Long Pond Plantation Jamaica (Bardstown Fusion Series) (Belux Tour) CRV 1998 22yr 49,4%

"This is supposed to be a Long Pond? Taste much Column style, virtually no esters, no fruit basket, alcohol not well integrated, blind I would have rather guessed a Foursquare."

"Tropical salad on the nose with lots of fresh pineapple, as well as some coconut flakes and passion fruit. Sweet peaches and soft nutty nougat. Barrel notes provide some wood, vanilla and a bit of cloves. Light medicinal touch from salty seabreeze followed by old, stale tobacco. Mouthfeel is slick and oily. It’s very sweet with fruits and sugar notes. Much more coconut forward. Peach cobbler and vanilla icecream, followed by soft buttery nougat. It’s lightly peppered with more sea breeze in its wake. Fresh and minty at the back of the palate. Frosted coconut flakes, nougat and vanilla in a short-to-medium length finish. This is an excellent entry into low ester Jamaican or LP territory, but to me it’s too sweet."

"Le nez est subtil, bien fruité, je sens beaucoup la mangue, puis la vanille. Quelques notes de tabac peut-être. Ca a l'air assez doux. Effectivement, rien d'agressif en bouche, mais néanmoins une belle palette aromatique, c'est toujours fruité, mais plus sur l'abricot, la canelle et la pêche notamment. Une très longue finale. J'ai des petits retours de mangue au bout d'un moment, mais je remarque aussi le clou de girofle et le café, mais en très soft. Le finish en fût de Bardstown Fusion Series, un blend de bourbons, a dû considérablement adoucir le jus et ça le rend très abordable."