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December 5, 2021
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Simply extra rum, as after brandy, there’s rum – and reversely. First up, a wee apéritif…
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Trois Rivières 1979 (40%, OB, Martinique, +/-1990) 
Rhum agricole for certain however this was pre-appellation. Hope it isn’t flat lifeless, I am simply opening the bottle, cross fingers… Color: mild amber. Nostril: typical OBE on rum, with apparent notes of shoe polish which, I am certain, weren’t there again within the Nineties. Mushrooms, mud, rotting oranges, dried rambutans and banana confit, and actually lots of earth. Which, in reality, is frightening… Mouth: it bought dry and drying, too mentholy, too liquoricy, just a little fleshless, scrawny, now you do nonetheless really feel that this has been nice. Like, twenty years in the past. No, severely, gathering previous bottles is cool, however imagine me, your funding is rarely completely safe. Outdated bottles, whether or not whisky, brandy or rum, aren’t a lot better than Bitcoins, they simply take extra room. End: nicer! Mouthwash and pine liqueur, with just a little honeydew. Feedback: I ought to have opened this thirty years in the past however then once more, there have been no d*rty blogs again then ;-). Though I may have began a web page on our pricey previous ‘Minitel‘.
SGP:471 – 72 factors. |
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Havana Membership 25 yo (40%, La Distillerie Générale, Cuba, 35 cl, 790 bottles) 
Some loopy ‘impartial’ stuff by Pernod-Ricard, who as anybody would know, do deal with Havana Membership. These 25 years are the typical age right here, moderately than the age of the youngest part. Higher simply attempt it, the tales being a tad unlikely and, properly, dissonant. Color: orange amber. Nostril: the Cuban lightness, the oranges, this sense of nosing Grand-Marnier, these tiny touches of crystallised tangerines, these notes of burnt caramel that, in my awful expertise, will probably be present in any Cuban rum… And, guess what, no whiffs of ‘Cuban cigars’ in any way. Mouth: mild however delicate and sophisticated, with superior touches of burnt sugars (muscovado, demerara), then café latte and Swiss scorching chocolate (Caotina, allez). It’s actually skinny but it surely does make you consider Juana Bacallao, that utter star from La Havana which I final noticed on the Buena Vista Social Membership round 5 years in the past. End: not lengthy, however splendidly caramelly. Feedback: until I ‘m incorrect, this one would dethrone my former favorite Cuban, which was once Santiago de Cuba 11 years previous (WF 85). However we’ved bought the Santiago 25 on the cabinets…
SGP:640 – 86 factors. |
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Mauritius 2010/2021 (52.9%, Single Barrel Choice for The Whisky Change, Mauritius, moscatel cask end, 305 bottles) 
From Grey’s distillery apparently. I am nonetheless combating my rums from Maurice/Mauritius, I’ve to say, and a end in moscatel will in all probability not assist. Color: amber. Nostril: fudge, heat cane syrup, then flowers (lilies, ylang-ylang), then moderately big notes of pineapple and keenness fruits. That is all extraordinarily fragrant and fairly pretty, hope the palate will not be sugary – or lightish. With water: peonies everywhere, with wee whiffs of mothballs, musk, previous wardrobe, mink, previous woman’s perfumes… Mouth (neat): loopy fruity palate, on big raspberries, mulberries, prickly pears (big, completely big) and liquorice allsorts. With water: simple, fruity, and albeit gewurztraminer-like. Turkish delights, rose jelly, litchi… End: good size, extraordinarily fruity. Extra Turkish delights and roses. Feedback: not my most popular fashion, as a malt fanatic, however let’s be trustworthy, there’s some stamina in there, and an insane fruity floralness.
SGP:740 – 84 factors. |
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Foursquare 2005/2020 (61.1%, Wealth Options, The Colors of Rum, Barbados, cask #112, 272 bottles)
What a sequence! Not a rum day with out Foursquare. Color: mild amber. Nostril: very Foursquare, that’s to say all on truffles, both burnt or ‘pure’. Typical mid-light, mid-heavy fashion, so very self-blend. Maybe just a little an excessive amount of coconut too, however let’s examine… With water: varnish and ‘new-sawn plywood’, then wee greens, asparagus, salsify… These greens are including to the distillate’s physique, in any other case it might be just a little too skinny IMHO. Mouth (neat): a thinnish physique, as all the time, however all the remaining is moderately excellent, as all the time. Bananas and roasted nuts, hazelnuts, pecans, sesame, black nougat… With water: praline galore and a nougaty extravaganza. How very Foursquare, with no correct esters in sight. I imply, esters that you’d style upfront. End: lengthy and light-weight. Some varnishy touches, tangerine juice… Feedback: impeccable, simply not completely horny. This thinness in your tongue…
SGP:541 – 86 factors. |
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Karukera 6 yo 2014/2021 (61.8%, OB for LMDW, Guadeloupe, cask # 10R12N1, 122 bottles)
From a sherry brandy cask, which was in all probability an oloroso cask within the first place. I suppose we’re speaking brandy de Jerez, proper? Color: amber. Nostril: big liquorice. Love liquorice. Superb liquorice, plus star anise and clearly a sense of artisanal pastis. I’ve to say I’ve all the time been a fan of Karukera – and of artisanal pastis. With water: cedar and sandal wooden, thujone, wormwood, celeriac and gentian. How rooty is that this? Mouth (neat): wham, trendy meaty, nearly Chambertiny liquoricy arrival. Then increasingly more liquorice, menthol, and eucalyptus. Nearly stuff by Domaine Leroy when you ask me. With water: very good, if a tad concoctiony however is not that the destiny of many a modern-style spirit? Large liquorice and mint. End: very lengthy, very mentholy. Maybe just a little ‘an excessive amount of’ at this level. Aniseed and fennel. Feedback: nearly pastis at cask power, you’d nearly imagine this was made in Pontarlier, moderately than in Guadeloupe. Excessive spirit which I like quite a bit, however you would not down a bucket of it.
SGP:471 – 85 factors. |
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A final one please, and let’s make it one thing particular…
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Port Mourant 31 yo 1989/2021 (47.3%, Greenheart Assortment, 218 bottles) 
From Port Mourant’s picket nonetheless when it was nonetheless at Uitvlugt. Even utter loudmouths/windmills can not make rum crazier than this. Bla-bla-bla… Color: amber. Nostril: awe and resins, heat waxes, propolis, liquorice lozenges and pure tar liqueurs. That is deep, delicate, strong and heavy, all on the identical time. No, it is elegant. Mouth: heavy oak, heavy pinewood, sturdy liquorice, cough syrup, mentholy ointments, all-crazy resins, that is the equal to JJ Burnell’s hardest basslines with the Stranglers. You might examine ‘One other Camden Afternoon’. De nada. End: lengthy, liquoricy, with some extraordinary stability between the lime, the mint, the liquorice and the resins. Thirty-one years, thoughts you! Feedback: as a malt lover, I simply adore this. Some unbeatable ueber-malternative-y rum.
SGP:462 – 91 factors. |
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