The Whisky Jury South Pacific SPD 2001
Rare, fruity, well-balanced Fijian rum delight.
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This Fiji rum, bottled by The Whisky Jury, is a rare gem from the South Pacific distillery, aged for over 20 years. Distilled in 2001 using pot stills and molasses, it has a robust 55.2% ABV at cask strength. With only 203 bottles available, this limited edition offers a unique experience. Reviews highlight a complex nose full of varnish, dried apricot, and esters, while the palate presents medicinal, woody, and leathery notes complemented by menthol. Esteemed for its fruity and spicy interplay, the rum is well-balanced yet retains a punch, finishing dry with long-lasting esters. It’s a quintessential, well-executed example of Fijian rum craftsmanship.
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About the South Pacific distillery
The South Pacific distillery is located in Fiji. Rums from South Pacific have been reviewed 3,211 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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Typical Fiji profile. Fruity, honey, some caroni dirtiness. Delicious on the palate, balanced and yet with power.
RumX Community Tasting Fiji 2001. A nose with varnish, yellow fruit and in particular apple, vegetal and like old hemp rope. On the palate, pastry, yellow fruit and hemp rope. Roasted/grilled. The finish is rather short, the aromas disappearing quickly with a not very pleasant acqueous side. Apple and oak remain at the very end. A pleasant rum, not overpowering, but with no flaws or rough edges, making it consistent and easy to drink. For my taste, it's a little boring, too much in the background. Everything is coherent here, nose, finish and empty glass, a real plus for a very well-made rum.
RumX Fidji 2001 Cross Tasting: As opener of the line-up this one was very nice right from the start. Well balanced and reasonably complex representation of the vintage with all you can hope for. In the end this one placed in the middle of the pack. Side-by-side it lacks a bit of punch and excitement compared to others in the line-up. But make no mistake: this is very good in its own right. Cheers to Jakob!
Fiji 2001 Community Tasting - big thanks to Jakob for organizing this blind tasting. A great vintage and a comparison not without surprise. For me, the two Artesanal rums, neither of which I drank to the end, brought up the rear. An unpleasant juniper off-note was particularly disturbing (very pronounced in the rx15398, slightly better but still disturbing in the rx7779). Then, for me, the Rum Cask rx479 brought up the rear (i.e. very good / with the right markers), but not as great as the others. Surprisingly, the Isla del Ron, which has had a small reference status in my heart ever since I tried it, ended up in next place for me. But it was overtaken in the blind test by the delicious Whisky Jury (rx13025) and then by the sensational. cave Guildive (rx1717). For me, the Cave Guildive is the winner of the classic Fiji 2002 profile and is really top. I only rated the Flag LMDW Antipodes (rx13440) higher ... this one is clearly woodier but also ultra-tasty. It was also clearly recognizable blind and made the photo finish millimeters behind the Plantation rx11133, which probably also stood out because it was so un-Fiji2001 and has a great glue-caramel Guyana nose. Verdict: Typical Fiji winners are the Cave Guildive on the fruity-honey-feelgood side and the Flag on the woody. the Plantation is the wildcard winner. The two RA bottlings are the two that remain far below the level of the other two.