Excellence Rhum T.D.L Trinidad Distillers 2003

Fruité cassis, puissant, excellent

On the nose it's very appealing!!! It's hard to let it air out 🤤 Very fruity and a floral/medicinal touch. In the mouth it's extra!!! A huge kick!!! Intensely complex! A nice slap in the face ❤❤ I don't regret having picked up a bottle 👌Coup de coeur du moment 🔥Second bottle received!!! Half empty bottle. Softer on the attack. Taste remains just as deep.

A nose a little closed but a superb mouth, beautiful fruit salad which concludes by notes a little darker (smoke, coffee). A great success.

Discreet but magnificent nose on the palate of lychee frangipane and a very Floral finish ( rose 🌹)👍🤗🤗

A highly concentrated T.D.L. that gets the nose talking with a deluge of red and black fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry, cherry, raisin). The alcohol is perceptible, the profile ebullient and untamed. Spices (cloves, cardamom, nutmeg) follow with wood, caramel and crème brûlée, followed by leather, tobacco and smoky notes. An intense, powerful and dry profile. The attack on the palate is lively and powerful on the fruity side, led by red and black fruits (blackcurrant, cherry) and tropical fruits (mango, passion fruit). Menthol and aromatic herbs use their strength to intrude on the palate, but empyreumatic notes (smoke, rubber) play spoilsport. Wood, leather, mocha and spices support the smoky notes in the proceedings. A strong profile, with remarkably well-integrated alcohol. The finish is long and persistent, with a fresh, mentholated framework, before being overtaken by fruit (blackcurrant, cherry, mango, raisin). Smoky, spicy and woody notes are in the background, but round out the profile nicely. A very elaborate bottling, distinguished from the Compagnie des Indes T.D.L by its aromatic intensity.

My second sampling and I have to say that this is an outstanding TDL. Just the right mix of tropical fruit, wood and rubber.

Great selection! The finale is really delicious and really makes you want to go back!

Sweet and tropical nose. Mango, popcorn, vanilla, iodine and spices. Then much more mature in the mouth. Smoky, mint, overripe, tropical fruit, vanilla, menthol and rubber. Nice long finish. Pleasing, crisp and fine. I like the 2003 vintage much better than the 2001s.

on the nose on the sweet-fruity side: coconut, tropical fruit, candied, popcorn...but also barrel, vanilla, spices (cardamom, clove) and alcoholic spiciness. Noticeably more 'adult' on the palate with smoky charred notes and tobacco and menthol on the finish (somewhere between the 2001/2020 RA TDL and the 1994/2017 Velier Caroni).

While the nose is very much dominated by herbs and spices, there is an intense (and surprising) hint of orange and citrus alongside other fruits and herbs from the nose. Interesting stuff!

Ce tdl est vraiment à part, certainement dû à ses 70 % de vieillissement continental, il est à mon goût mono aromatique, très singulier, c est exactement pour cela qu' On l'aime, ou non, le piment fort et le bois se mêlent au marqueur menthol/canabis, ce qui lui confère une place à part dans le monde des tdl 99/03 , les arômes qu il laisse en bouche sont très prenant , envoûtant même, moi j aime bien mais à petites doses , un tdl en marge des autres qui doit être goûté au moins une fois tellement il est unique..

An intense TDL... it's good, but can't fully convince me

On the palate again crisp notes of mint.

Horny nose! Taste me unfortunately too ethereal oily, almost sauna infusion moderate and a very strange acidity and furry. Alcohol well integrated but somehow I do not quite clear on the...