Velier Skeldon SWR 1973
World‑class old Demerara: insanely complex nose, intense dark cocoa, coffee and dried fruit, with powerful tannic wood and balanced bitterness. Demands time and focus, but absolutely rewards patient sipping.
Seasoned Demerara nuts who love ultra‑old, dry, bitter‑woody profiles with massive cocoa/coffee depth and aren’t scared of 60% ABV or crazy secondary‑market prices.
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How does Velier Skeldon SWR 1973 taste?
World‑class, dark and intensely woody
If you adore old Velier Demeraras with heavy oak, cocoa and coffee, this is a bucket‑list bottle—hyper‑intense, zero sugar, and all about concentrated, mature wood-driven complexity.
Beginners, those sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike pronounced oak bitterness and tannins or prefer sweet, easygoing rums.
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About the Skeldon distillery
The Skeldon distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Skeldon have been reviewed 808 times with an average of 8.9/10.
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Very noble profile, even if extremely bitter. Cocoa, coffee, leather, barrel - multi-layered dark notes paired with some dried fruit and subtle sweetness. For me, the nose is one of the best I've ever tasted - however, the rum's age has caused it to lose some of its edge on the palate. A rum for which you have to take your time, but which is well worth it.
Auto-translatedA tad better on the nose than the 1978. Too much wood on the palate.
Auto-translatedOld wooden cupboard with leather. Little bit plumps. Tanins squeeze your tongue and whole mouth, but these are not wine tanins, but wooden tanins ... Stare Velier Demerara rumy je to nejlepsi, co v rumovem svete muzete ochutnat. Rumy zraly spise omylem nekolik let v tropech a nikdo obsah sudu nedoplnoval. Andelska dan byla 90% a vice, proto je chut obzvlaste plna a intenzivni. I kdyz se jedna o extra drahou zalezitost, doporucu alespon jednou v zivote ochutnat rum z teto serie.
Compared to the Skeldon 78, the 73 can absolutely keep up. The nose is almost even better than the 78, on the palate a certain bitterness, but not at all disturbing. Liquid story!
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