Swell de Spirits Long Pond Swell & Co. Co-bottling series #4 ITP 2007 15yr 68%

"Untypical Long Pond. Little ester and rather hints of the barrel-strong Appleton Hearts. Very intense and concentrated. Alcohol could be a bit better integrated. Nevertheless, exciting profile!"

"Alcohol not so well integrated. Overall somewhat flat due to the low ester pith, but nice tropical fruit."

"This rum needs time to mature. Let the bottle air out a little. Do the same with each glass. Then you can fully enjoy this ultra-evolving profile: a skilful blend of fruit, wood, pastry, vanilla and so on. It's amazing how it evolves. Tannins are quite present, but the wine is deliciously pastry-like. As usual with Mika Barbaria's selections: a superb rum. Edit: With a drop of water to try and lower the alcohol level a little, you don't lose the richness of this rum. I would have liked a small reduction to make it more accessible after all."

"Extremely horny funky (low ester) long pond. Alcohol Top integrated and makes already after 5 minutes breathe really fun. Am very positively surprised by this bottling!🤤🇯🇲💣Kann for me loosely keep up with the previous velier 2007 bottlings! Hard to say which ester mark has been hit here.... From the sweet notes it could be a MBS from the fermented notes but also almost a TECA.... Supposedly it is an ITP! In any case, really cool stuff!Flavor flambé banana, orange zest and juice, black pepper, dark chocolate, some mint and coconut macaroons 🤤"

"This LP is too immature for me ! He is characterized me too much of the spicy roasty side! Fruit is barely perceptible on the palate ! The alcohol also dominates me too much! Even after some time in the glass he does not win to it"

"Auch hier könnte ich ewig dran schnüffeln. Kokosnuss, trop. (über)reife Früchte, Toffee, Popcorn, Karamell und eine leicht florale Note. Am Gaumen alles wiederzufinden was die Nase verspricht, aber auch leicht dreckige Noten. Sehr guter Long Pond!!"

"Indeed, not a typical LP. Very fruity and little ester.Nose: an intense and pleasant aroma spreads in the space around the glass. Superficially it is very tropical fruity with tart sweet passion fruit, fine coconut, and papaya, but next to it banana and a touch of apricot with cherry. At the same time it is full and spicy with vanilla and licorice. The barrel also comes through and is ready of white chocolate. Also noticeable is the intense, pleasant sweetness that reminds me of sugar syrup and caramel. A great round nose, the high ABV supports but is very well integrated. 90Palate: on the palate the alcohol is then not so well integrated. It is quite strong, astringent and bitter-salty-sour at the start. I then find some ester tones here as well. The bitter notes turn to lemon and orange peel, becoming increasingly metallic, spicy and woody. Toasted out the back, slightly toasty and some umami. Can't keep up with the nice nose on the palate. 82Nose very nice, palate too unbalanced and bitter. Overall, an interesting aloe-ester LP."

"Sehr schöner Long Pond Low Ester. Erinnert im Geruch an eine 94er New Yarmouth/. Im Geschmack fällt er allerdings meiner Meinung nach ein wenig ab. Unglaublich gut finde ich Integration des Alkohols."

"Wow was für eine Granate, in eine Crosstadtimg der absolute Favorit. Im MT schon mehrfach probiert und auch extrem gut. ITP sprich für einen Low Ester LP, der aber untypischer weise ordentlich Funk aufweist. Für mich eine top Abfüllung von Swell."