Swell de Spirits Flashback Series 2-07

Coconut-vanilla heat, roasted wood

Coconut and vanilla
Roasted wood notes
Improves with water
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Coconut, vanilla, roasted wood and caramel lead a spicy, toasty cask-strength profile. Reviewers note it opens with time or water, revealing more fruit and a longer, warming finish.

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members highlight coconut, vanilla and roasted wood, layered with caramel and dried fruits. At 61.9% it’s powerful and spicy, with a warm, toasty profile and a finish that lingers. Several reviewers suggest letting it breathe or adding a drop of water to open the nose and soften the heat. A popular pick with 51 community reviews and strong buyer confidence.

    Aroma

    Vanilla Woody Coconut Caramel

    Taste

    Woody Vanilla Caramel Coconut

    How is this rum rated?

    8.2/10 51 reviews
    Top 35% Barbados
    Top 30% West Indies

    I don't really warm up to this WIRD... the nose is smoky, bacony mixed with pastry, the woody roasted dominates with some catamel and pepper... it's certainly good, but not mine Second time in the glass today... and my opinion doesn't change... we don't go together

    Solid WIRD. This distillery will probably never quite convince me. Very light Barbados style with alcoholic finish.

    8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get is very tempting with fruitcake note, some esters, as the fruits are tropical with pineapple, coconut and dried with raisins and apricots, roasted wood begets us with smoky touch and delicious pastry, caramel, spiced up with cinnamon. On aeration, we feel red fruits, more esters, buttery vanilla and sweet honey, as a molasses is vegetal with flowery, minty notes. Great! 8,6:On the palate, the attack is balanced with sweet, fruity and woody deliciousness with overripe, estery tropical fruits like pineapple, banana, coconut and citrus later on.The wood is roasted, spicy with burnt sugar, honey, creamy vanilla, nuts, leather, a bit peppery, later some clove arises.The molasses is vegetal, earthy, floral and minty. 8,5:The finish is long with dry, spicy, roasted wood notes, similar as on the palate, but more on confectionery side with biscuits, pastry, as the fruits are dried, tropical, esters recede slowly....The molasses stays earthy...Some tannins arise..

    I didn’t take any notes at the Rhum Fest so a more detailed review will follow as soon as I get the chance to sample this rum again in a better context. I finally managed to sample this rum a second time and have to say that I’m less enthusiastic about it than at the rhum fest. Lowering my note from 84 to 79 as it makes for a decent sipper but lacks depth and complexity.

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX15671
    ABV
    61,9%
    Vintage
    1996
    Made from
    Molasses
    Bottle volume
    50cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Swell de Spirits • West Indies 1996 &nbsp; 61,9% Flashback Series 2-07

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    The West Indies distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from West Indies have been reviewed 4,119 times with an average of 7.9/10.

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