21 Years

As a summary it’s complex with a deep taste and a fantastic balance between sweetness and dryness. The nose is a little of everything, but mostly strong aromas of fruits. At the palate all the flavors comes to you together with a certain sweetness and roundness.

Scent: It has an oaky base with a winey, cognacy aroma. However, if you rub a drop in your palm, you can taste brown sugar or honey. There is a light savory flavor of almond and cacao. After swirling the glass and aging, the alcohol is cool and subtle, which, combined with the fruity flavors, reminds me of a cool concentrated pear juice. Taste: Moderately sweet, not too much sugar for a moderately chewy texture. After some oak and light tannins, brown sugar and nuts dominate. There is also a hint of leather. A green grape flavor similar to cognac also comes to mind, but more honeyed. Finish: Smooth, but with a spicy finish that lingers for a few seconds afterward. The finish is medium-long with dark, bittersweet flavors like dark chocolate, caramel, and some roasted coffee.

It spent 21 years in casks, giving it a deep copper color! A very elegant rum!

I tasted AE21 for the first time and I wouldn't classify it as Jamaican at all. Sweet vanilla in the aroma, taste reminiscent of solera, relatively short body, not much finish either...the rum is very smooth and rounded, no wildness.

Chut i vune, top 3

I found it at a bar on my holiday in bibione! Great to start a holiday 😅… So it’s a very fruity interesting solid lovely rum. I can suggest to everyone, who will end a hard working day with an fruity rum to relax! try it you won't regret it. Cheers *Update: Still one of my favorite rums 🥃

Tastes much better to me now than when I first tasted it, probably because I now also noticed a toasty chocolate note alongside all the fruit and caramel/honey.

Very round complex and beautiful rum without the typical dominant ester notes. Long finish with a nice reverberation. Very tasty!

Strong part, you notice the 21 years almost immediately. Great nose which is rather sweetish, vanilla, caramel and burnt sugar. The palate also has a subtle sweetness, dark chocolate, vanilla and caramel. The wood only becomes noticeable in the finish.

Honey and orange notes really stick out; very gentle and subtle. Solid oak and vanilla elements with a light but moderate finish.

8:On the nose, what's immediately striking is its balance. The woodiness is toasted, the alcohol present but well blended and no single aroma takes precedence over the others. Vanilla, floral notes, almond, caramel, woodiness and orange form a winning team with all tropical fruits and funkiness and roasted aromas that emerge on airing. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is both lively and greedy, sweetness is pleasant . The batch is more present here than on the nose(long ageing), but blends very well with the molasses and brings us nutty notes, spices, caramel sweetness and overpowers that famous Jamaican funkiness with grassy and ripe tropical fruits notes. Walnut returns at the end and is a leading note through the palate. 8:The finish is relatively dry, yet long. A mixture of brown sugar and toasted woodiness accompany us for quite a while. Well rounded and smooth, yet lack of that strong omnipresent Jamaican funkiness that we find in Appleton 12 rare casks.

Beautifully complex Jamaican rum, beautifully balanced. Beautiful ester notes and the smell of vanilla and banana on the nose. This continues on the palate. Overall a rum with a lot of body and depth.

Lovely sipper. Very smooth and easily approachable. Some subtly fruit flavours - orange and coconut, dark chocolate and a certain sweetness. Oak and spice notes come through, particularly in the finish.

Ein sehr schönes Geschmacksprofil, ist aber etwas zu gefällig und hat weniger Charakter als der 12 Years. Könnte kräftiger und komplexer sein. Die gute Alternative für einen Ron und ein guter Rum zu einer guten Zigarre.

Very nice Appleton, which unfortunately lacks 10-15% power. Do not understand why this release runs so under the radar.