Jamaica HLCF

09.05.2016 Evening out with colleagues and good rums. Notes Light in colour. Nose Wood, light roasted, light glue, fruity, ester, banana, overripe, light floral. Palate Oily, warm, ester, light medicinal, fruity, citrus, naturally sweet, faint floral, light chocolate. Finish Long and warm, oily, medium dry, fruity, wood, olive.

One of the most prominent features for me was the taste of a candy called atomic fireball - quite a bit of cinnamon.

very fruity and balanced on the nose. On the palate the wood dominates the fruits, very dry and a bit saulty. A very smooth hint of esters on both palate and nose.

A Hampden a little too floral and grapefruit for my taste. It's still good but not top notch.

Verkostet im Cross Tasting mit RX344 RX686 RX9950 Für mich Platz 3

Beautiful fruit notes of berries, mango, banana, cherry. 63 ABV well integrated.

After a long time times again in the glass.... I had to lower it a bit from my rating. It is a great release out of question....

Hampden with a few strange notes. On the nose is pretty typical HLCF profile, and even a bit bold as the tropical ageing usually are. Esters, ananas and maybe even a cheery note both on the nose and when drinking. Drink side, this rum adds annoiky body and a iodine trait really noticeable when close to the end

Solider 98er kontinentaler Hampden. Alkohol super eingebunden. Schöne seltene Abfüllung, danke für das Sample

initially a strange note, which I locate somewhere between fennel and alkali. But this fortunately dissipates quite quickly. Then come the usual HLCF notes like fermented fruit, citrus jam, pineapple, pastry. On the palate, citrus, barrel and a salty finish. Overall decent, but it is also already missing a good bit to the excellent 92s HLCFs of Nobilis or RumClub (Ed. 18).

Für mich insgesamt ein sehr ungewohntes Hampden Profil. Sowohl an der Nase als auch am Gaumen sticht eine Note (Kirsch-Joghurt vielleicht!?) raus, die ich nicht ganz zuordnen kann. Insgesamt schon ein leckerer Hampden, kann mich jedoch nicht komplett überzeugen.

Im Direktvergleich mit 5 anderen Hampdens für mich der Schwächste. Sehr gute Alkoholintegration, aber das Profil ist etwas eigenartig, mit weniger Ananas/Frucht, dafür einer etwas eigenartigen Note nach Bittermandel. Nicht mein Profil.