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5A2713BE-2C0E-45B5-8C9F-2BF65D7AFDD0Cuba Sancti Spiritus Bristol Classic Rum
Bristol Sancti Spiritus Fine Cuban Rum 2003 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 12 years · 43%

Bristol Sancti Spiritus Fine Cuban Rum 2003

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How does Bristol Sancti Spiritus Fine Cuban Rum 2003 taste?

Aggregated from 8 community reviews.

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas

Community voices

What does the community say?

7.2/10 Good

8 community reviews
3 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Distribution of all 8 ratings
9–10 13%
8–9 0%
7–8 38%
6–7 13%
5–6 13%
4–5 25%
0–4 0%

Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide

Review by Kieron Wood

Most helpful positive review

Kieron Wood
Kieron Wood
Jul 2024468 reviews
10.0/10

Tasted at Manchester rum fest 2024

Review by paulgi86

Most helpful critical review

paulgi86
paulgi86
Aug 202576 reviewsUnited Kingdom
5.0/10

Feels and tastes like a Planteray bottling to my palate - overly sweet and really unsure as to what Sherry cask was used… As its natural colour, it leads me to think it was either a Palo Cortado or maybe a Moscatel - it’s certainly not an Oloroso cask and if it’s a PX Cask then a LOT of the colour was lost in the dilution Nose and taste were kind of one note for me - generic sweetness although not as cloying as the 2 Dos Maderas samples I had. Adding about 10-15ml of water to this adds a much needed bitter oak note that really does help with the sweetness in the dram - I would say the water is a necessity for those who don’t love a massively sweet dram. It kind of still is but that bitter note really helps it along my plate anyways Scores a little better than the Dos Maderas samples but a little disappointed in this one - the last Bristol Spirits sample I had was a delightful Belize 2005 bottling and had high expectations that this was be similar in quality but alas was not as lucky this time round

Review by gary0067

gary0067
Dec 202535 reviewsBelgium
8.0/10

Hot but good

Expert reviews

Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.

Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate

It doesn't have all that much in common with the Seleccion de Maestro offering either. It's quite a distinctive rum. This rum definitely offers something different and is certainly one I am pleased to have tried. A hard rum to try and pigeon hole.
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Community shelf

7 bottles logged by 7 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

28% opened, 0 emptied.

5 sealed 2 open 0 emptied

7 purchased · 8 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of

Details about Bristol Sancti Spiritus Fine Cuban Rum 2003

A Column Still Rum from Cuba, bottled by Bristol Classic Rum, at 43%.

DistillerySancti Spiritus
CountryCuba
CategoryColumn Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
DistillationColumn Still
ABV43%
Age12 years
Vintage2003
Volume70cl

About the Sancti Spiritus distillery

The Sancti Spiritus distillery is located in Cuba. Rums from Sancti Spiritus have been reviewed 200 times with an average of 7.9/10.

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Cuba

Country

Cuba 

Avg Rating 7.1/10 over 610 Rums

Cuba taught the world to drink rum light. This is the island that gave us the Daiquiri, the Mojito and Bacardi, and the smooth, column-distilled Spanish style that became the most popular rum on earth. Today its rum is entirely state-run and shut out of the United States, yet Havana Club still ranks among the Caribbean's biggest brands.

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9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good your rum Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.