Valinch & Mallet Long Pond Jamaican Rum
Long Pond 2005 from Valinch & Mallet is widely described as complex yet approachable, where vanilla, wood, and tropical fruit notes mingle with a mellow dose of ester. One to try if you enjoy a balanced Jamaican rum with gentle honey and barrel character.
Really rounded Long Pond—honeyed, woody, fruity, with fine esters.
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How does this rum taste?
- Very round and sippable Long Pond
- Smooth honey fruitiness with barrel notes
- Toll integrierter Alkohol und gute Komplexität
Long Pond 2005 VRW by Valinch & Mallet sits squarely in the lane of tropical fruit, vanilla, and honeyed esters, all wrapped up with notes of wood and a hint of chocolate. Users mention a “complex nose with esters, fruit, caramel and wood” (@Thunderbird) and praise its “smooth honey fruitiness with notes from the barrel” (@DomM). The nose is widely called “mega” by Basti, who enjoys a touch of coconut, spice, and even a dash of glue. Across the community, impressions point to excellent alcohol integration and a profile that’s round, balanced, and slightly less intense on fruit than sibling marks.
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About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 5,585 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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"Wirklich geiler Long Pond vintage! Fruchtig, cremig-schokoladig, ordentlich Ester, fast schon umami. Geiles Zeug! Würde wirklich gerne das Ester Mark dazu wissen ... So oder so auf jeden Fall wirklich super lecker."
"Two VRWs side-by-side: V&M for M&E Singapore and HV for LMDW Singapore: On the nose both are quite balanced with vanilla, wood and tropical fruits. They truely need some time to breath to develop the classic VRW moellow honey and fruit nose. V&M comes with a bit more wood on the nose versus a bit lore punch and fruitiness on the HV. On the palate the pictures are similar. Smooth honey fruitiness with notes from the barrel (ie vanilla, woodieness and some chocolate). Again the V&M is a bit more in the dark side with the HV providing a bit more punch and intensity in the fruit notes. Both are extremly well balanced and round. Very enjoyably. Today the HV is a bit ahead for me."
"Alleine die Nase ist schon mega. Da ist von allem etwas dabei. Klebstoff, Kokosnuss, trop. Früchte, Gewürze, Holz, Schokolade. Am Gaumen überwiegen Gewürze, trop. - und getr. Früchte mit einer dezenten Süße und einer leicht floralen Note. Alkohol ist top eingebunden. Sehr runder und süffiger Long Pond (wohl ein VRW), der für mich die 90er (9.0er) Marke nur knapp verfehlt. Davon hätte ich gern eine Flasche :)"
"Eine weitere sehr gute Abfüllung von Valinch & Mallet. Die Nase ist sehr komplex mit Aromen von Ester, Frucht, Karamell und Holz. Klasse Am Gaumen fällt sofort der gut integrierte Alkohol auf..weich verteilt sich der Rum und bringt zunächst eine fruchtige Süsse die von Vanille und Piment begleitet wird, danach erscheint Holz und eine leichte Specknote. Dieses setzt sich auch so im Abgang fort. Das harmoniert und passt gut zusammen"