Foursquare 2010 Detente 10-Year

Another very nice bottle from mr. Seal. The Detente sports lively aromas of sweet fruits like pineapple and strawberry, alongside caramel, sweet tobacco and light oak spices.
The medium bodied taste is a bit more influenced by the oak then the nose suggest, but altogether, it’s still one of the sweeter FS offerings and a very nice and balanced one at that. It starts out with the juicy, sweet and slightly accidic fruits, followed by chewy caramel. Midpalate the tobacco and wood spices counters the sweetness, but it doesn’t take over. The aftertaste is nice and long with clear port notes and hints of black pepper and ginger. Highly recommended.

Aroma příjemne jemně ovocné. Chuť perfektní, je cítit vyšší voltaz v chuti ovoce, drevitost. Závěr dlouhý, intenzivní.

Better than 2008 Single blend, but worse than Sagacity.

Perfect rum in my opinion. Love the smell and taste.

Aroma is full of wood and fruit, bit acid. Taste is on dry side with oak, fruit and chocolate tones. Aftertaste could be longer. Unfortunately I can't recognize (and missing) the porto barrels aging 😐

Qualität: 9
PLV: 8
Summe: 8+
War mein erster Foursquare, mit Sicherheit nicht der Letzte.

Barbados. 10 years in ex-bourbon and ex-port casks. 51%. This is probably my favorite thus far. Not sure that my palate is sophisticated enough pick up the port influence, but this is really tasty.

Today I have a Detente 2020 in the glas. I'm a little bit late with my rating, but this one had to wait because there were so much other bottlings that I wanted to taste first.

The nose reminds me of Doorlys 14. A balanced and very good Foursquare nose.
I get the typical caramel with hazelnuts first. Then some oak with vanilla a lot of dry fruits and some more heavy notes of wet barrel. I get also a bright note of a fruit like melon but it's overlapped by the more heavy aromas. A silightly medical note is also in the backgrround.
Very good nose overall, even if these aromas do not surprise me, I find this balance very appealing.

The taste starts sweet with caramel and dry fruits, then I get some bitter notes of tannins and the typical hazelnuts. This is a good and tasty start, not very complex but I like it.
In the middle I get again the hazelnuts with caramel, dry fruits, oak and vanilla. It's again not very complex and a represents a typical Foursquare.
The finish is a little bit spicy with vanilla, oak, then the typical dark dry fruits like plum. Then I noticed some burnt sugar and in the very end I get some dry fruits like apricots with dates.

Good rum overall, it's easy enjoyable and a good representation of Foursquare rum.
I would rate it with 85 points. To get more points it should have more complexity (more aromas and heavy notes).

Nose: hazelnut, caramel, oak, vanilla, dry fruits (plum), grapes, wet barrel, melon, some medical not in the background
Taste initial: caramel, dry fruits, grapes, tannins, hazelnut
Middle: hazelnut, caramel, dry fruits (plum), grapes, oak, vanilla
Finish: spice, vanilla, oak, dry fruits, burned sugar, dry fruit (apricots, figs)
Aftertaste: caramel, dry fruits, hazelnut

Sweetness: 3/5
Fruits: 3.5/5
Spice: 2.5/5
Mildness: 3.5/5
Complexity: 3/5
Value (64€): 4/5

Pleasant amber colour and whatever fumes you encounter at the start quickly fade away to reveal a complex nose of raisins, baked apple and maybe a bit of white pepper. Lingers long on the palate to a delightful Christmas pudding finish. Wonderful.

Foursquare produces a nice product. To me they are all about equal. Without the addition of anything they make a smooth & mostly sweet rum. To me they always lack a nice aroma and taste a little more harsh that what I’d prefer. However their rum always tastes clean and light. Overall I would say this is on par from what you’d expect from Foursquare. Very good, not great.