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Longueteau GENESIS Collection 2017
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Wet hay, cut grass and fresh sugarcane pour out of the glass, with citrus zest and a floral, almost licorice edge underneath. This is unaged Longueteau agricole at full 72% — and the wild part is how well the alcohol disappears. Most tasters barely feel the proof; give it 15-20 minutes and it blooms. Long, warm, spicy finish. A benchmark white for the style.
The community says- Alcohol vanishes
- Grass and wet hay
- But: Very high proof
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How does Longueteau GENESIS Collection 2017 taste?
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Grassy, floral unaged agricole with tamed 72% heat A near-unanimous win among agricole fans: intense, grassy and vegetal with the heat tucked away better than 72% has any right to be.
agricole lovers and Ti-Punch drinkers
newcomers wary of grassy, high-proof whites
Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neatCocktails & mixing
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53 community reviews
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Timo Groeger
Most helpful positive review
Just a bit tricky transitioning to an unaged Agricole. But here we have a typical representative, grassy, earthy, fresh, floral and green. Alcohol is very well integrated though.
Review by Fasen
Most helpful mixed review
A natural cane which offers us fresh notes of citrus fruits (Limes / Orange), very vegetable (Hay / Medicinal herb), of peppers. This cane brings us its sugar just cooked, slightly thick as candied, with the side (Floral / Liquorice) we would have the impression to have a drink type cola at the end of mouth.the rum and also rather milky as a yoghurt.In short, it is a sugar cane which is sublimated with this brut de colonne, we manage to be as close as possible to this one it is very interesting and very good!
Review by Jean Louisss
The cream of the whites quite simply. With the very recognizable longteau framework, it can be drunk without moderation.
Review by RumTaTa
Comparative tasting with RX1247 On the nose I wonder where the alcohol is here, there is no alcoholic sharpness at all! The alcohol can of course be heard, but it carries a lot of fruit and grassy aromas. In direct comparison, this has something "grubby" about it, like some Clairins. Paler on the palate than the nose led me to expect. Still intense, powerful but not as differentiated. When the just over 70% ABV slowly subsides in the finish, the aromas become much more pronounced again! A very good white rum that cuts a strong figure both neat and in intense cocktails. The 2015 vintage gets one point more from me because of the hint of sweetness. Both bottlings are very similar and exemplary examples of what rum matured exclusively in steel tanks can do.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This one really kicks a.. and I like it, A LOT. The proof actually helps enhance the flavours and I left it for 15 minutes before nosing and sipping. By then most flavours were already there. After 30 minutes it was at full bloom. The nose is truly Agricole with the vegetal, grassy and wet hay, almost like a meadow. There is also fruit and sugarcane. The palate is also a true Agricole, earthy with grass and wet hay again. The flavours are very intense, in a good way. Spices and floral notes complement the end. The finish is very, very long and warm with a vegetal note.
Review by TheJackDrop
With the bottle half-empty, we return to the basics with this pure agricole, with its distinct Longueteau character, notably on the ultra-fresh, rather oily cane, with citrus fruits well present. It's lively but well-balanced, a little hot, but far from the 72-degree idea you might get from looking at the label. A real must-have. Aged versions must be crazy! I'll have to try it :)
Review by Eric Frechin
Finally got to taste a Genesis, me who loves Longueteau whites. Not in the most favorable conditions, since it was just after a big lineup of over 10 rums! It defended itself very well thanks to its high alcohol degree and nice concentration. I really liked finding, besides the usual agricultural markers of Longueteau, another facet: roasted hazelnut and butter. Long, warm, spicy finish, surely due to the alcohol. The alcohol is very well integrated throughout the tasting.
Review by Renato
The intense expression of an agricole rum. Very green with roundness. Archetypical.
Review by Serge
Fruity olive nose and richly sweet in aroma. Also the palate very sweet and fruity. In direct comparison, I like the Neisson Esprit with its drier style slightly better... for me it brings the essence of what I expect from a BDC better and fits better in Ti Punch.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Strawberry, fermented pineapple and and overripe kiwi on the nose, as well as a lot of fresh and buttery notes. amazingly mild! in the taste then also surprisingly mild and an explosion of grapefruit peel, mint, as well as apricot and hazelnut with a few hard to define herbs and violets. very complex and intense and alcohol wonderfully integrated for the strength. impressive!in the daiquiri he is not quite as well suited as I had hoped, therefore 2 points deduction.
Review by zabo
For me this category of rum is not for drinking neat. I have to admit it doesn't really suit my taste. Nevertheless, it is a very fine drop that I can well imagine as a mixer in a Ti-Punch for example.
Review by Giuseppe Ambrosio
A bomb, lots of herbaceous and after a while also fruity hints. Balanced and with well integrated alcohol. I consider it quite fresh and enveloping but still very different from aged products, indeed they should be split into two different categories in my humble opinion. It needs time to express itself at its best also in view of the high alcohol content, a real bomb but it did not bother me too much, on the contrary I found it very firm in character but not aggressive. Long finish, indeed very long even in view of the alcohol content. (PS: the rating, like the impressions, are purely personal).
Review by Benoit Mahe
A great white agricole but not on the level of a Neisson l'Esprit.
Review by David
Less nose and less complex than the Neisson bio
Review by N’ours
Floral explosion
Review by Joël
Typical Agricole. Alcohol is incredibly well integrated.
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Expert review by New World Rum Club
This is up there with Rhum Rhum PMG & neisson bio esprit 70%. Well worth trying, great straight and in a Daq
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163 bottles logged by 146 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
31% opened, 8 emptied.
What did the community pay for Longueteau GENESIS Collection 2017?
Community paid 43–74 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 62 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about Longueteau GENESIS Collection 2017
A Column Still Rum from Guadeloupe, distilled by Longueteau, at 72,25%.
About the Longueteau distillery
The Longueteau distillery is located in Guadeloupe. Rums from Longueteau have been reviewed 1,585 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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