Romdeluxe Chairman‘s Reserve Master Selection (Romdeluxe) 2000

16.04.2025 Retasting with Fabian in Blåvand. ----------------------- #4155 This is a really nice and heavy Chairman's Reserve. The John Doore still has some tricks up its sleeve and they're really released here. Lightly fruity with roasted wood without it being too dominant. Spicy dry palate nd very good ABV integration. Draws really nice slow moving curtains in the glass and the empty glass is really nice and I can pick up some coffee and leather as well as very light iodine.

After pouring into the glass, the rum immediately takes possession of the surrounding air with thick, heavy swaths. Closer to the glass I find sour cherry, red berries and cassis. The fruit compote is accompanied by very pleasant and balanced roasted and barrel notes. Pleases me excellently. I have compared on the fly with some other St Lucia but this one is a blast on the nose! On the palate, the tannins clearly have the upper hand: lots of spice, oak, leather, salty licorice. The fruit is only subtly in the background and from the bitter category. The rum reminds me of old Armagnac on the palate. The ever-long aftertaste is clearly dominated by barrel and spice. I would have liked the fruits of the nose to reappear but so there is a certain break between nose and palate. The bitter notes, however, are not in the unpleasant range for my sensation. Regardless, an excellent, intense, powerful rum.

RdL vs Kirsch: Great cinema, what arrives here on the nose of RdL: red fruits, chutney, dried fruit, menthol notes, tobacco, caramel. And everything plays together wonderfully homogeneously. One notices the long aging there. The kirsch in the other glass has a completely different profile, which was not so clear to me without the direct comparison: the kirsch comes much more through spices such as allspice, nutmeg, anise (peppernut), also a little towards root vegetables or fennel. On the palate, the RdL comes more over dirty notes and charred barrel. The kirsch is a bit more 'mellow', more on spice. Overall, the RdL clearly came out ahead, on par with the Nectar 15th. The only downer: the blatantly exorbitant price.

Ein weiterer Chairman's Rum mit dominanten Raucharomen. Die komplexe Nase besitzt noch einen bemerkenswerten Fruchtanteil, die mir sehr gut gefällt. Aber im Mund zu einseitig dunkel und herb für meinen Geschmack. Trocken würzig und weiterhin sehr rauchig, pflanzlich und erdig. Fazit: Nase 9/10, aber Mundgefühl und Abgang eher 8/10.

And the 4th Chairman's in the group, it competes with the Rum&Co. For me they are both on a par, the RDL is slightly more intense, but of the same character (nose: fruity, wood; palate: wood, spice, tannins, finish, wood, spice, fruit), the Rum&Co has a slightly better alcohol integration, for me they are equal, the Chairman's front runner is still the Nobilis in my opinion!

St. Lucia World Cup Tasting

What a board! For me, a familiar profile from Saint Lucia with additional fruity notes. I can smell and taste cherries and oranges. But the orange is rather dry and bitter. Otherwise, the rum is also quite dry and woody, but also somehow sweet like caramel. For me, it's the best Saint Lucia so far. However, around 260 euros for the bottle is hefty.

Anlässlich einer kleinen Geburtstagrund in einem 5er Chairman’s Flight verkostet. Für mich ein wenig zu holzig. Ein schöner Chairman’s, der aber auch ein wenig fordernd ist. Über den Preis der aufgerufen wird dafür, erspare ich mir lieber die Worte. Wäre für mich das Geld nicht wert und würde zu einer anderen Chairman’s Abfüllungen greifen

Exciting parallel tasting with the 14yo WDC cask from another still. The DNA is very similar, the 21yo has - of course - significantly more woodspice, the WDC is fresher. However, both casks have this sour cherry note that I couldn't quite grasp at first. The quality of both is top notch!

Super abgefahrener Chairman‘s mit cooler Note von Sauerkirsche, Armagnac und Leder am Gaumen. Gefällt mir sehr gut. Im Chairman‘s Preisvergleich evtl auch etwas teuer aber sehr sehr gut. Sehr gerne hätte ich ne Flasche.

Frankonian Tasting Gang - 21.03.2025 - Nuremberg: Five Chairman's Reserve in small cross tssting. The Horizon has a very dominant, mega-fruity nose. It's there immediately after pouring, while the others still need some time to develop. After a while, RdL and RA catch up. Similar picture on the palate, the three would be my favorites, while the LMDW is too woody for me and the Cask&Bottle has too much finish.

Geschmacklich etwas zu bitter.

Really wicked st. Lucia! Fresh, bitter, spicy, fruity and heavy and oily. Cassis, menthol, thyme, salt licorice, strong coffee, bitter cocoa and bitter orange jam, but also almost burnt wood.... Really thick and dirty.... Extremely long finish... Fat!

Eine Wucht!

Typická vůně jakou mají rumy Master's. Hodně technické tóny mixlé kořením, ovocem a dřevem sudu. Chuťově je to velká paráda. Hodně je znát sud po bourbonu, ovoce, mentol a třísloviny. Závěr je dlouhá jízda po mentolovo lékořicovo ovocné vlně.