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Berry Bros & Rudd Versailles Finest Demerara Rum 1985
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How does Berry Bros & Rudd Versailles Finest Demerara Rum 1985 taste?
Aggregated from 8 community reviews.
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How is Berry Bros & Rudd Versailles Finest Demerara Rum 1985 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.7 sits in the “Very good” band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
13% rate it between 6 and 8. 2 selected write-ups from 8 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Jakob
Outstanding Versailles representative, rightly one of the benchmark rums of this still. The only point of criticism is the dilution and the possibly wasted potential for even more complexity - but here you can also simply enjoy a distillate that never comes across as thin or watery. Excellent!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
14.04.2012 First visit to the Whisky.dk event after returning to Denmark after first living 3 years in Upplands Väsby, Sweden and then 7 years in Shanghai, China. Got back together with old friends to have a nice weekend. Notes. Light in colour. Nose: wood, medicinal, citrus, plum, herbs, marzipan. Palate: wood, fruity, plum, spicy, licorice, marzipan. Finish: long, wood, herbs, licorice, citrus.
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Details about Berry Bros & Rudd Versailles Finest Demerara Rum 1985
A Pot Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by Berry Bros & Rudd, at 46%.
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1 bottles logged by the RumX community.
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100% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
1 purchased · 8 tasted · 3 wishlist · as of
About the Versailles distillery
The Versailles distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Versailles have been reviewed 695 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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