Bonne Mère Darboussier Rhum Hors d’Âges
A solid stepping stone for those building their palate, this 8‑year molasses rum drinks like a bridge between agricole and bourbon. Expect floral and fruity notes, light smoke, oak and coffee, with a generally smooth, elegant character praised by many RumX members.
- Floral fruity nose
- Light smoke and wood
- Smooth, elegant profile
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Elegant crossover Guadeloupe sipper A solid stepping stone for those building their palate, this 8‑year molasses rum drinks like a bridge between agricole and bourbon. Expect floral and fruity notes, light smoke, oak and coffee, with a generally smooth, elegant character praised by many RumX members.
Whisky and bourbon crossover drinkers, and curious explorers who enjoy floral, fruity, lightly smoky rums that sit between agricole freshness and classic molasses sweetness.
Fans of very sweet, dessert-style rums or absolute beginners who may find the herbal, smoky and slightly young notes unusual.
How is Bonne Mère Darboussier Rhum Hors d’Âges rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.4 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 58% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 2% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Philipp Kestel
Class rum with which the overall package is simply right.
Review by Harald
Color: Golden brownSmell:Sweet of sugar cane juice, toffee and brandy.Smells herbal.Also fruity of plum wine and plum in Madeira.Taste:Sweet in the mouth.When swallowing brandy and toffee.Mild, spicy and woody.Finish:Short and dry.Spicy and woody with licorice.79 points.
Review by Han
Olfactory extremely tense: hardly tangible and hardly assignable to a drawer. Taste also very exciting!
Review by Christoph
For Guadeloupe completely unusual first very floral then fruity notes, different from what is usually known from Agricole. Marzipan and cookies next to the fruity notes.
Review by Korkennase
Dieser Rhum Agricole ist sehr speziell. Eine sehr komplexe Nase. Auch am Gaumen ein sehr komplexer Geschmack. Ein langer Abgang. Dieser Rhum Agricole ist etwas für Kenner und wiedereinmal ein gutes Beispiel, wie unterschiedlich Rhum Agricole von der Insel Guadeloupe zu Martinique sein kann. Ich hab gerade noch mal eine Geschmacksexplosion im Mund, mega intensiv... wow🥃
Review by Stefan Persson
Overall an extremely elegant and smooth rum from Guadeloupe that I tasted at the Sweden Rumfest 2023. Many seems to believe it’s an Agricole, but it’s not it’s an molasses based rum. The Darboussier house started up in 1869 as a sugar factory and have taken its name from Jean Darboussier, a French trader and smuggler. This Hors s’Age is a blend of 6-8 years old molasses based column distilled rum that’s tropical aged in oak barrels, ex-cognac, ex-bourbon and ex-Armagnac.
Review by Noname971
Premier nez très parfumé et agréable, effluves de caramel. Second nez toujours très parfumé et très doux, Peut-être une pointe plus alcooleu et plus fruité. En bouche l alcool se fait sentir, mais le rhum est très doux, un bonbon. Notes de fruits à coques et de fruits mûrs. Finale très appréciable laissant en bouche un goût de banane mûre flambée.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
10.09.2021 Sitting at home with some samples. Notes Medium to dark in colour, Nose Light wood, faint smoke, fruity, light citrus, faint mint, faint chocolate. Palate Round, sweet, light roasted wood, light citrus, spices, medium dry, light floral, faint chocolate. Finish Medium long, lightly dry, sweet, citrus, spice, light floral.
Review by Christian Rudt
einfach gesagt, er war lecker 🙂
Review by Martin Augustin
Eine überaus fruchtige Nase für einen Agricole anstatt der typischen pflanzlichen Noten. Ich nehme viel Kirsche, Aprikosen und etwas Mango war. Geschmacklich dann sehr verwässert mit Mango, Zimt und Kirschbonbon. Abgang extrem kurz. Ein ordentlicher Agricole, aber mehr auch nicht.
Review by Gregor
A typical Agricole. Here the distillate notes are absolutely predominant and the barrel storage tones go almost under. For my taste, this should still lie a few years
Review by Oliver
Unusually fruity for an Agricole. Light and pleasing. But for me it is still a bit too young / wild.
Review by Thunderbird
Das ist leider überhaupt nicht meins…
Community purchases
101 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 13 members.
About the Bonne Mère distillery
The Bonne Mère distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Bonne Mère have been reviewed 362 times with an average of 7.9/10.
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