El Dorado 2002 Versailles

Very good rum and how El Dorado should be, without added sugar and with a great punch!

A full on intense hit of flavour, sweet, with a caramel aftertaste. Though it is full flavoured and warming, there's surprisingly little burn for a 63% rum. Excellent

Really delicious Demerara. Complex, deep flavours, spices, raisins, plum, coffee, no added BS (sugar etc) - Amen. Love it.

Really thick and chewy. Coats the pallet and takes your senses for a joy ride. Very rich. Very complex. Syrupy. Not sweet. Superb balance. Great spice and smoke notes. First rate with an epic finish. Pricy and worth it. A superior craft rum.

On the nose, notes of nuts are released on the almond and walnut. It is nevertheless very fresh with perhaps a little orange aroma. In the mouth, alcohol is present but the sweet side makes for a good balance. Very complex with a super long finish. It is a beautiful rum but like his brother Enmore, it is just as expensive.

Good and powerfull El Dorado.( Not as powerfull as Port Mourant 1999 ) but powerfull. The nose is Christmas, the taste is a bit more sharp compared to Port Mourant. It is really good. Can’t understand the low rating!

N- Interestingly as well intensely made. Squeezing whole of uncut passion-fruit, breath in the distant fragrant of the fruit with hint of earth. Well lay with rich cafe mocha in the middle and welcoming fume-y notes. Long lasting and evolved well to roasted peppercorn with tinge of brown syrup. (89/22)

P- Mouthwatering, burst of dried fruits of raisin, hawthorn and bitter chocolate. Authentic, earthy, spicy and semi aggressive with refine richness. Dry, tannin with raising fume of charred strength to flex its muscle, just the way how I like my rum. (93/23)

F- Long, alluring mouth coat, dry, herb-y, rum soaked dried fruits sweetness and reasonable depth to mesmerize. In the sea of rum, to encounter a genuine flavours like this are cheer-able. (92/33)

B/B- 92/23

Weighted Rate- 91pt
— at The Rum Bar KL.

Tento rum jsem začal ochutnávat poté co jsem ochutnával agricole rumy Mhoba Strand 151 a Velier Sajous Vieux Vaval & Casimir, což opravdu nebyl dobrý nápad. Pořád jsem cítil tyto dva rumy i když jsem pil tento. Takže jsem byl zklamán jeho technickou chutí.
Při druhém ochutnávání už to bylo lepší, i když jsem si jej nalil opět po Velier Vieux...
Přesto, že jsem si myslel, že už předchozí rum na mne nebude mít vliv, cítil jsem v něm nějakou chemickou příchuť s ořechy a mandlemi. Musím jej přechutnat vícekrát, protože mám pocit, že mi bude i přez počáteční handycap chutnat až jej budu pít samotný.

At 63%, it's a touch sharp. Caramel on the nose, a hint of tobacco, the molasses is there too. I'm surprised at the sweetness, yet, it's plenty woody, with just a touch of sour fruit in the finish.

A very nice nose that needs to breathe a bit (63% vol). I pick up tobacco, homemade caramel, leather, vanilla and wooden planks with sap-like overtones. There’s no denying the pot still character. In the mouth the rum hit’s me intensely with the same lovely notes found in the nose, but it also feels a little sharper than other cask strength rums in this category. The finish is fairly subtle given the initial flavour explosion, but lingers for a while with a little woody caramel. Very nice. The slight lack of refinement and high price, holds this otherwise wonderful bottle from achieving a 9 in my book.