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Whiskybroker 2000 West Indies Distillery Barbados Rockl 16-Year rum

Whiskybroker 2000 West Indies Distillery Barbados Rockl 16-Year

United Kingdom | Aged | 57.6% ABV | Pot Still Distilled

9.0/10
2 ratings
Truly a fantastic choice
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vomi1011 🇩🇪 | 403 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

This is a Rockley batch from the year 2000. After 16 years of aging, it has been bottled on 9.2.2017 at 57,6% cask strength. It comes from barrel number 18, which yielded 245 bottles.
This is my second Rockley, I already had the one with the sherry finish from Bristol.

Nose: Honey sweetness, vanilla pudding, some herbs are the first aromas. It's quite sharp in the nose first and a little bit medical. Followed by bright wet wood and flowery aromas. The rum seems a bit oily on the nose. It's like a sweet and aromatic PM but without the grasy aromas. Tasty but not very complex.

Taste: There are sweet vanilla, flowery and grasy aromas followed by some tannins and wood. The sharpness increases and releases more wood with Tannins. Vanilla is still there with wood chips.
The finish is spicy with wood and vanilla, seems a bit oily in the mouth. Quite a long and aromatic finish. There are again the flowery aromas.

Aftertaste: Flowery aromas, vanilla, bright wood

Conclusion: This rum is aromatic like an SVW but not from Demerara instead from Rockley. Very interesting but not exceptional, there must be better releases.
Therefore 88 points.

Sweetness: 2/5
Flowers: 3/5
Spice: 3.5/5
Complexity: 3.5/5
PL 200€: 3/5

Mr. Rumantic 🇩🇪 | 296 ratings
Posted 10 months ago

This bottling of The Whiskybroker is a rum from Barbados from the WIRD Distelerie. It was made in 2000 in the Rockley Pot style. Subsequently, the rum was allowed to store for 16 years. The rum bears the Mark BBR. 245 bottles were bottled at cask strength with 57.6% alcohol as a single cask without additives or filtration.

The nose directly shows what's going on. A typical Rockley profile. Smoke, toasted barrel, sweet honey, burnt sugar, caramel and some tobacco and vanilla. The whole thing is slightly dirty. An absolutely fantastic and unique nose. On the palate, the rum shows itself with warm honey, candied fruit, burnt sugar, vanilla and a hint of milk chocolate. The whole thing looks fresh with more roasted aromas, tobacco and spice. Intense, warm, complex and slightly dirty. Insanity. The finish is a bit unspectacular with wood, tannins, some bitterness, a nice residual sweetness and a little pepper. The rum becomes slightly astringent.

Wow. What shall I say. A unique profile and I just love it. It appeals to me fully and I am super engaged. I can't judge how good this bottling is compared to other 2000 Rockleys. The samples are too good and too rare for a cross tasting. For me just great, perfect and easy to close your eyes and enjoy

Diese Abfüllung von The Whiskybroker ist ein Rum aus Barbados von der WIRD Distelerie. Er wurde 2000 im Rockley Pot Style hergestellt. Anschließend durfte der Rum 16 Jahre lagern. Der Rum trägt das Mark BBR. Es wurden 245 Flaschen in Fassstärke mit 57,6% Alkohol als Single Cask ohne Zusatzstoffe oder Filtration abgefüllt.

Die Nase zeigt direkt was los ist. Ein typisches Rockley Profil. Rauch, getoastetes Fass, der süße Honig, gebrannter Zucker, Karamel und dazu etwas Tabak und Vanille. Das ganze ist leicht dreckig. Eine absolut fantastische und einmalige Nase. Am Gaumen zeigt der Rum sich mit warmen Honig, kandierten Früchten, gebrannten Zucker, Vanille und einem Hauch Milchschokolade. Das ganze wirkt frisch mit mehr Röstaromen, Tabak und Würze. Intensiv, warm, komplex und leicht dreckig. Wahnsinn. Der Abgang ist etwas unspektakulär mit Holz, Tanninen, etwas Bitterstoffen, einer schönen Restsüße und ein wenig Pfeffer. Der Rum wird leicht adstringent.

Wow. Was soll ich sagen. Ein einmaliges Profil und ich liebe es einfach. Es spricht mich voll an und ich bin super eingenommen. Ich kann nicht beurteilen wie gut diese Abfüllung gegenüber anderen 2000 Rockleys ist. Für eine Cross Tasting sind die Samples zu schade und zu rare. Für mich einfach toll, perfekt und einfach Augen zu und genießen.




Brand Details

Name: 2000 West Indies Distillery Barbados Rockl 16-Year
Years Aged: 16
Yr Distilled: 2000
ABV: 57.6%
Type: Whiskybroker
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Pot Still
Women leading Rum: No