Velier Long Pond Vale Royal (Old Jamaica Rum) 2006
Highly praised cask‑strength Long Pond: big esters, ripe fruits, leather and well-handled oak. Intense, characterful and rewarding once the alcohol heat is tamed with time or a few drops of water.
Seasoned Jamaican fans who enjoy high‑ester, cask‑strength Long Pond with lots of ripe fruit, leather and wood, and who don’t mind taking time to let a powerful rum open up.
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How does Velier Long Pond Vale Royal (Old Jamaica Rum) 2006 taste?
Big, old-school Long Pond power
If you like intense Velier Long Ponds or older NRJ releases, this pushes the same funky, woody profile further—great if you’re ready to wrestle with 65% and let it breathe.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to high ABV or alcohol bite, and drinkers who prefer softer, sweeter, easygoing sippers over sharp acidity and assertive oak.
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About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 6,481 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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A rum tasted at Whisky Live in Paris in 2025. You can feel the age of this rum, with domesticated esters, cedar wood and leather. But also freshness with vegetal notes. The palate is less interesting, chaotic, bumpy, acidic and spicy. On the finish, everything falls into place and the rum reveals itself to be greedy and well-balanced. Perhaps it needs some oxidation? As it is, I'm not convinced: the palate is far inferior to its predecessors. What's more, I'm not too keen on the new NRJ design.
Auto-translated#5709 27.09.2025 Day one of the Whisky Live 2025, which this year looks better organized/arranged inside. This is also a pretty good release, but I did expect a bit more from a Velier release. Fruty with some esters, light leather, well integrated wood, glue and faint marzipan. Medium spicy with a light bitterness on the palate.
Ahhhh what a kick! I must admit I had high expectations of this keel, but I wasn't disappointed. Quite a lot of solvent, with the aeration of old wood notes, the beginning of exotic fruits that are a little pushed, and some spices. On the palate, everything explodes at once, with a crazy intensity, perhaps a touch of biting alcohol I grant you, and still a good dose of leather. I love it!
Auto-translatedWhisky Live Paris tasting. Impressions and evaluation are based on direct impressions from the tasting glass.
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