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New Grove Savoir Faire Single Cask 2012
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Sip neat it drinks fruit-forward, not spirit-forward: peach and apricot up front, red currants, a black-tea note running through, with mild oak and a caramel edge. A few drops of water make it more süffig without opening it much further. Several tasters call it an untypical New Grove — hard to place blind, in the best way. The nose is quieter than the palate.
The community says- Ripe peach & apricot
- Black tea finish
- Keep in mind: Alcohol a bit hot
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How does New Grove Savoir Faire Single Cask 2012 taste?
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Fruity, peach-and-tea Mauritius single cask A clear favorite among Mauritius fans — fruity, well-structured, and easy to drink. The one recurring gripe: for 55% the alcohol isn't always cleanly integrated.
fans of fruity, tea-driven island single casks
anyone wanting big depth or seamless proof
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Only one review so far. We were very excited about this apparently rare bottling and were not disappointed. Well, it's really very restrained on the nose, but on the palate! 😋 An aromatic journey around the globe, great. Atypical, but very good New Grove. Update 2024-04-18: A rum that's really completely out of the ordinary. And I mean that in a very positive way. You really meander around aimlessly and then can't classify it. Not to mention its association with New Grove. A rum like a secret.
Review by Mirco
Solid Mauritius rum with a clean, balanced profile. On the nose bright fruit, vanilla, some honey and mild wood spice. On the palate round and well structured with sweet fruit, spice and a subtle, slightly grassy note in the background. Feels coherent and properly matured, without special edges or outliers. Not a rum that stirs strong emotions, but crafted cleanly and overall pleasant to drink.
Review by zabo
Once again a rum from Gunnar's endless Mauritius splits. Thanks for that. I've already been to Mauritius, but didn't know that there are so many varieties/bottlings on the island. For me it's actually a nice rum, if it wasn't so alcoholic despite its low ABV, it would probably have scored a few more points.
Review by Serge
Gray's tasting rx9122 vs. Rx14941 vs. Rx7608 My favorite of the three - probably because it comes closest to the profile I expected and has a great caramel sweetness. However, all three fall short of my first Grays love - the CDI Perola 11y.
Review by Basti
Very inviting nose with the typical Grays profile with a good portion of peach/apricot and mint. Everything promised by the nose can also be perceived on the palate. I really like the profile now and am curious about a comparison with other bottlings. Edit: Another cross-comparison with the following bottlings, which I already liked very much in previous tastings: Fine Spirits 2009 (RX2949) Savoir Faire 2012 #256 (RX7608) Savoir Faire (20Vin) 2008 (RX13081) LMDW 2009 (RX2744) For me, the LMDW is the narrow winner (8.8) because it brings the most complexity. With 8.7, Fine Spirits is in second place because it simply brings intensely strong mint/menthol notes and thus stands out from the other bottlings. #256 lands in third place with 8.6 with lots of fruit and also plenty of mint. The 20Vin is quite similar to #256 but less intense and thus just behind with 8.5.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get is roasted and vegetal, a bit spicy and fruity agricole with tea, clove, pear, mirabelle plum, peach and waxy molasses touch, caramelized. Balanced, round. Aeration helps us digging out new notes as other baking spices, burnt sugar, the tea is black, there is chocolate, the rum is woody and juicy, delicious, as we would have a fruit compote. 8,8:On the palate, we receive a nice portion of tasty red fruits as currants, peaches and fresh vegetal tea notes with wood, going towards dryness. The molasses is sweet, syrupy and waxy, roasted, caramelized as we notice creme brulee. The clove is strong, as other baking spices stay more stealthy. This agricole is round and complex, we taste new notes after aeration, more sweet and tasty, the tea is black, fruits are dried, we think of a fruit compote, later, when they melt, even of a fruit cake, as they might be candied also. When well rested, some medicinal notes could be tasted and perhaps leather. 8,7:The finish is long, woody, dry with dried fruits, waxy molasses, some spices, nutty and black tea... These days I am in fond of agricole and TDL very much🤩😋... 🙂
Review by Lot-NAS
To be upfront: Until recently I had no idea how good Rum from Mauritius can be. Thanks Gunnar ;) But back to it, the nose is warm, with red fruits and some wood. Tea (red punch tea, getting closer to rooibos tea), the palate with melasse, tea again, some spices (backing?), and a nice subtle sweetness. I reduced it with a few drops of water which balanced everything even further. The finish also fruity with those tea-ish notes. Really nice and this definitely has put Mauritius on my radar. A profile standing out a bit, but in a positive way.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6949 22.06.2026 Home from a slow day at work and now I will slowly run through samples and spit if needed. Listening to some tracks by Insomnia, KVSH, Schillist, Digicult and Nishra on Spotify. A very good rum with a nice price tag in my mind. An intense profile with nice roasted wood, fruits, herbs, spice and light caramel.
Review by Beancheese
Solid rum, quite pleasant. Nose is simple and sweet - caramel, butterscotch, wood, vanilla, and some baking spice. On the palate you get caramel and wood, with a stone fruity rooibos tea touch, and some spice. Not super firy, but the alchohol could be more well integrated.
Review by Master P
Very inviting nose with the typical Grays profile with a good portion of peach/apricot and mint. Everything the nose promises can also be perceived on the palate. I really like this profile now.
Review by Schnubbii
Tasted together with New Grove Savoir Faire LMDW 2009/ RX2744 and New Grove Savoir Faire LMDW 2010 / RX13444. Nose: The Savour Faire 2012 immediately offers a great fruit compote, peach, passion fruit and mirabelle plum. I found the fruit in the Savoir Faire 2009 to be somewhat brighter and more restrained. For me, the Savoir Faire 2010 lies between the other two. Palate: In addition to currant, peach and passion fruit, I find a slight mint and some Tictac Wintergreen in the 2012. This taste of Tictac Wintergreen then gradually comes to the fore and ends in a long finish together with some redcurrant. The alcohol is very well integrated, which makes this rum quite drinkable in combination with the fruitiness. A little water makes it even more drinkable, but does not open it up any further. A really nice fruity, drinkable rum with a great range of flavors. If it were a little more complex, the rating would be even higher. The Savoir Faire 2009 is similarly fruity, but the aromas go slightly in a different direction. I don't find any redcurrant or TicTac Wintergreen here, but there is some strawberry and very light caramel. Overall, the 2009 seems a little more classic or more in the Spanish style in direct comparison, without drifting too much in this direction. The fruitiness is simply a little more settled and restrained. With a little water, it opens up a little more and the caramel note becomes clearer. The Savoir Faire 2010 goes a little more in the direction of the 2012 in terms of fruitiness and, for me, lies between 2012 and 2009. The TicTac Wintergreen moment can be detected very slightly in the background, with peach and bright fruit in the foreground. For me, the 2010 is the most similar to a TDL of the three, although it lacks the mint or herbaceousness. All three rums are quite astringent on the finish. Despite the slight differences, all three rums are at the same high level for me. 87 points each.
Review by Boletus
With a molasses-based sweetness, there are fruity aromas, fine oak and winter spices in a densely woven harmony. What was announced in the smell is consistently continued on the palate and that is immensely delicious.
Review by Chrischi78
The nose initially raises little expectations with the common sameness of wood and a bit of red fruits. But the taste is really complex with a nice cherry tone that also returns in the finish. Only the alcohol is not so nicely integrated.
Review by Mentalo
New Grove - Savoir Faire Single Cask 2012. The peach note I really appreciate comes through, although it was even more present in other Grays bottlings. Also some mint and (black) tea notes.
Review by Timo Groeger
And here we have a really great New Grove, I really like it a lot. There's a lot of wood noticeable here, but it's also very fruity, with a lot of peach, as well as caramel and a bit of mint.
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Details about New Grove Savoir Faire Single Cask 2012
A Column Still Rum from Mauritius, distilled by Grays, at 55%.
About the Grays distillery
The Grays distillery is located in Mauritius. Rums from Grays have been reviewed 2,885 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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