Velier Appleton Hearts Collection - 1998
Highly praised as one of the standout Appleton Hearts: complex, oily and warm with integrated alcohol, great balance of wood and fruit, long finish and world‑class nose.
Seasoned enthusiasts who enjoy tropically aged, high-strength Jamaican rum with balanced wood, orange-led fruit and spice, and who appreciate digging into small nuances across the Hearts series.
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Top-tier, complex Appleton Hearts
If you enjoy Appleton Hearts 1993/1994 or complex Demeraras, this pushes similar depth with an even better nose and polished wood–fruit balance at full tropical cask strength.
Those sensitive to high ABV, beginners expecting an easy sweet sipper, or buyers unwilling to pay premium prices for limited Appleton Hearts releases.
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About the Appleton Estate distillery
The Appleton Estate distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Appleton Estate have been reviewed 3,380 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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Beautiful, red-golden color. Glue, licorice, tropical fruits, ginger, spices. Chocolate and oranges. Powerful, well balanced. Mouth-filling, tropical fruits, spicy, gingerbread, dark malt. Warm, long finish. An outstanding rum. Clearly in line with the series and one of the better ones. Its profile lies between 2003 (fruity) and 1999 (liquorice). Long tropical ageing without any lignification testifies to high craftsmanship. The music: the soundtrack by Dr.No.
Auto-translatedHeavenly nose. Intense, complex and creamy on the palate due to the long tropical maturation. Very well integrated alcohol. Wow, a real highlight of the Hearts collection. Only the sporty price clouds the euphoria somewhat.
Auto-translatedNo wonder Joy decided to put this into her anniversary blend. This is very good and might be the best mark/bottling from the hearts collection to date (side-by-side pending, though 🙂) Intense and rich on the nose with herbs, fruits and ginger. Amazing on the palate es well with candid ginger and fruits as well nice (and well balanced) woody notes. Superb stuff.
Excellent representative of the Hearts series! Tropical fruit, dried fruit, polish, floral notes, toffee. Quite powerful on the palate, but the 63% is not at all 'scratchy'. I also clearly detected tropical fruits in the direction of passion fruit... There is no direct comparison now, but from memory I would say that it can keep up very well with my previous favorites, the '93, '94 and '84.
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