St. Nicholas Abbey Single Cask Ltd Reserve 12-Year

Very nice rum with depth and legs. Easy on the nose and throat. Could drink this all day long. Smith with classic Island spice notes.

Bottle no. 645 - 14th february 2016.

Rommen kommer i en yderst eksklusiv karaffel med hovedbygning, nummer og dato indgraveret i flasken.

En fantastisk god og meget blid rom. Meget kompleks med en smule bid.

Floral aroma, first taste is fruit with sour tones. Body not very complex, but nice aftertaste with peach bitter average long aftertaste.

A quality rum, with a vegetal, slightly creamy taste profile. No added sweeteners or essences here, just a great base spirit, and aging in quality barrels. Enjoyable indeed.

Edit 2020-10-20
Now I’ve finished my first bottle and this is my so far best tasted Bajan rum so I upgrade it to a 10.
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A truly Bajan Rum! It has it all. Must be one of the best Bajan rums. Do I need to change my top five shelf? Feel that I have to taste the older ones. The only problem is the price.
Picture: My Bajan shelf & My opened bottle.

Anderledes end de mange andre jeg har smagt, men helt klart på den gode måde. meget frugt særligt en æble/blomme eftersmag. meget afbalanceret i forhold til sødme og mildhed. Den får mig lyst til at prøve 15 & 18

Light bronze colour. On the nose, we are on the woody, dried fruits, hazelnut, vanilla, brown sugar, blond tobacco. In the mouth, it is very sweet, with butter, milk chocolate, crème brûlée. The finish is woody, very long, very soft but with a little smoky side. Nice rum.

My first impression of this elixir of the Gods was to marvel at it’s amazing color, beautiful! I noticed great body on the pour, amazing bouquet, sweet and pure. The 12 year old version is quite a bit more mature than the 5 year old, smooth with a little heat at the end. The balance of the sweet and floral notes is almost like a song in your mouth. The finish is what really seals the deal, sweet and smooth with a lip tingling sensation that seduces you into another pour. An amazing bottle to add to you collection, can’t wait to try the 18 & 20 y.o. offerings! This is a butt hair shy of a 10! I am in Love!!

Sugar: 0 GPL. This is Rum in it's purest state with nothing added. Simply the best. Perfectly balanced and extremely smooth rum. It smells like fresh honey harvested from a field of clover. Aside the honey, I detected some fruit, perhaps mango and a touch of banana, also present was oak, vanilla, baking spices, and a little bit of smoke. As mentioned this is perfectly balanced rum, with no harshness at all, very soft on the palate accompanied by an enduring warmth in your throat and chest.
Put this rum on your bucket list of rums!
Travel note: If you are in Barbados, you can call or order online from the St Nicolas Abbey Distillery and they will deliver to your hotel or condo.

In 2012, my wife and I visited Barbados' St. Nicholas Abbey and toured the distillery which we found extremely interesting. I also sampled their St. Nicholas Abbey 8 yr Rum, as well as their 12 yr Rum and I recall being amazed with the taste and smoothness of their product. The bottle appeal was outstanding and I ended up purchasing a bottle of 8 yr and 12 yr Rum both of which were engraved prior to final packaging.

Five years later I opened and sipped on my St. Nicholas Abbey 8 yr Rum and it immediately brought me back to my first tasting of this product as I inhaled the oakeyness and absorbed the various flavors of this Rum. I truely enjoyed this sampling but will only indulge sparingly as St. Nicholas Abbey Rum is not available for purchase in my area (Eastern Canada)

UPDATE:

Recently re-sampled this St-Nicholas Abbey 12 yr rum and am simply amazed at this product. Without a doubt it does deserve a "10" rating.