Habitation Velier Long Pond White STC❤️E 2018 Unaged 62,5%

"Yet another retaste and here I also stick to my score 😊 This is a surprisingly good white unaged rum. Looking at the price tag you get a lot for your money. Very fruity with an intense nose and starting palate. The chemical factory like my friend calls it is there and the finish is very long and warm. Draws nice curtains in the glass and the empty glass is very nice even after hours."

"Yummy🤤 Very classic fruity(full fruit basket from banana, citrus, overripe fruits) and funky estery rum! The alcohol is integrated well. I can recommend this for mixing! It can improve every cocktail 🤤"

"On the nose, a fruity sweet note predominates, the alcohol is gently perceptible. A little vanilla also comes through.Surprising then on the palate: first a sweetness, then briefly something fruity and finally dominant a tart pleasant spice!The alcohol is perfectly integrated! That has what!In the finish, the spice remains most noticeable!Very tasty!"

"What a pleasure it is to open this bottle and immediately smell that distinctive aroma. It's strong, rotten, esterized, peppery and so on. The taste doesn't disappoint. It's intense. Young and lively. Everything is too present in this rum, and that makes it incredible. Long Pond is definitely my thing. Edit: tested and validated in an overboosted mai-tai! Re-edit: tested during a 5l barrel ageing experiment. This white is excellent. Edit: finished for this one. Impressions confirmed with each tasting."

"Really interesting to have an unaged STCE in front of the nose. In direct comparison to a 13yo, this one almost has something of a white Agricole (similar to the Renegade pre-casks). The esters don't have the upper hand yet.Nose: fruity, fresh and sweet, herbal. Initially the esters are there with a pleasant vinegar note. Then immediately green apple with mild lemon and sweetish fruit, perhaps mirabelle or banana? Has hints of an Obstler. Behind that, spicy-sweet honey and a restrained blend of anise and chamomile. Palate: intense with an interesting flavor arc. Warm at first then salty-mineral bitter, very dry. Transitioning to light esters with some fruit, sugar cane sweetness, then green, with saffron and chamomile.Barrel cleaning would do it good."

"Voňavý banán, ovoce, vanilka, smetana, techničnost, kůže. Nevtíravá vůně, moc fajn. První doušek bez rozlihování celkem masakr, ale pak už je to jamajská funky jízda. Přezrálé ovoce, techničnost, kůže. Tohle by mohlo být zajímavé mít třeba v 55%."

"The STCE Mark is just super tasty - also in this unaged bottling. Tastes also pure but is a grenade in the daiquiri."

"Super fruity, fresh and funky!For me a top candidate for a delicious daiquiri!"

"Bei ungereiften Rums merkt man die Qualität sofort, und die ist bei diesem Exemplar wirklich erste Sahne. Fruchtiger Jamaikaner mit einer Menge Funk und sehr gut eingebundenem Alkohol. Sollte man probiert haben, insbesondere weil man dann erst richtig einordnen kann, was das Reifen noch mit dem Rum anstellt."

"What a lovely nose! Intensely smells like fruity bubblegum. A touch of banana, accompagnied by baskets of berries: raspberry, blackberry and especially strawberry. Backbone structured by springwater, freshly brewed tea, old hay barn and black olives. Taste is very much alike, but with the introduction of sugarcane. The tea turns black and peppery with touches of anise. The finish is salty, minty and quite hot. The alcohol is not integrated perfectly, but the flavours are definitely there. This is amazing in cocktails, but leave it to breathe for a bit and it could be a sipper, making the release price/quality very high."