Velier Appleton Hearts Collection - 1993

Complex wood, mint, and leather sipper

According to buyers, this is a complex, woody rum with mint, black tea, and leathery depth, while sweetness and fruit provide balance. Recommended for those seeking depth and rarity.

8.8/10 103 reviews

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    How does this rum taste?

    Exceptional complexity
    Long, evolving finish
    Well-integrated alcohol

    Reviewers repeatedly praise the Hearts Collection 1993 for its layered complexity and refined balance after 29 years of aging. Expect vibrant notes of menthol, leather, and wood, with highlights of tropical fruit, vanilla, and black tea. It stands out as a collector's sipper, best enjoyed slowly to explore its evolving flavors. Highly rated by our community for its integration of high ABV and cask-aged boldness.

    Aroma

    Glue Vanilla Banana Woody

    Taste

    Roasted Barrel Minty Woody

    How is this rum rated?

    8.8/10 103 reviews
    Top 12% Jamaica
    Top 6% Appleton Estate

     Reminiscent of a T.D.L with some REV through the mint/black tea note. Adds a great and heavy barrel influence due to the tropical aging.After some time grapefruit, herbs and some glue come in. The alcohol is very well integrated. An almost endless finish. Lots to discover here. Great. My #2 from the Hearts Collection!

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    8.7 /10
    Review by: Oliver

     Ui I should have struck with a bottle...Wonderfully fruity and fresh 😯😯I had not expected. Parallels to Guyana REV the balanced heavy fruit, herbs with wood one recognizes here again. ... also mint and even some funk is to smell and taste, great !!! Nice surprise!

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    8.8 /10
    Review by: SaibotZtar

     Quite exciting. A rum that already has a lot of barrel influence and therefore recognizable signs of age - but has not yet fully matured beyond its zenith and is drowning in bitterness and an exuberant wood influence. On the nose, heavy notes of glue, wood, tea and dark and sweet fruit. There is plenty of mint on the palate, as well as tart hints of leather and spices. The finish is spicy, which makes me think of ginger. That's something, even if I would have liked to have tasted the distillate with 2-3 years less tropical maturation.

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    8.4 /10
    Review by: Jakob

     Edit: It would be a dream to be able to try the whole Appleton Hearts range. My conclusion would be that this is a really high-quality range. All in all, they are all great bottlings. I personally find it difficult to choose a true winner here. Only the 84 falls a little short. Both it and the 02 can't quite keep up, although that's complaining at a high level. However, if I had to choose one, it would probably be the 03 because it was the first one I tasted from the series. Another wonderful Appleton Hearts bottling. As already mentioned, the minty notes on the palate are reminiscent of T.D.L and REV. I had feared that the long tropical maturation, the cask/wood and especially the bitter note would ruin the drop. But this is not the case. A direct comparison of the complete series is still pending. In any case, very successful.

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    8.7 /10
    Review by: zabo
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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    Bottler
    RumX ID
    RX15474
    ABV
    63%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    1993
    Cask number
    #413487 - 413499
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    29 years
    No. of bottles
    3,600
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    250€+
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Velier • Appleton Estate 1993   29yr   63% Hearts Collection - 1993

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    The RumX community has already added 125 bottles to their collections:

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    114
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    6
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    5
    Open rate
    9%
    Ø Market value
    295€

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    The Appleton Estate distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Appleton Estate have been reviewed 2,928 times with an average of 8.0/10.

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