Admiral Rodney HMS Princessa 5-Year

The perfect set-up:

Exotic name, beautifully shaped bottle, and what an inviting nose... vanilla, brown sugar, tobacco.

Then a sharp left from the palate: Oak and poor mouth feel.

What a metaphor regarding one of the great lessons of life!

Gold colored rum suprised with fruity and vanila aroma, alcohol just right, from strong to soft after taste.

Nosing
Port, apples,oak , caramel, cinnamon and rum

Taste
Toffee, oak , smokyness , cloves and rum

Very nice vanilla smell, but taste not good. Taste like ethanol with wood.

This is true rum with no added sugar. Althrough this is the youngest from the line its very good and smooth. Of course older brothers are little bit more complex a deeper but this one is still very good choice. Flavours of oak, sugar cane, tropical fruit and vanilla.

Nice and good rum. Nothing crazy going on here and a true taste of real rum. You can smell and taste the fruit with a little bit of sweetness. This is the Admiral winner for me scoring it a 7,5

Nice mellow notes of vanilla and toffee. Makes a dope sazerac.

Had at distillery. Not as smooth as normal Admiral Rodney, now called the Royal Oak. Perhaps it would be better on ice. Not worth the price given Royal Oak and Formidable are not much more expensive

Smooth finish, light Carmel tones and not too sweet. A good rum to savour and if I had more I would drink more often! Well done St Lucia!

Nice rum, true to the definition of what rum should taste like. Notes of light fruit with a hint of dark fruits. slight hint of sweetness.