Dillon XO Rhum Vieux 12 Ans
For curious explorers stepping into agricole, this 12‑year Dillon XO is fruity, honeyed and gently woody. Expect overripe banana, cocoa, coffee, vanilla and floral sugarcane. Widely praised for its standout value and easy sipping neat.
- Great value
- Balanced fruit/wood
- Accessible agricole
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Balanced, fruity agricole with standout value For curious explorers stepping into agricole, this 12‑year Dillon XO is fruity, honeyed and gently woody. Expect overripe banana, cocoa, coffee, vanilla and floral sugarcane. Widely praised for its standout value and easy sipping neat.
Rum fans who want an affordable, aged agricole with clear fruit, cocoa and sugarcane notes that still sips easily at 45% ABV.
Drinkers who dislike floral/herbaceous agricole profiles or demand very long, oak-heavy finishes.
How is Dillon XO Rhum Vieux 12 Ans rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.8 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 84% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Stefan Persson
Good value for money. This Dillon was the one that made me increase my Dillon shelf. The nose is rather sharp with aromas of chocolate and hints of fruit, wood and spices. At the palate it’s complex, round, woody, sweet and smooth with flavors of chocolate, vanilla and coffee.
Review by Oliver
Rhum Agricole mit Top-PLV!
Review by Thunderbird
Tasting evening at Dr.Django: This Agricole from Dillon is too much on the perfumed floral side for me...on the nose as well as on the palate...there is also an artificial side to the palate. The finish is relatively short and unspectacular
Review by Leo Krüper
Wow. Impressive with the 40%. Super velvety and full-bodied. Great older Agricole with lots of sweet tea and grass notes.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
Excellent rapport qualité prix ! 12 ans pour 42€ sur de l’agricole c’est cadeau ! Se boit très bien avec son petit côté vanillé mais aussi salin. Maintenant qu’il est s’est ouvert il est super.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4736 10.06.2024 Relaxing withe a few samples at home. Nose Fresh, wood, light roasted, spice, pineapple, ginger, light mango, faint caramel. Palate Fresh, balanced, fruity, light vegetal, wood, faint smoke, spice, cardamom, faint ginger, faint chocolate. Finish Medium long, wood, light roasted, chocolate, faint coffee, light pineapple, faint caramel. A very well balanced release that just needs time in the glass to really open up.
Review by cigares
Dégusté à l’aveugle et ainsi je n’ai pas pu être influencé par le prix bas de la bouteille. Un festival de fruits au nez, des fruits tropicaux, des fruits jaunes, de la pêche et du bois de cèdre. Les fruits sont très présents en bouche aussi, tutti frutti avec aussi un côté végétal, herbes sèches bien plus prononcé qu’au nez. Une finale étonnamment longue et fruitée. Un rhum salade de fruits extrêmement agréable et riche en arômes. Une qualité incroyable pour le prix.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,3:On the nose, candied sugarcane, herbaceous, flowery, wood with nuts, pastry, spicy, dry, citrus fruits, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the cane is sweet with honey, some apples arise, as vanilla. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is very rich, but balanced with sugarcane juice, flowery, herbaceous, fresh with tea, later mineral and slightly waxy, delicious fruits like mirabelle plums, dried apricots, the wood is slightly roasted with pastry, nuts, spicy with vanilla. 8,3:The finish is long, dry and tannic, the sugarcane is flowery, herbaceous, fresh with tea, earthy and mineral, the fruits are yellow and dried, mirabelle plums especially delicious, as the wood is slightly roasted with caramel, dark chocolate, spicy..
Review by Korkennase🥃
Dieser Rhum Agricole hat eine sehr einladende Nase und ist komplex. Der Geschmack ist kräftig, fruchtig, würzig und etwas holzig. Der Abgang ist lang,trocken, würzig, grasig, süß mit einer leichten bitter Note. Dieser Rum Agricole ist recht zugänglich und kann gut pur getrunken werden🥃. Gutes PLV.
Review by Tim
Ein wirklich runder und gefälliger Rum, ein Agricole XO aus Martinique zu einem sehr guten Preis! Runder Mix aus Karamell, Schokolade und Frucht. An der Nase sehr deutlich grüner Apfel. Hier und da florale Agricole-Noten. Im Mund zwar trocken, aber es hält sich in Grenzen.
Review by Martin Augustin
Ein sehr süßer und von Honig angereicherter Geruch erwartet einen. Im Geschmack dann ein klassisches Agricole Profil, sehr weich. Kurzer Abgang. Ein für den Preis sehr guter Agricole.
Review by Morgan Garet
Un rhum vieux agricole pur, simple et terriblement efficace par excellence. Le nez très fruité entre agrumes, pomme verte et fruits tropicaux sur un fond légèrement boisé et vanillé. En bouche on reste sur les mêmes traceurs avec la canne à sucre bien présente. Très gourmand malgré la sécheresse de l'agricole. Fin de bouche une légère amertume pas désagréable vient pepser tout ça. Clairement une réussite comme souvent chez Dillon (marque sous côté à mon sens). Un rapport qualité/prix rarement égalé surtout ces derniers temps...
Review by Gregor
Typischer Agricole vertreter für mich. Aber nichts besonderes spannend oder komplex
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un rhum de 12 ans d’âge qui offre une belle expérience gustative pour un rapport qualité / prix défiant toute concurrence. Au nez, la canne confite se pare de notes mielleuses, de belles notes d’agrumes et de pomme et d’un boisé épicé sec mais bien fondu. En bouche, l’attaque est portée par des notes gourmandes de café, de cacao et de vanille, auxquelles s’ajoutent un boisé fin, la canne à sucre et une touche de mirabelle. C’est un ensemble équilibré et très appréciable. La finale part sur des registres bien différents : le thé, des fleurs, une certaine astringence, du caramel, des épices et des fruits exotiques se bousculent chacun leur tour pour laisser une dernière impression en bouche. Un très bon rhum de gamme permanente.
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Expert review by Le Blog À Roger
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
"What a hunk of a standard agricole of old. This is a good step up in flavour and complexity. I really adore these as being easy sipping but really thankful to take a minute and properly taste it. No comparison to newer iterations"
Community purchases
160 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 88 members.
About the Dillon distillery
The Dillon distillery is located in Martinique. Rums from Dillon have been reviewed 623 times with an average of 7.8/10.
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