Appleton Estate Nassau Valley Casks 21-Year

This is the new version of the 21 year old rum from Appleton: it has a new bottle with a nice heavy copper top on the cork.
This is some good stuff. Excellent sipper, it's a very well balanced rum. Sweet but not too sweet, fruity, vanilla, moderate burn. One of my favs.

There is a lot going on here and it works in all of the right ways. It’s complex but balanced. Sweet but also dry. Funky but smooth. Wood and tobacco offset by banana and other tropical fruits. Truly complex and enjoyable time and time again.

Výborný rum, který jsem se rozhodl opatřit po ochutnávce starší verze Appleton Estate 21 Rare Colection z roku 2016, která mi moc chutnala, ale zrovna tou dobou nebyla nikde na trhu.
Nevím jak komu, ale starší verze mi chutná o něco více.

I bought a bottle of this on the way home from Jamaica and taste tested it against the Appleton Estate 21-year I already have in my collection. It was smoother and more flavourful. One of the best, if not the best rums I’ve had so far.

Love the curves on the bottle, so female. Heavy and stylish cork is a plus. The aroma is very Jamaican, funky and nice, but not too funky at all. Maybe the age has to do with the mellowness. The flavor is soft but still rich. No hints of ethanol here. No alcohol burn in the mouth but still the flavors are intense. I taste especially dark fruits. This is the best rum or even spirit I have ever tasted neat to date.

I am on my 7th bottle... Is that convincing enough?

I waited a long time to treat myself to this bottle and it did not disappoint. Perfectly amount of sweetness, hint of oak and the right amount of that hogo. Probably the first time I spent this much money on a bottle and wasn't disappointed.

Excellent rum. No doubt has that Jamaican funk in the nose along with banana and vanilla. Taste is certainly not disappointing as not too sweet and just a bit dry without too much of the what can be over powering Jamaican funk which allows a lot of other flavors to pop - vanilla, banana, and touch of coffee. Just really clean crisp taste on the rocks and smooth. Better than Black River Cask but not by much and certainly not for double the price. Will probably be my first and last bottle strictly due to the price. Just short of being a 10 as there is something in the aftertaste that is just a tiny bit off for me and hard to say exactly what.

Citrus peel, brandied raisins and oak in aroma; sweet start, vanilla, chocolate and banana with sharper end; warming tail