Habitation Velier Hampden LROK 2010

A world of difference between the opening of the bottle and four months later. A hard, alcoholic rum turns into a still strong, but very fruity rum with a very well integrated wood. A little bit of water softens the nose, reveals even more fruit and brings out a slight smokiness. A very nice surprise and a delicious rum! A remarkable rum raisin finish. Re-tasted and even better.

Welcome to Jamaica! In the nose coconut, pineapple , banana, spicy and lovely ester notes. In mouth it‘s starts with a bitter taste than it delivers the classic funky note with fruit basket, anise, ester… The finish is dry, woody with notes of ester, chocolate anise and tannins. Very very delicious rum. It‘s complex and spicy, so give it some time to fully open. You could add some water for sure (2-3 drops)

Fourth tasting and still really good 😋😋 - Many tastings in and still this is a really really god rum 😋😋

Delicious LROK with a nice nose. It's not my favorite Hampden Mark, but this is already delicious and the young age fits well here. Fruity with lots of pineapple and banana, spicy and slightly medicinal

In terms of taste, rather on the sweet side of tropical fruits (mango, papaya, banana). In addition, a funky finish with some rubber. In the taste also some chocolate. For a LROK already pretty funky.

I like this one and you get the esters though they're not super high. A very fruity rum with some funk and wood/chocolate. I really like the smoky wood finish.

I found the nose surprisingly restrained. Very intense on the palate, but not particularly complex. Alcohol is perceptible, but not disturbing. Unfortunately, it fell somewhat short of my expectations overall.

Nice combination of caramel and chocolate notes alongside nice tropical fruits. Alcohol is not flawlessly integrated however.

A very aromatic and powerful Hampden, with a typical nose of ripe tropical fruit, citrus, solvents, esters and varnish, followed by more floral notes, vanilla and wood. After aeration, a hint of smoke and meatiness emerges. The rum is powerful and intense on the palate, carried by Jamaican markers, marzipan, leather and spices. The alcohol is certainly present, but remarkably well integrated. The extremely long finish continues the spicy, smoky, salty, fruity profile with hints of tannin and leather. A very intense, aromatic, gourmet rum that is a credit to its distillery.

Superb Jamaican, it sends the watts 😍

Excellent! one of my favorite hampden. It's really elegant, you don't feel the 67°, it's so well made!

One of my first jams and even when I come back to it today with more experience and baa it's still just as good 🔥

Very fruity nose with full ester! On the palate, all the promise of fruit is there! It's very intense, a multitude of tropical fruits, very ripe and the alcohol is superbly well integrated. So good!

Sample en cours, magnifique fruité, jolis esters, ananas très mûrs porté par un alcool moins vif que je l'aurais deviné. À (re)déguster.

I don't find it at all typical of Hampden. Not much fruit, alcohol not well integrated, rather chocolaty-alcoholic notes. I don't really like it.