How does this rum taste?
Reviewers consistently praise Vale Royal VRW for its balance of ripe tropical fruits, vanilla, and rich dark chocolate, with a perfectly integrated high proof that surprises many. Most drink it neat, allowing time in the glass to reveal evolving notes from estery glue and wood to creamy marzipan and toffee. Famed as a superb entry to Jamaican rum, its complexity and approachability make it a sought-after pour and collector’s favorite.
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About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 5,676 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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I love Long Pond distillery!Vale Royal is the least pronounced as scents. It is a depowered version of the Long Pond TECA or TECC. This bottle is a reissue from a Jamaican distillery that has now been closed for decades.On the nose we smell solvents, spices including vanilla, chocolate and marzipan or otherwise pastry and a slight roastiness.On the palate we always have dark chocolate, nail polish or solvents, pastry, woody notes and always a slight peanut roastiness. I also seem to detect a faint note of tar on the palate.The finish is medium-long with hints of grape/ lychee.ABV beautifully integrated, better than its big brothers!A nice tasting rum well balanced, but with a strong character!
The least strong in Ester of the series, which gives it a wonderful balance between fruit,vanilla, chocolate,cocoa and oak with a perfectly integrated alcohol 🤤
Very relaxed long pond. Passion fruit, dark chocolate, caramel and vanilla with glue and marzipan on the nose. The taste is somewhat spicier and woodier than expected, with a nice dark cocoa note with vanilla pulp and passion fruit and a hint of mango. The finish is a little more bitter with grapefruit peel, raisin, glue, star anise and licorice, as well as slightly roasted wood and barrel notes and a subtle sourness... could just be a little rounder and more complex overall, the valynch 2006 clearly has the edge here. Nevertheless, an absolutely solid representative of the VRW Mark!
Lovely long pond! Very pleasant to drink. I would say perfect for a beginner to start into the wonderfull world of rum. The alcohol is integrated very well. PN this is a low ester rum! I see this one a couple of points behind the TECA. Nose: delicious, solvents, ester, nail polish, trop. fruits, overripe fruits, fruity, mango pineapple, sweet, caramel, marzipan, cherry wood, vanilla, roasted nuts, hazelnut Mouth: dry, astringend, delicious, full bodied, creamy, balanced, funky, alcoholic, ester, solvents, fruity, trop. fruits, pineapple, oak(barrel), roasted nuts, peppery, leather, dark chocolate, caramel Finish: medium, dry, brandy, burnt sugar, fruity, oak(barrel), nutty, chocolate