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November 7, 2021
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It’s rum’s activate this very Sunday
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Yet one more rum-fuelled malternative Sunday! We’ll kick this session off with a bit of Guadeloupean after which see the place the winds will blow us from there…
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Séverin ‘VSOP’ (42%, OB, Guadeloupe, +/-2020) 
That is agricole, though AFAIK Guadeloupe would not profit from the appellation, whereas neighbours Martinique do. I am afraid I’m not well-acquainted with Domaine de Séverin. Color: gold. Nostril: recent, fruity and really floral, totally on ripe bananas and pineapples, gorse, vanilla, dandelions, with touches of lime honey and maybe one or two mirabelles. Fairly elegant, straightforward, refined and clear, with one thing harking back to some good younger cognac. Mouth: maybe a bit of candy, even barely syrupy, however the fruits are good, banana and pineapple as soon as once more, these two mirabelles, a bit of guava… The excellent news is that it will then get drier, cleaner and brisker, dropping its barely cloying sweetness over a couple of minutes. There’s a bit of custard and maple syrup within the background, although. End: medium, slightly honeyed and with as soon as once more a bit of maple syrup. Some orange jam too, litchis, plus the necessary bananas flambéed. Feedback: straightforward, recent, slightly refined, nice. The simpler facet of Guadeloupe ‘agricole’.
SGP:640 – 84 factors. |
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Let’s paddle out to Martinique…
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Neisson ‘Profil 62’ (49.2%, OB for LMDW, Martinique, agricole, 900 bottles) 
Straight from the small star distillery in Martinique. We have already tried fairly a couple of gorgeous Neissons however watch this one, it is ex-new oak so let’s watch out… Color: mild gold. Nostril: coastal rum! I might swear I am discovering oysters behind these beautiful whiffs of liquorice wooden, fresh-squeezed lime juice and cane juice. Some curious touches of rye too, violet, a bit of turmeric, beeswax, camphor, eucalyptus, then some heat praline and toasted cake… As complicated as Neisson could be, even when that is most likely fairly younger. Mouth: the recent oak does really feel, because it does in lots of new ‘fashionable’ malt whiskies. No issues, welcome to 2021. Cedarwood, chocolate, cinnamon, then as soon as once more a sense of rye (with some lavender this time), then extra tropicalness, bananas, papayas… End: slightly lengthy, on related oak-coated notes. Feedback: certainly, fashionable rum with ‘enhanced wooden expertise’ inside. I am completely not in opposition to that, thoughts you, so long as it stays ‘a variant’. I imply, if I could…
SGP:551 – 85 factors. |
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Why not take the subsequent wee flight to Haiti?
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Clairin Sajous ’41 months’ 2017/2020 (56.8%, OB for Navigate World Whisky, Haiti, whiskey cask, cask # SJ16EW-1, 214 bottles)
A bottle unique to South-Africa, aged in an ex-Evan Williams cask. I’ve bought a great feeling right here, provided that I really like clairin… Color: white wine. Nostril: kerosene, pickle juice, muck, salted liquorice, tar and rubber… What’s to not like? Like it that the bourbon does completely not get in the best way of this excellent distillate. With water: gorgeous, it loves water. Asparagus, apple peel, metallic polish, diesel oil… Mouth (neat): I’d say this clairin bought a bit of ‘Jamaican’ after these months in bourbon wooden. Gherkins, tar, salt, olives, then fermenting, even barely rotting tropical fruits. I imply, ultra-ripe bananas! Some cane ‘honey’ within the background. With water: very ‘candy and salty’ and near some form of pure fruit juice; it is simply that that fruit stays unknown to mankind. A bit of vanilla too however we’re secure. End: lengthy, pure, very ‘clairin’, no matter meaning. The casks behaved! Brine and a curious feeling of peat smoke within the aftertaste. Feedback: hugs and kisses to Haiti. They make one the perfect distillates on the planet and that is one other great instance.
SGP:562 – 88 factors. |
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Since we have talked about Jamaica…
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Hampden 19 yo 2000+2001/2021 ‘JMH’ (55.4%, Rum Sponge, refill barrels, 420 bottles) 
Effectively, neither does it state it is Hampden, nor does it clearly inform in regards to the vintages, it simply says ‘JMH V00 & V01’. However come on, let’s get the ball rolling… Color: straw. Nostril: this one’s acetic, acetone-y, ultra-grassy, and fairly wild. You’ll be able to’t make them drier and even the craziest Spanish olive oils collect much less olive-y notes than this. Did any high cooks already attempt to cook dinner with or for this? With water: liquorice, benzine and seawater having the lead now. Wee touches of apricot eau-de-vie too, or slightly almondy prussic acid. Mouth (neat): there’s some sweetness (limoncello) this time, in any other case it is pristine, flawless estery Hampden. Inexperienced liquorice and extra olives, grapefruit zests, salty manzanilla… With water: sport, set and match. It even bought a bit of ‘straightforward’, which is a transparent asset. End: lengthy, a form of cocktail involving olives and liquorice. Any mixologist eager on making an attempt that? Feedback: massive and balanced, two ideas that don’t at all times tango nicely. They do right here. I like this gorgeous quaffable Hampden very very a lot, nicely completed Sponge, there’s even one thing a bit of Ardbeggian to it. Wait…
SGP:562 – 91 factors. |
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Most interesting Jamaican Rum 25 yo (50%, Duckhammers/Wu Dram Clan, 164 bottles, 2021)
This one really is secreto. Color: gold. Nostril: there positive is a household resemblance, this one being just a bit rounder, maybe a bit of subtler but, with much more greens and extra straight cane juice, in addition to plantains and different reasonably fragrant tropical fruits and roots. Some great esters for positive, this was a high top-dresser. With water: oh it would not actually need water. Pulls the olives out. Mouth (neat): completely great juice, salty, gherkiny (what?), tarry, liquoricy, with some acids after which some sweeter liquorice. Drops of bitter orange juice, additionally small berries, sorb, elder and such. With water: overlook about water, that tends to make it a tad sugary, except you’ll simply carry it down from 50 to 48% vol. No level. End: lengthy, traditional. Cane juice, liquorice, overripe bananas, olives, brine, tar. Feedback: slightly extraordinary, however the Sponge’s multi-vintage was only a tad ‘clearer’, a tad extra racy.
SGP:552 – 90 factors. |
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Do you have to need to attempt a final one, the place would you go?
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Lengthy Pond 2010/2021 ‘STCE’ (60%, Habitation Velier, LMDW sixty fifth Anniversary, Jamaica, bourbon, cask #16, 331 bottles)
STCE means ‘Simon Thompson Cambridge Property’. Not that (very participating) Simon Thompson of Dornoch fame, I suppose? In any case, it should not be a type of, cough, barely too excessive ‘TEC’ marques, what I am undecided about is whether or not that is some form of ‘single-estate’, or ‘parcellaire’ rum or not. Color: deep gold. Nostril: gentler than the Hampdens, that is sorted, though I am slightly discovering this very acetic too. Some recent plywood too, linoleum… However at 60% vol., it is simply water that you simply want. With water: very inexperienced, nonetheless a bit of acetone-y, Ikea-y, with additionally capers and olives, and clearly one thing that will remind me of the clairin. Mouth (neat): bone-dry and ultra-drying. Biting right into a pear 4 weeks earlier than its ripe, see what I imply? With water: a tad simpler, however gritty, carbone-y, tarry, acetic if not vinegary. Unripe olives and probably the most excessive fino sherry. End: lengthy and salty, with some vanilla within the aftertaste. Feedback: I am a fan however I’d say that while the Hampdens do clearly stand on their toes, many Lengthy Ponds that I may attempt gave me a sense of ‘element’, that means that they weren’t fairly meant to be quaffed as ‘single rums’ within the first place. However I might be completely incorrect as soon as once more…
SGP:573 – 86 factors. |
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