell this for hours. Less fruity and much more vegetal on the palate. Opens with blue grapes, rhubarb and grass. Then nougat and more minerality. It’s nice, fresh and cool, but unfortunately inefficiently diluted. It’s become too thin; its presence has become too volatile and its body has lost all power. What a shame. As a result the finish is short, uneventful and underly complex. The nose set the bar really -really!- high, but the palate made the price nothing short of insanity.
Review by Christoph
The nose is definitely too sweet for me, also in the mouth I rather feel like drinking wine although the ABV is then too present for that.
Review by zabo
RumX calendar day 19 All in all a very nice St.James. Compared to the other St.James, I miss a bit of the punch here. More of an easy sipper that quickly fades in the aftertaste, which keeps it just short of an 8.
Review by Christian Rudt
An Agricole from the "pleasant" category. Due to the low ABV it doesn't last very long but is pleasing enough that you just want to sip it again. Nice balance.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
Catching up with missed class calendar days from December, after a month of a break. Quite relaxed Agricole, quite simple, alcohol not integrated too well. However overall impression quite pleasant, I've been warming up to Agricoles recently.
Review by Alex1981
RumX calendar day 19: Pleasant agricole, which with the low ABV is good as a sipper. Nice and round without edges & corners, but nothing outstanding either.
Review by Lot-NAS
Calendar #19 / blind Could have been a J. Bally 14 or similar. Overall quite nice and coherent but also not very complex. Probably more for the shelf than for the palate.
Review by Mentalo
This Agricole with its slight nuttiness reminds me of the Ballys. Unfortunately, it's clearly too watery for me.
Review by Righrum
RumX advent Calendar - day 19 The kind of agricole I love, well balanced and tasty, despite ABV is low. In this rum, sugarcane and wood melts perfectly, with nice chocolate and cacao notes. This would be a great daily dram if it's price wasn't that high
Review by Buddudharma
RumX Advent calendar 19.12.23: We're heading to Martinique. The profile is unmistakably Agricole, but the ABV is relatively reduced, definitely below 50%. I'd guess the age somewhere between 10-15 years. Exact distillery assignment is difficult because the rum is not very distinctive. I don't think it's Neisson; I'd rather lean towards Depaz or Trois Rivières, although the evidence here is getting thin. In any case, the rum feels too watery in the mouth and not distinctive enough to justify a very good rating.
Review by Vincent D
A very agricole nose with dried grapes, a woody character risk. Quite disappointing on the palate. Not powerful enough and a vinegary side that I don't like. Medium length without big evolution. St James has done much better.
Review by Manuel
RumX Advent calendar No. 19: Unfortunately, the rum is a bit too watery and too weak in the finish for me.
Review by Michal S
Nice, extra. The nose promises fruit and cognac, but the taste is very shallow and fades quickly.
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Saint James 240 ans Cuvée Anniversaire at live auctions
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- 22 bottles on the shelf, owned by 21 members
- 26 tastings
- 7 wishlists
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18 of 22 bottles are still sealed.
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- 3 open
- 1 emptied
What did the community pay for Saint James 240 ans Cuvée Anniversaire?
244 € median purchase price
The middle 80% of purchase prices were between 127 and 327 €.
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Details about Saint James 240 ans Cuvée Anniversaire
A Rhum Agricole AOC from Martinique, distilled by Saint James, at 43%.
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