The Duchess Ten Cane Trinidad 13 2008

Come on, this is amazing. Deep, rich, roasted, melassa, black tea and sherry. Wow, that sherry touch is wonderfull. Very well integrated alcohol. This is really cool. Where can I buy that liquid? Ten Cane at its best. You must be kidding that only me gave this rum above 9points. Ridiculous.

After a quarter of a bottle it is still a top rum. I'm thrilled. This Duchess is significantly woodier and toastier than its predecessor and much heavier than the RdL bottlings from the Collectors Ed. The cherry and berries only come to the fore behind the glue and burnt spices - more red fruit jelly than fresh fruit. There is also some polish and cardboard. In the mouth, the berries are more present and even riper, like in an old Tempranillo, plus dark chocolate, crumbly tannins, the spices and artichoke and beet? The finish is super relaxed and the alcohol integration, which was previously the weak point of all 10 Canes, is much better in this one! Minimal criticism: Unfortunately, the rum lacks the citrus facet that characterized the other 2008s. Uodate: In crosstasting with the new Trinidad rum club. Could still understand my tasting notes very well. The rum club doesn't want to classify itself so confidently. The Rumclub lacks the sour cherries, the berries, the old Agricole. Instead, it brings the typical TDL peach and mint iced tea. I'm confused and need to do a bigger comparison session.

In direct comparison to the duchess ten cane 2008/2019, there is less fruit on the nose, fewer floral notes and instead more spice and more wood and cardboard as well as caramel. The taste is again somewhat sweeter than its predecessor, almost burnt caramel, cassis jelly, dark chocolate, artichoke leaves, candied ginger, cinnamon bark and fruit bread. More wood, tannins and dark chocolate and peach iced tea on the finish. Partly reminiscent of good XO Cognac. Definitely at least as enjoyable as its predecessor, albeit very different. The alcohol is surprisingly well integrated here and the wood does not dominate at all. Grandiose bottling once again from the house of Duchess! For me so far the benchmark in terms of Ten cane 2008!

This is the best Ten Cane I've ever had! A great compmex aroma profile of berries, sour cherries, hokz, burnt sugar, caramelized fruit, chocolate, polish, glue, lots of tannins, warm on the palate,... The color is already fun. This thing is simply wonderful! The alcohol is super integrated, the finish is very long!

Just horny. In the nose very concentrated and the fruit was already very captured by the barrel. On the palate then just horny. Very heavy and super complex, the alcohol is very well integrated. Makes really fun if you like it dark. The finish is already fun because very astringent. But hardly becomes peppery. Hence the high rating. I like it very much. Best Ten Cane I've had ... so far.

8,8:On the nose, very enticing fruits attack our nosetrils, like black berry, red fruits with raspberry, cherry or maybe sour cherry and raisins, well, wood is obviously roasted with a caramel, dark chocolate, spicy with a clove and cinnamon, there are medicinal notes like nail polish. On aeration, a molasses is dark with black tea, the wood offers nuts, burnt sugar and tannins, menthol shows itself. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is woody and industrial at first, thick, with rubber, roasted, burnt wood with burnt sugar and caramel, spicy with vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon, as dried currants and berries are delicious.Resting the rum brings tannins, fruits like citrus, raisins and medicinal notes with menthol. 8,8:The finish is even better, rounder, woody, dry with tannins, roasted notes, creamy, still spicy and fruitier with berries and red, dried fruits, banana, more industrial as the palate with petrol, rubber, tar..

A rather special agricole. Dark, with lots of tannin, burnt wood, caramelized red/black fruit, a little rubbery. The alcohol is a little too present at first, but after a while the rum becomes very interesting, rich, deep, mellowing and revealing its full potential. The finish is eternal and greedy. A wonderful discovery!

Needs a few minutes in the glass to open up and come off the wood a bit, but worth the wait.Explosion and fruit and spice. Slightly burnt at the same time. Exciting composition. Am curious how he does in comparison. Then there may be even 2 points more 😁

Heavy, bold Rum. Very ‘meaty’. Much red berry’s, black currant, prunes. It’s very interesting. “Smoked, baked berry’s”. Lots of raisins coming out. Very concentrated juice. Palate are very good. There is something common with cognacs, but more concentrated. Again dried prunes.

2nd tasting: remains very interesting, precisely because of its corners and edges.Very intense. On the nose a lot of wood, dark fruit and nicely spicy. Something slightly biting like polish. Then again nicely fruity. The longer it stands, the more intense it smells. Makes fun. Great nose. On the palate first alcoholic, then briefly bitter to burnt (the burnt remains in the finish). Then berries, a slight sweetness, like caramel and again lots of wood, pleasantly spicy. With slight deductions in the taste overall an exciting and great rum.

#4138 The price tag on this bottle at release was really good. A complex yet very nice rum with fruits and spices. The roasted wood is strong in this I've without being dominant. Love the dark colour and thick curtains in the glass. The empty glass is really nice and has some chocolate and faint rubber to it.

Even better than his 11-year-old brother. Heavy cottage industry, grandfather's workshop and fruit on the nose again. The palate is extremely intense, very sweet at first, gradually through the wood into oily notes. Finally, a very long finish that signs off with a perfect trinidad.

The Duchess a sélectionné ici une petite pépite de Trinidad. Le nez se restreint à un certain registre mais se focalise intensément dessus : on décèle de belles notes de fruits rouges, notamment la cerise, du pruneau et du raisin sec, qui apportent de la rondeur. On retrouve aussi beaucoup d’épices en tout genre, comme la cannelle, les clous de girofle, le piment, le poivre et la vanille. Le boisé est sombre, chocolaté, légèrement caramélisé et continue sur le cuir. Un profil concentré. La bouche est un véritable concentré de notes boisées et brûlées qui assombrissent le palais. Les épices (cannelle et piment en tête), le sucre brûlé et le chocolat noir approfondissent ce profil intense. Par ailleurs, les fruits rouges et secs (cerise, baies, pruneau et raisin) ne font qu’accentuer cette facette très dark mais plutôt élégante. On a un spectre aromatique complet, sombre et expressif. L’alcool est également très bien intégré. La finale est un peu plus assagie mais poursuit sa lancée avec des notes rôties, brûlées et pimentées. Un côté astringent et tannique s’immisce en fin de bouche avec les fruits rouges et secs. Les épices et le cuir complètent ce profil tout en excès. Un très bon Ten Cane, qui est pourtant un profil souvent négligé mais qui a le mérite de proposer autre chose venant de Trinidad.

This needed a lot of resting in the glass to reveal more than just burnt sugar and seabreeze. After an hour, it opened up beautifully into a slick and incredibly concentrated profile. On the nose, upfront with burnt sugars, black cherries and barrel char. Then dried fruits and orange zest. Followed by mixed spices; foremost cinnamon and cloves, but also slight juniper and ginger notes. 75%+ chocolate. A complex heart of hot glue and coriander. On the palate excellent maturity. Very woody, charred and intensely spicy. Arid. Black pepper, cinnamon, cloves, juniper, ginger, light licorice, nutmeg… Black cherries, orange peel, dried fruits and their accompanying tannins. Dark chocolate leading into a bitter finish. The finish is reasonably lasting, “wine-y”; tannic and bitter. There’s dried fruits and more cloves driving this home. It’s a very heavy rum. I would expect this to be polarising, not appealing to all palates.

Dark, sour fruit compote on the nose paired with a spicy wood influence. There is also a lovely medicinal eucalyptus note, with the spicy barrel influence dominating the palate. The tannins from the barrel work excellently on the complex taste. Mild, oily, spicy, burnt sugar, cognac grape runs through the profile from start to finish. ABV is very well integrated. The finish is medium, what you have on the palate is carried along nicely. Dry, woody, spicy, raspberry ...delicious Ten Cane....