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Engenhos do Norte Rum Agrícola 980 Madeira

Name: Engenhos do Norte Rum Agrícola 980 Madeira
Brand: Engenhos do Norte
SKU: RX9967
Availability: InStock
Rating: 7.4 (29 reviews)

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"Great nose, weak taste" is the line that keeps coming back on this Madeira agricole. The smell is rich and round — plum, dried fruit, almost like prune liqueur — and several tasters loved the leather and tobacco. Then the palate turns drier, thinner and quite short, with black currant showing up. Made from cane juice at Engenhos do Norte, aged in French ex-wine casks.

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49.80 €incl. VAT

incl. VAT 70cl · 71.14 €/l

Total 64.80 € + 15.00 € shipping from BE

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How does Engenhos do Norte Rum Agrícola 980 Madeira taste?

From community reviews · summarized with AI

Lovely prune nose, thin and short palate Most agree: an inviting, fruity, prune-heavy nose that the palate can't match — dry, watery and a short finish. Pleasant but forgettable for the money.

Citrus Plum Dried fruit Leather Tobacco Bitter +3

Perfect for

People curious about Madeira agricole who value the nose over the palate

Less suitable for

Anyone wanting a full, long-finishing sipper

Experience level · Explorer (3/5)

1 2 3 4 5

Style & occasion: Mature & oaky Sipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas

Flavor profile

Sweet & dessert

Spice

Wood

Dried fruit

Roasted & dark

LeatherTobacco

Fruit

CitrusPlumBlackcurrant

Funk & ester

Vegetal & floral

Relative to this rum's strongest aroma family

Top aromas · nose & palate

Citrus · nose only

60%

Plum · nose only

50%

Dried fruit · nose only

40%

Leather · palate only

40%

Tobacco · palate only

40%

Bitter · palate only

30%

Blackcurrant · palate only

30%

Grass · nose only

30%

Solvents · nose only

20%

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Is it right for you?

Yes, if you're after mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.

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What does the community say?

7.4/10 Good

29 community reviews

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Rating distribution

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Review by Anonymous

Most helpful positive review

Anonymous

Mar 20266 reviewsFrance

10.0/10

Impressive, very good, agricole rum from the island of Madeira, I really like it as a digestif or occasionally in a glass

Review by Stefan Persson

Most helpful mixed review

Stefan Persson

Sep 2024801 reviewsSweden

7.3/10

Overall an Agricole with a great nose, but with a rather weak taste. This rum, Beneficiado 980, is produced by Engenhos do Norte in Madeira. It’s made from cane juice and Madeira is btw the only place besides the French Overseas Departments that’s is recognized as producer of Agricole by the EU. It’s a blend of rum distilled in column stills aged for 3 respectively 6 years in French ex-wine barrels as well as some aged for 21 years in French ex-Madeira wine barrels. The name, Beneficiado 980 comes from that the brand was introduced 1980 and Beneficiado means that there is some Cane Honey added to round it up.

Review by cigares

cigares

Jul 20221,175 reviewsSwitzerland

7.4/10

My first Madeira farmhouse. Good value for money. Tasted again and better than I remembered.

Review by Air-one

Air-one

Sep 202455 reviews

7.4/10

A rum with an astonishing nose that might make you think of a prune liqueur, very round and fruity. On the taste, the prune also stands out but drier than the nose suggested. A fruity finish too short.

Review by Martin Augustin

Martin Augustin

Sep 2023186 reviewsGermany

7.4/10

A good representative from Madeira. Does not stand out particularly, but is pleasing. Very fruity on the nose. The taste then reveals a lot of blackcurrant. Very watery though.