Chairman‘s Reserve Legacy
A solid stepping stone rum that balances natural sweetness, light funk and gentle oak at 43%. Expect vanilla, tropical fruit, light smoke and grass. RumX members love its complexity and value as an easy sipper.
- Great value
- Light funk complexity
- Well integrated alcohol
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How does Chairman‘s Reserve Legacy taste?
Aggregated from 194 community reviews.
Characterful, funky-value everyday sipper A solid stepping stone rum that balances natural sweetness, light funk and gentle oak at 43%. Expect vanilla, tropical fruit, light smoke and grass. RumX members love its complexity and value as an easy sipper.
Curious explorers wanting an affordable first step into lightly funky, cane-juice-influenced rum with moderate sweetness and enough complexity to sip or mix.
Those wanting high-ABV power, very long finishes, or ultra-sweet dessert-style rums.
How is Chairman‘s Reserve Legacy rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.5 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 74% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 4% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Fabrice Rouanet
Limited gustatory interest. The mouth is superior to the nose but the finish is short and uninteresting.
Review by HenryL
I associate this rum with a wonderful distillery tour by an incredibly nice team. The sugar cane juice brings a lot of complexity to this rum and makes it not only a must-have for me, but also the rum with the best price-performance ratio of all.
Review by SirMixalot
Bitterness takes over the otherwise nice experience
Review by Christoph
Very powerful nose in which the sugar cane juice is very present. Banana at the beginning and end and nice lime in the middle. Amazingly tasty.
Review by Stefan Persson
This rum comes from 4 different distillates that vary in age from 5 to 8 years all aged in ex bourbon barrels. Most of rum is molasses based and comes from column stills, but there are also some pot still rum of which a little part is cane juice based. Overall I must say that it’s a very good rum with rather high complexity.
Review by Lawich Lowaine
I was very pleasantly surprised by the taste and good length.
Review by benoit burger
Good value for money. I preferred the nose to the mouth. Just lacks length
Review by LukaŽiga
8,1:On the nose it is spicy, fruity with tropical fruits, slightly smoky, woody and a bit roasted. The aeration reveals more fruits and some orange peel with spiciness. The cherry and almond come next, as it becomes pastry like. Very ripe exotic fruits underpin the rum through our tasting, there is also copper. Balanced and complex. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is soft, tasty, dry, like a fruit compote with spices. Like a jam with almond flavors and some coppery touch. We might think of some creamy hazelnuts also, some vanilla, also. The fruits are overripe, like they are stewed...But the banana is almost green.😉 8,2:The finish is sweet and dry with pastry, almonds, vanilla and very ripe exotic fruits, a touch of iodine and lightly smoky... An easy sipper, tasty.
Review by Martin Ekrt
Jemná vůně s trochou ovoce, techničnosti, spáleného karamelu a dřeva. Podobné dojmy zanechává i v chuti. Vyniká tropické ovoce, kafe s karamelem, vypálený sud. Moc fajn rum, který se zatraceně rychle odpařuje z láhve.
Review by Rumpalumpa
Wow, I really like this one. Full-bodied caramel rum flavor with plenty of fruit. It goes in the direction of Jamaica, but not quite. Another difference is the pleasant sweetness.
Review by ordogh
Quite complex compared to its pricetag. Some grassy notes and molassy roundness and spices making it a very enjoyable rum.
Review by Schnapsschuesse
Toasty, woody, slightly funky, fresh and fruity on the nose. Some ester and the fruit is very fresh, with a hint of peach. It also has fresh sugar cane notes. Very pleasant overall. Beautiful nose! The palate is initially quite spicy and woody and hardly sweet. Pleasantly dry, the fruit esters nicely, grassy sugar cane becomes stronger in the middle and takes over the finish. There are very slight Agricole associations here. A nice thing, somewhat edgier than the standard - but in a positive sense. Also much more complex than other representatives of this price category. Bag it!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Compared to the other releases from the Chairman's reserve I'd say this one is more refined and complex in the taste. A wonderful funky nose transcending into a wonderful complex palate with a spicy entry and a fruity touch to the end. The finish is long, deep and has complexity to it. This is a blend of 7.5 years John Dore, 7 years Vendome, 5.5 years Coffey RR104 and a 5 years John Dore.
Review by Boletus
Fruity, spicy, drinkable and with a pleasant, natural sweetness. For carefree enjoyment in the affordable price range, this is a really great, unsweetened rum that I really like!
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220 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 113 members.
About the Saint Lucia Distillers distillery
The Saint Lucia Distillers distillery is located in Saint Lucia. Rums from Saint Lucia Distillers have been reviewed 4,602 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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