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Isla del Ron Martinique 2005 70cl bottle
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Rum Agricole · 15 years · 49,8%

Isla del Ron Martinique 2005

Chili, green pepper and toasted wood hit first — one member swears it smells like a "Chili Cheeseburger," and several back that up. This is a 15-year Martinique agricole that skips the usual grassy-earthy script: a bit fruity (underripe banana, mango), savory and even a touch of smoke and cola on the palate. Genuinely unusual, and only 42 bottles exist.

The community says
  • Unusual chili-savory nose
  • Fruity for agricole
  • But: Could use more ABV

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How does Isla del Ron Martinique 2005 taste?

Summarized by AI from community reviews.

Savory, chili-spiced agricole that breaks the mold Most tasters call it surprising and love the savory chili-and-wood angle over classic agricole grass. A few wished for a couple more ABV points, but it lands well.

Perfect for

Agricole drinkers wanting something savory and off-script

Less suitable for

Anyone expecting classic grassy-earthy Martinique

Experience level · Expert (4/5)

Style & occasion: Fresh & grassySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

8.4/10 Very good

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

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Distribution of all 23 ratings
9–10 0%
8–9 74%
7–8 26%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Review by Rene Pfeiffer

Most helpful positive review

Rene Pfeiffer
Nov 2021262 reviewsGermany
8.5/10

Smells and tastes savory. Chili both on the nose and on the palate. Woody, spicy, grassy. Rather little fruit. Very interesting.

Review by Johannes

Most helpful mixed review

Johannes
Jul 20213,218 reviewsGermany
7.7/10

Exciting rum!

Review by crazyforgoodbooze

crazyforgoodbooze
May 20212,635 reviewsGermany
8.6/10

Jalapeno/bacon/cheese/brioche sesame burger or Burger King chili cheese burger in liquid form. Fat!

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Community shelf

6 bottles logged by 5 collectors.

A drinker's rum.

66% opened, 1 emptied.

2 sealed 3 open 1 emptied

What did the community pay for Isla del Ron Martinique 2005?

Avg. community purchase price 90 €.

What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.

6 purchased · 23 tasted · 3 wishlist · as of

Details about Isla del Ron Martinique 2005

A Rhum Agricole from Martinique, bottled by Isla del Ron, at 49,8%.

CountryMartinique
CategoryRhum Agricole
Raw materialSugar cane juice
DistillationCreole Column
ABV49,8%
Age15 years
Vintage2005
Limited edition42 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl
Cask #IdR 028
Single cask

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Distillerie du Simon

Distillery

Distillerie du Simon 

Avg Rating 8.0/10 340 Rums

Le Simon is Martinique's ghostwriter. It is the island's most technologically advanced distillery, yet it sells no rum under its own name, runs no public tours, and ages nothing on site. Instead it distils two of the most beloved names in Martinique agricole, HSE and, until recently, Clement, on stills moved here from their original homes. What you taste as HSE is, in fact, Le Simon.

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