Bedford Park 5 Year Old Reunion Island Single Barrel Rum
Bedford Park 5 Year Old Réunion Island Single Barrel Rum is a single-barrel rum from independent bottler Bedford Park, distilled on Réunion Island in 2019 and bottled in 2025 at cask strength, 67.7% ABV (135.4 proof), in a 700mL bottle. This is the island’s high-ester style — the HERR spirit catalogued by RumX under Savanna, the distillery Bedford Park leaves unnamed on the label — moved to Europe in 2020 and matured in once-used bourbon barrel No. 2, yielding just 255 bottles, non-chill filtered with no additives. The RumX community scores it 9.0 out of 10. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- Proof / ABV: 135.4 proof (67.7% ABV), cask strength
- Size: 700mL
- Age: 5 years — distilled 2019, bottled 2025
- Style: High-ester Réunion rum (HERR), molasses
- Cask: Once-used bourbon barrel No. 2; 255 bottles; non-chill filtered, no additives
- Origin: Réunion Island, Indian Ocean
High-Ester Réunion, Bottled Straight
Réunion, the French island east of Madagascar, has made rum for centuries, and its high-ester traditionnel style is one of the rum world’s cult pours — funky like Jamaica, but with a savory, cane-driven edge that is entirely its own. Raising Glasses call this cask an outstanding rum from nose to palate to finish, and note that everyone who sampled it described it differently while agreeing on the quality. Bedford Park’s own Jamaican selections made its name — its Hampden LROK 2000 sits among RumX’s highest-rated rums anywhere — and this Réunion cask applies the same single-barrel, no-additives discipline to a far rarer origin. Find it among our rum shelves.
Tasting Notes
A nose between Jamaican funk and French agricole: overripe tropical fruit, olive brine, fresh cane and an earthy, savory ester note, with the bubblegum and pineapple RumX tasters flag in the HERR style. The palate is dense and oily — banana, dried fruit, pepper and light vanilla from the barrel — finishing long, dry and vividly funky.
How to Enjoy
Add water and be patient — at 67.7% it rewards a slow opening in the glass. It also brings a wild edge to a Mai Tai. Stock the rest of the build from our cocktail ingredients and browse more single casks across our spirits collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Réunion Island?
A French island in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar, with a rum tradition stretching back centuries — and a high-ester style most drinkers have never tasted.
What does HERR mean?
High Ester Rum Réunion — the distillery’s most intensely funky marque, built on long, wild fermentation. RumX catalogues this Bedford Park cask as the Savanna 2019 HERR.
How many bottles were made?
255, from single barrel No. 2, bottled at 67.7% ABV in a 700mL bottle.
Pick up Bedford Park 5 Year Old Réunion Island Single Barrel Rum at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — a rum from a place most drinkers have never tasted.