Spirit Gallery T.D.L Trinidad

minty blackcurrant TDL with a long finish

Mint and menthol freshness
Blackcurrant and red fruits
Long, evolving finish
RumX community voice

A standout 2003 TDL: bright mint, menthol and eucalyptus meet blackcurrant and red fruits, with tea‑like, woody accents. Reviewers praise its complexity, long finish and impressive cask‑strength integration.

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members love this TDL 2003 for its vivid mint/menthol freshness layered with blackcurrant and red fruits, delivered at a well‑handled 60% cask strength. Notes of eucalyptus, honeyed spice and woody tea tones unfold with air, leading to a long, dry finish. Selected by Spirit Gallery and aged 21 years, it’s highly rated by 70 RumX reviewers—and limited to 369 bottles.

    Aroma

    Minty Blackcurrant Menthol Eucalyptus

    Taste

    Minty Blackcurrant Menthol Woody

    How is this rum rated?

    8.9/10 70 reviews
    Top 16% Trinidad
    Top 5% T.D.L

    Sensational TDL. Typical notes that one expects from newer TDLs, after 2000. In addition to the "normal" ones like mint/menthol, tropical fruits, I find some cassis/blackcurrant here, which I really like. Rightly in the list of the top bottlings of 2023 (RumX evaluation)

    After I tasted the rum solo yesterday and was quite impressed by it, it has to go up against another 2003 today: my choice is the CdI Caksus (RX11936), which I gave a whopping 89 points to back then. And what can I say: it has a really hard time against this brand new TDL from the still very unknown Bottler Spirit Gallery! If one is ahead on the nose and then the other 😉, although neither of them is yet highly recommended, but rather greets you shyly with slightly alcoholic vapors, the heavyweight from Spirit Gallery turns up the heat on the palate and literally pushes the Caksus against the wall. To put it plainly: the CdI Caksus gets the maximum palatable flavors out of the 56.3%, especially menthol, while the Spirit Gallery, by virtue of its (fairly well integrated) 60%, mainly presses a huge spice onto the palate (menthol plays a rather subordinate role). Conclusion: The Caksus TDL is more the light-footed, good-humored lightweight boxer who plays at the top of his class, while the Spirit Gallery TDL is the impetuous, somewhat fierce heavyweight boxer at the beginning of his career, who can hardly walk with power, but already has a lot of potential. A somewhat unequal fight, which fortunately still ends in a draw.

    Impressive notes of cassis, plus the expected intense mint-menthol profile paired with spicy-woody barrel influences, which tend to act in the background - aromatically without the big fireworks, because the fruitiness is very much dominated by the blackcurrant, as mentioned, but that doesn't make the rum any less fascinating. Great, pronounced aromas, wonderfully round and oily mouthfeel - I like it very much.

    Edit: TDL battle! For me, the best of the lot. The nose is from another world, with lots of fuits, menthol, spices, yellow and red fruits, notably blackcurrant and dried apricots. The palate follows with lots of fruit, and a tea-bag background. Mint turns to chlorophyll and eucalyptus. The finish is endless. In short, my best TDL to date, powerful and complex.

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX20587
    ABV
    60%
    Category
    Column Still Rum
    Vintage
    2003
    Bottled
    2024
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Column Still
    Age
    21 years 2mo
    No. of bottles
    369
    Bottle volume
    50cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Spirit Gallery • T.D.L 2003 &nbsp; 21yr &nbsp; 60% Trinidad

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    The T.D.L distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from T.D.L have been reviewed 6,417 times with an average of 8.3/10.

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