Velier Hampden Cees Van Wees 1959
Highly praised as a historic Hampden with vivid tropical fruit, strong structure and impressively integrated alcohol, delivering powerful, focused flavor despite its extreme strength and long demi-john rest.
Seasoned Hampden fans and collectors who enjoy high-ABV, low-wood tropical fruit profiles and want to experience a rare, historic vintage with strong structure and demi-john character.
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Historic, powerful old-school Hampden
If you already enjoy cask strength Hampden and care about history as much as flavor, this delivers vivid old-school fruit power, as long as you’re comfortable with nearly 72% ABV.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to high ABV, or buyers looking for big funky esters, long tropical aging or strong price-to-performance value.
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About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 17,708 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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Whisky Live Paris tasting. Impressions and evaluation are based on direct impressions from the tasting glass. A beautiful Hampden with a powerful structure thanks to its high alcohol content. No flavor revolution in the glass, but great quality.
Auto-translatedWhisky Live Paris 2025 - to be tasted again to confirm the score and notes. If it will ever br possible. The tasting was initially blind, driving me to recognize an old jamaican, but far from actual Hampden. The best of this rum is the fact that is still vivid after so many years. Fresh and vibrant, tropicale fruits (ananas, some banana) and esters are still there.
Gar nicht so einfach das Mark abzuschätzen! Ich würde etwas zwischen Hgml und C<>h schätzen. Durch die lange Lagerung geht einfach etwas verloren.. aber insgesamt richtig gut!