Nobilis Diamond No. 39 SWR 1997 26yr 51,3%

"10.02.2024 tasting event at the Nobilis Warehouse, Haderslev. Retasting and I really love the overall profile. ----------------------- #4232 03.09.2023 this was a nice blind tasting where I saw the black Glencairn tasting glasses for the first time. This is a great release. Intense yet extremely well balanced once rested. ABV and wood are amazingly well integrated. Medium fruity with nice spices and a warm oily palate. Draws really nice and slow moving curtains in the glass. The empty glass has light mint and caramel."

"Buuuh this is a really nice Rum 😌 Delicious, complex and heavy 😊 I definitely like the change from sweet milk chocolate in the nose to a more bitter dark chocolate on the palate. The intensive coffee/mocha notes gives is a heavy and creamy taste. The finish is quite long but more on the bitter, herb side.👌🏻"

"A beautiful nose, with vegetal and spicy notes, cedar wood (cigar box) and roasted meat. The palate is a little acqueous (reduction?) at first, but the aromas of wood, molasses and toast soon take possession of the palate with great assurance and an interesting bitterness. The finish lingers on bitterness and wood, leaving the other aromas a little to the fore. A very fine Skeldon, surely excellent on its own, but which suffers from direct comparison with other representatives of this prestigious mark."

"The nose I find really good! The palate is nice and round, but I lack a little complexity. Finish is medium long."

"Wow! A killer. After the marathon for everyone at the Olympic Games, I wanted a drink that would make an impact without being too strong. We're there, coffee, spices, dark chocolate caramel, ultra well-integrated alcohol. Warm and oily, perfect for a good old-fashioned wake-up call :)"

"A Skeldon of the heavy, powerful kind. Woody, spicy, mocha-like aromas and dark chocolate predominate. But the whole thing is so well balanced that it is neither tiring nor bitter. A cross-comparison with the S.B.S is still to come. I like this Nobilis bottling very much"

"85 points. I had slightly higher expectations for this rum and have a preference for the SBS Skeldon releases. The nose is pretty promising with vanilla, coffee, dried fruit and milk chocolate standing out. On the palate there’s an addition of burnt sugar but the rum misses a certain complexity. Still a very good rum though."

"Hallelujah! How can you still dig up such a horny barrel today!? Fabulous stuff from the last century. I find the odd medicinal note in the finish interesting. If I only imagine, the rum would be the complete time tropically matured and not just 2 years ... So for me clear drinking recommendation."

"Nobilis s’essaye à l’exercice du Diamond dans le style de Skeldon. Le nez offre une jolie douceur lourde avec un boisé rôti, du chocolat au lait, du café (style cappuccino gourmand) mais aussi des notes brunes de sucre brûlé (voir de cola), des noix, des fruits secs (pruneau, raisin) des épices (cannelle, poivre, vanille, réglisse légère), du cuir et de la colle. C’est à la fois riche, sombre et aguichant à souhait. La bouche est légèrement en deçà des attentes. L’attaque est très douce et riche, plutôt souple mais manque de profondeur et de complexité. Les notes sombres dominent les débats sans laisser de place au doute (boisé, notes rôties, cuir, épices, réglisse, chocolat noir, café cappuccino, sucre brûlé, noix, fruits secs). On retrouve tout de même cette élégance et cette douceur à la Demerara qui en font un rhum extrêmement gouleyant, avec un alcool très bien intégré. La finale n’est pas des plus longues. Elle est plus amère, concentrée sur les arômes de chêne, de café torréfié, de chocolat noir, d’épices et de sucre brûlé. On relève quelques fruits secs et des notes légèrement herbacées. Si ce Skeldon n’est pas le plus transcendant qui soit, il reste un excellent rhum à boire, un peu cher mais très plaisant."

"On the nose solvent, mocha, dark chocolate and abundant blackened banana peel. In the mouth it stings once briefly (but pleasantly) and then it continues with abundant chocolate (100%) and coffee grounds. Dry, warm. Very long finish. A very nice, very drinkable Demerara. I have not had a better continental aged one yet. From the flavor profile, it squints to the mature (and very expensive) grandes from the 60s and 70s, but I have not had too many of them.😀😀 Very good!😁"

"Warm and with lots of spices in the mouth. Also brown sugar, I'm really craving pancakes now. A certain fruitiness to it. The alcohol is well integrated. Warm medium to long finish with a hint of coffee. Thank you Gunnar for the Skeldon samples 👌"

"I had couple of drams from this bottle and I must say I like this rum quite a lot. It's not that punchy, not overwhelming, but sometimes that's what I need - a complex, delicate and flavourful rum, that is at the same time very easy to drink. Suitable even as a "background" for conversation with good friends. Flavour profile as I got it: Roasted coffee beans, coca, wood, sweet caramel topping, dark dried fruits. Lovely! Ps: needs some time to fully open up in the glass."