Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010

#17 RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: fruity, banana, apricot, woody, vanilla, ester, glue, minty M: woody, apricot, ester, delicious F: oak, vanilla, delicious Prediction: WOW what an amzing rum!!This could be easily n24! Nose and in mouth like a woody funky jamaican, approx. 60% and about 10years old…. Very delicious rum! Not to woody! Alcohol is intergrated very well. Nose: woody, ester, glue, fruity, banana, apricot, litchi, pineapple, ester, glue, cream, minty, tobacco Mouth: dry, intense, delicious, balanced, woody, oak, vanilla, almond, toasted, mango, apricot Finish: long, dry, delicous, warm, vanilla, oak, dark chocolate, toasted

In the nose is hardly noticeable alcohol, first a clear fruity note that gradually moves towards spice! A slight sweetness is also perceptible. In the mouth, the rum immediately spreads very smoothly and fills the room completely. Initially, a slight sweetness that after initial slight burning turns into a woody spicy (anise) flavor! The rum seems a bit bitter and dry, but very tasty! The alcohol is super integrated!The finish is long and continues the woody spicy tone!I am very takenToday tasted again in comparison! He remains for me still reference15.04.23:Today the EMB times in comparison to the MMW from 2015 tasted.The EMB is clearly more present and complex in contrast to the MMW. This is clearly more harmonious !Overall a great duo

Nose The first impression is so lovely that it makes one sit down. Imagine a thick fruit pot of plums, overripe bananas, figs and apricots, that were pickled in honey, almond paste and coconut butter for a month, and then refined with crushed vanilla pots, espresso beans and appleseeds and a very few mint leaves. It's a whole dessert composition. After a few minutes in the glass a slight dirtiness arises, with an idea of wet mud in the forest, mushrooms and noble mold (we offer bleu d'Auvergne or Roquefort). With water: Herbaceous notes up, with cress, more mud and wet leaves, old molasses and lavender oil. Palate Mi corazón! It's so full-bodied, beautifully herbaceous and really spicy (the tropes know how to squeeze an oak). Maybe a hair's breath too spicy. Beware of the funk now. We get tamarind paste, overripe bananas and fermented pineapple juice. With water: Doesn't loose intensity, just becomes more delicate, with vanilla cake and a wave of salted caramel fudge. Finish Longer than O. J. Simpsons trial, with a pronounced lemon and grapefruit bitterness, burnt agaves and the abrasion of new tyres (the taste of Le Mans).

Very harmonious monymusk! Tobacco, mango, banana, papaya, lychee, roasted nuts and sesame, coffee, dark chocolate and plenty of vanilla, tannins and barrel! Also very subtle notes of tobacco and menthol, very fat! 🇯🇲🤘 Also makes a hammer mai tai!

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A very spicy Jamaican. Is my first Monymusk. For its 9 years, the barrel has had proper influence. Very spicy and woody finish with a slight sweetness that doesn't overpower the wood. Very complex. A very powerful Jamaican. For the price it is a clear buy recommendation.

Despite the relatively young age this is a piece of heaven! If you add a few drops of water it releases even more tastes in your mouth previously hidden by the alcohol. An excellent rum that you should give a try. But careful it might want you to go for seconds and thirds 😊

Leckerer EMB dem die neun tropischen Jahre sehr gut stehen und welcher mit einer schönen Balance von Fruchtigkeit, Würze, Karamell und Holz daher kommt. Nach langer Zeit mal wieder im Glas und immer noch ein Kracher 👌

Took a few tries. I expected a beast and found balance. The rum is one tropical fruit salad with a good shot of rum in the sauce. Mango and passion fruit are the leading notes typical of clarendon. The wood brings spice and sweetness in fantastic balance. On the one hand, the young age keeps the rum nice and fresh, but on the other hand, it lacks some depth and complexity. A great rum. Unfortunately, the bottle I ordered never arrived 😢

Wow, heute hab ich wohl eine gute Auswahl in meiner Samplekiste gefunden. Eine absolute Geschmacksgranate. Sehr sehr lecker und super süffig. Hatte eine Phase wo ich mit diesem Mark so gar nichts anfangen konnte, aber dieser hat mich überzeugt.

A very tasty and aromatic Monymusk. The nose has a good balance between phenolic notes (ester, glue, solvents), pastry aromas (marzipan, cookie dough, caramel), exotic fruits (banana, pineapple, mango, marmalade) and woody and spicy notes (pepper, vanilla). There is a slight touch of chocolate and toasted notes that complete this beautiful nose very sensual for a Jamaican.The attack in the mouth is powerful, astringent and funky. Esters, glue, exotic fruits and citrus (orange) bring a first salvo of flavors to the palate. Then spices (pepper, chili, vanilla) and wood surface and tame the funk to a very balanced blend that takes advantage of the best Monymusk has to offer. The alcohol is very well integrated. The long, dry finish continues with bitterness (leather and dark chocolate), esters, orange, exotic fruit, wood and spice (aniseed in particular). A very nice profile, which presents a nice balance of flavors and avoids the overdose of esters.

Tasting this after a lot of 1995, this stands it ground amendable. A nice mix that shows its youth on the palate but never gets in the ranks of being bad. A very nice wood and lovely finish that leaves you wanting for more

Retasting from today Great balance with basket of fruit: plums, papaya, litchi, banana, then almonds and coffee. Some spiciness on palate but other than that full enjoyment. The dark notes remind me a bit of Teca 05. Glad to have a bottle. '95 coming right up. Original note Very nice and full, it's syropy, has fresh and ripe fruits behind, some solvent and light barrel touch.

A greedy and balanced Monymusk. The Jamaican touch is there but without falling into something too acidic, far from it

A small Monymusk comparison. Velier Monymusk 2007: Difficult to access, with fruit and very spicy. Very simple. Somewhat spicy. Quite tasty, but nothing that demands to be tasted again. Second tasting: -4 points Habitation Monymusk 2010: Woody, spicy, fruity. The alcohol is very well integrated The rum is very well balanced and is fun with every sip! Second tasting: = points