Full Review

APPLETON ESTATE
Buy It Now

APPLETON ESTATE
8 Year Old Reserve Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 43%
91 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$28.99

APPLETON ESTATE
8 Year Old Reserve Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 43%
Dark amber color. Minerally aromas and flavors of hot copper, nutmeg cream, spiced rice pudding, toast, and raisins with a silky, crisp, dry light body and a sleek, involved, medium-long finish evoking accents of molasses cake, leather, limestone, walnuts, licorice, and dried pineapple and mango. A bone dry, spicy, mineral-rich Rum that will pique the interest of curious Rum purists; sip and cocktail away with this distinctive, recondite British-style Rum.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Funky, Rich & Spicy
Aroma Aroma: hot copper, nutmeg cream, spiced rice pudding, toast, and raisins
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with accents of molasses cake, leather, limestone, walnuts, licorice, and dried pineapple and mango
Smoothness Smoothness: Smooth
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks, with cigars and with drops of water
Cocktail Cocktails: Cuba Libre, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A bone dry, spicy, mineral-rich rum that will pique the interest of curious rum purists; sip and cocktail away with this distinctive, recondite British-style rum.
Expand Collapse

The Importer

Campari America

The Importer
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
USA
1 212-207-4350
Expand Collapse

Their Portfolio

86 • Ancho Reyes Chile Ancho Liqueur 40% (Mexico) $22.00.
90 • Ancho Reyes Verde Chile Poblano Liqueur 40% (Mexico) $29.00.
91 • APPLETON ESTATE 8 Year Old Reserve Rum 43% (Jamaica) $28.99.
93 • APPLETON ESTATE 12 Year Old Rum 43% (Jamaica) $41.00.
94 • APPLETON ESTATE 15 Year Old Rum 43% (Jamaica) $64.00.
96 • APPLETON ESTATE 21 Year Old Rum 43% (Jamaica) $149.00.
89 • Appleton Estate Signature Gold Rum 40% (Jamaica) $21.00.
89 • Bulldog Gin 40% (England) $28.00.
91 • Cabo Wabo Blanco Tequila 40% (Mexico) $35.00.
89 • Cabo Wabo Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $45.00.
93 • Cabo Wabo Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $40.00.
86 • Champagne Lallier NV R.018, Champagne 12.5% (France) $49.00.
87 • Champagne Lallier NV Grand Rosé Brut, Champagne 12.5% (France) $69.00.
90 • Champagne Lallier NV Blanc De Blancs Brut, Champagne 12.5% (France) $79.00.
89 • Cinzano NV Cuveé Storica, Prosecco DOC 11% (Italy) $10.00.
90 • Cinzano NV Cuvée Storica, Asti DOCG 7% (Italy) $10.00.
90 • Cinzano NV Cuvée Storica, Glera, Prosecco DOC 11% (Italy) $10.00.
91 • Cinzano 1757 Vermouth Di Torino Extra Dry 16% (Italy) $29.00.
93 • Cinzano Extra Dry Vermouth 18% (Italy) $8.00.
93 • Cinzano 1757 Vermouth Di Torino Rosso Sweet 16% (Italy) $29.00.
88 • Cinzano Vermouth Rosso 15% (Italy) $8.00.
93 • Cinzano Vermouth Bianco 15% (Italy) $8.00.
BR • Espolón Blanco Tequila 40% (Mexico) $27.00. - Bronze Medal
85 • Espolón Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $27.00.
93 • Espolón Añejo Tequila 40% (Mexico) $37.00.
91 • Glen Grant 12 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 43% (Scotland) $46.00.
93 • Glen Grant 15 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 50% (Scotland) $78.00.
93 • Glen Grant 18 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 43% (Scotland) $134.00.
97 • Jean-Marc XO Vodka 40% (France) $59.00.
94 • Montelobos Ensamble Joven Mezcal 45.3% (Mexico) $0.00.
91 • Montelobos Tobalá Joven Mezcal 46.8% (Mexico) $99.00.
91 • Montelobos Pechuga Blanco Mezcal 47.9% (Mexico) $0.00.
95 • Montelobos Espadín Joven Mezcal 43.2% (Mexico) $39.00.
91 • Ouzo 12 Anise Liqueur 40% (Greece) $23.00.
93 • Russell’s Reserve 6 Year Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey 45% (USA) $47.00.
87 • Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey 55% (USA) $58.00.
94 • Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey 52% (USA) $63.00.
93 • Russell’s Reserve 10 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 45% (USA) $40.00.
95 • Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 55% (USA) $59.00.
90 • SKYY Vodka 40% (USA) $14.99.
86 • SKYY Infusions Watermelon Vodka 35% (USA) $14.00.
88 • SKYY Infusions Blood Orange Vodka 35% (USA) $14.00.
89 • SKYY Infusions Citrus Vodka 35% (USA) $14.00.
88 • SKYY Infusions Pineapple Vodka 35% (USA) $14.00.
91 • Wild Turkey 101 Rye Whiskey 50.5% (USA) $37.99.
90 • Wild Turkey 101 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 50.5% (USA) $25.00.
93 • Wild Turkey Rare Breed Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 58.4% (USA) $46.00.
90 • Wild Turkey American Honey Flavored Whiskey Liqueur 35.5% (USA) $22.00.
92 • Wild Turkey Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 40.5% (USA) $20.00.
96 • Wild Turkey Rare Breed Barrel Proof Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey 56.1% (USA) $59.00.
96 • Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum 63% (Jamaica) $25.00.
Expand Collapse

Rum Aged more than 3 Years

Spirits Glass Copita Copper.jpg
Serve in a Copita
About
Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)
Añejo and Age-Dated Rums are aged Rums from different vintages or batches that are mixed together to insure a continuity of flavor in brands of Rum from year to year. Some aged Rums will give age statements stating the youngest Rum in the blend (e.g., 10-year-old Rum contains a blend of Rums that are at least 10 years old). A small number of French island Rums are Vintage Dated.

APPLETON ESTATE 8 Year Old Reserve Rum rating was calculated by to be 91 points out of 100 on 7/6/2020. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.