Port Mourant El Dorado Rare Collection PM 1997

A port mourant with a less pronounced bitter part than its 1999 brother but still retains all its oily and fatty part that distinguishes them! A great intensity and a very good fruity and citrus part that always tempts you to take another sip!

The nose has better balance than the 1999 version of this great rum. All in all a very well balanced edition well worth the price tag.

The nose is greedy and sweet. The palate is heavy, dusty and coppery, with citrus fruits melted into precious wood.

What a bomb 🤤😎 This is my all time favorite PM

Another pearl from El Dorado. Round and complex nose, from which you can not easily get away and which is the highlight. In the mouth intensely dark, tart, spicy, bitter and herbal (tea!). Fruit rather weak and if then associable with dried fruit. Beautiful rum with clear influence of the Wooden Stills.

The Rare Collection has really excellent bottlings with now very good PLV.Nose: full-bodied, elegant and round. Spicy-fruity-caramel. Overall dark and malty with dried orange, dried black currant and sulfured raisins. Also vanilla, dark maple syrup, some licorice and soft licorice and cream toffee. The 20 years have produced a beguiling nose. 90Palate: intense, elegant and balanced. Spicy-woody without the wood being too strong. Toasty, salty and burnt at first, then anise, licorice and a hint of mint. Seems slightly bacony with umami and fat pecan. Fine orange peel still comes in the back. The 20 years also makes a very good impression on the palate. 89

We find all the elements of a good PM

Herbacées, bois poussiéreux, cuivré, beaucoup d'agrumes avec une certaine douceur vanillé. Superbe PM

Nose is dark and very wood and herbs forwards. Very interesting but also demanding. Same focus on the palate. However, nicely embedded in a vanilla/honey-like sweetness paying tribute to the long tropical aging.

Edit: Yesterday again with DomM in the glass and a Ramón Allones 90 ANIVERSARIO SR. HENRY Edición Regional Exclusivo Alemania 2020 to go with it. Had to adjust upwards. Kick-off RumX Advent calendar 2023. What a start. Thanks to the organization team. Takes a while in the glass, but once it has developed... Delicious You really have to say that all these El Dorado bottlings are very good, there isn't really a bad one.

Very tasty Port Mourant in my opinion. Comparatively little herbal and medicinal notes, but overall very harmonious and round. Nevertheless, nice PM profile, with neat and pleasant woodiness. Like many El Dorado Rares top quality for good money. I like it very much!

Compared to the El Dorado Rare Collection Port Mourant 1999, it is clearly ahead for me. For me, the 1997 is simply rounder, fuller, darker, more interesting. Unfortunately, the prices are now slowly rising ... as with the whole Rare Collection.

Finally a decent rum. A very great nose consisting of wood, caramel and dark chocolate. Then wood and leather on the palate, this rum is roasty and spicy. Alcohol well integrated. Recommended purchase.

Franconian Rum Tasting Gang 19.04.2024 Tasted together with the El Dorado Diamond <SVW> CBH and DMD. Actually only because it just presented itself, not comparable with the Diamonds. Herbs, wood, tobacco, nice sweetness. Another very tasty drop from the El Dorado Rare Cask series.