Admiral Rodney HMS Royal Oak

Aroma is nice with wood, raisin and vanilla. Taste is smoothed with some added sugar. After fisrt sweeter seconds you can recognize oaky and a bit dry tones followed by leather and spicy. Could be more complex and aftertaste is short.

Le nez offre une touche fruitée et légèrement épicée.
En bouche, une belle finesse et une structure boisée avec de notes chocolatées et vanillées.
La finale a une persistance moyenne.

The nose is fruit, brown sugar, oak and leather. The taste has all of those ingredients plus a subtle spicey sweetness with warms rather than fizzes on the tongue in just the right fashion. There is a lot of warmth to it and the aftertaste is long - maybe a hint of sherry, orange, caramel and a dry walnutty-element.
And that bottle and presentation box! Superb.

great price quality is also 1 of my favorite long aftertaste

A nose with a bit of maple. A taste of aged wood but just the right amount. A slight vegetative flavour, but overwhelmingly the smoothest rum I think Ive had in awhile. Incredibly smooth. I'll be diving into even more of their offerings in the near future because of this great sampling.

This is very special rum.
Deep and smooth, it's reminds me of like very old fashioned man.

my first rum from st. lucia and it was a good pick for my premiere… very round and tasty, has a little sweetness but bot too much. from me a clear thumbs up and really recommendable 👍

Distillation: Column still
Aging: Tropical 7-12
Nose: Mild and doesn’t tell you much but without being unpleasant.
Mouth: The attack is absolutely delectable. Like a creamy vanilla butterscotch brandy type flavor that rises high and strong on the first instance. Incredible. This is followed by a smooth-as-can-be rounded rum flavor. St Lucia rums are known for their silkiness and this one fits the bill in that regard. But boy, that attack flavor is really something to write home about.
Finish: Average to long finish that is a gentle flavor wave of continuance, not much new but what is there is very good indeed.

This is not the cheapest rum, which has to be taken into account, but it’s certainly not prohibitively expensive either. I have to give this a strong recommendation because that first attack flavor is worthy of the price of entry alone. It’s that delicious. Maybe one of the best such profiles I’ve ever come across so far.

Thought it had a bit if chemical aftertaste at first but that disappeared quickly, 'thick' and 'toffee' is my best attempt astdescribing it

Expectations met with this wonderful drop. Raisins, Fresh Oak, Vanilla and Leather dominate this very well balanced and tasty sipper. I get a sense that excellent quality oak barrels were used in ageing this with the leather and vanilla notes...

Compared to other SLD offerings which I highly recommend as summer rums, this really works well in the deep winter cold. It lacks the vibrancy (youth) of the other offerings and feels slightly flat which makes it more subdued and needing more time to appreciate its qualities (not a criticism).

This is easily recommended to beginners to appreciate better rum.

I have absolutely enjoyed the bottle and will gladly add another to the cabinet for a different rum experience to my much beloved Bajan taste. Highly recommend this and oh so close to a 9.