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Long Pond Vale Royal VRW (RX417)

The Vale Royal VRW is a limited edition Jamaican rum produced at the Long Pond distillery and selected and bottled by the independent bottler Velier. Distilled in 2006 from molasses using a Pot Still, this rum was aged for 12 years and has an ABV of 62.5%. With only 3412 bottles released, this rum is a sought-after gem. Users describe the aroma as a unique blend of vanilla, ester, glue, fruity, and solvents. On the palate, this rum delights with flavors of tropical fruit, woody, chocolate, fruity, and peppery notes. It is considered well-balanced and full-bodied with well-integrated alcohol. The Vale Royal VRW is an excellent choice for those looking to explore the world of Jamaican rums, offering a delightful complexity, and a taste experience that is both enjoyable and memorable.

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What does this rum taste like?

The flavor profile of Vale Royal VRW is based on 87 user reviews. We have compiled and summarized the community's tasting notes for you, to give you an impression of the aroma and taste of the rum.

Highlights

  • Unique, complex aroma blend
  • Well-balanced, full-bodied flavor
  • Memorable taste experience

Nosing impressions

Vanilla Ester Glue Fruity Solvents Marzipan Pineapple Mango Leather Caramel

Taste impressions

Tropical fruit Woody Chocolate Fruity Peppery Solvents Ester Astringent Creamy Leather

Finish

Woody Raisin Burnt sugar Bitter Dark chocolate Herbal Ester Grapefruit Licorice Spice

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How does the community rate this rum?

8.7 /1087 ratings

COMMUNITY RATING

Already 87 registered users have rated and tested this rum, leaving an average rating of 8.7 out of 10. A total of 2 users have marked this rum as their favorite (9+ points).

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9.1/10

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!


Aroma

Solvents Marzipan Dark chocolate Woody Vanilla

Taste

Nail polish Marzipan Spice Chocolate Toasted
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8.9/10

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


Aroma

Ester Nail polish Solvents Tropical fruit Overripe

Taste

Dry FullBodied Alcoholic Astringent Roasted nuts
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8.8/10

Braucht Zeit im Glas. Wunderbarer Low-Ester Rum. Sehr gut!


Aroma

Leather Glue Gingerbread Marzipan Nutty

Taste

Chocolate Marzipan Creamy Dry Intense
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8.5/10

A very expressive one with surprising round notes and loads of fruits of course. Love it 😊


Aroma

Caramel Vanilla Coconut Pastries Banana

Taste

Coconut Pastries Vanilla Caramel Red fruits
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8.9/10

Ein richtig guter Jamaicaner mit wenig Estern. Braucht 1-2h im Glas um sich zu öffnen. Morgen ein gesuchtes Sammlerstück. Die Musik dazu: Lennie Hibbert „Real Hot“.


Aroma

Ester Dark chocolate Pineapple Macaroons Roasted almonds

Taste

Arrack Herbal Roasted almonds Concentrated Supple
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8.8/10

Nonostante sia il rum con meno esteri della serie è davvero un ottimo rum! Amo questi long pond! Questa serie di 4 rum è incredibilmente buona!!


Aroma

Glue Pungent Fresh Pear Pineapple

Taste

Balanced Creamy Ester Leather Cocoa
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8.5/10

sehr entspannter Long pond. passionsfrucht und Vanille mit Klebstoff und Marzipan an der Nase. geschmacklich dann etwas würziger und holziger als erwartet, dazu eine schöne dunkle Kakao Note mit Vanillemark und Maracuja. im Abgang dann etwas bitterer nach Grapefruitschale, Rosine, Klebstoff und Lakritz, sowie leicht röstige Holz und Fass Noten. insgesamt eine echt schöne Nummer aus Jamaica Rum, Rosine und Kakao.💥 könnte insgesamt nur etwas runder und komplexer sein, der valynch hat hier klar die Nase vorn.


Aroma

Passion fruit Marzipan Glue Ester Vanilla

Taste

Chocolate Vanilla Passion fruit Bitter Woody
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8.8/10

Sehr Lecker. Leichtere Version der Long Pond Schwergewichte, die richtig Spaß macht und unkompliziert ist. Aber eben auch schon deutlich mehr Ester als bei den leichteren Marks.


Aroma

Vanilla Ester Glue Solvents Fruity

Taste

Woody Fruity Solvents Peppery Ester
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8.7/10

A very expressive and balanced Jamaican rum, which offers tropical fruits, notes of solvents, ester and glue, pastry, spicy and leather flavors on the nose, a nice and balanced bouquet. There are funky notes on the palate with esters and solvents, some sweetness with tropical fruits, syrupy notes with gingerbread, dark chocolate and vanilla, spices, wood and leather, as well as toasted notes. The rum is very round, creamy and intense, the alcohol is very well integrated. The finish is more turned on fresh and herbal notes, with a bitterness brought by licorice and anise, a touch of chocolate, wood and fruits. A very nice Jamaican nugget.


Aroma

Tropical fruit Pineapple Banana Spice Vanilla

Taste

Tropical fruit Woody Peppery Fruity Pineapple
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8.7/10

This was a nice surprise especially because the proof has been so well integrated into this well balanced rum. A full bodied rum with all the funk that Jamaica has to offer. If you want to step up this one you'd have to go for the Cambridge 2005 :-) Price to quality is OK.


Aroma

Funky Fruity Nail polish Oak

Taste

Balanced Soft Dark chocolate Figs Bitter
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8.5/10

Wow tolle Nase. Bombastische Kombination aus Fruchtestern und kräftig dunkler Schokolade. Am Gaumen ein sehr ähnliches Profil mit einem tollen schweren Mundgefühl. Anfangs noch etwas scharfkantig öffnet er sich nach einiger Zeit. Wundervoll komplexer Rum mit sehr vielen Nuancen zu entdecken.


Aroma

Ester Woody Chocolate Vanilla Fruity

Taste

Tropical fruit Woody Astringent Chocolate Peppery
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8.6/10

nach den anfänglichen Lösungsmitteln und Klebstoff kommen an der Nase rote Früchte, Rosinen, Marzipan, am Gaumen sehr rund, richtig lecker 😋


Aroma

Solvents Glue Vanilla Passion fruit Marzipan

Taste

Tropical fruit Creamy Licorice Chocolate
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8.4/10

Sehr schöner Long Pond, aber auch bisschen langweilig. Kann in meinen Augen nicht ganz mithalten mit den anderen NRJ LP.

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8.4/10

Den Geruch finde ich nahezu perfekt. Der Geschmack kann das leider nicht ganz einlösen.


Aroma

Glue Vanilla Butterscotch Herbal Cedar

Taste

Astringent Lemon Woody Peppery Licorice
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8.8/10

Sehr runde Sache.


Aroma

Fruity Solvents Glue Ester Vanilla

Taste

Tropical fruit Raisin Astringent Peppery Funky
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8.4/10

Peu d'esters.. Un côté frais en bouche.. Alcool moins bien intégré que les autres de la série.. Nez très prometteur mais manque de complexité..

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8.8/10

lightest of the NRJ long ponds, still super nice.


Aroma

Rubber Sour cherry Cherry wood Salty

Taste

Syrupy Fruitcake Pineapple Tropical fruit Woody
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8.3/10

Bin kein Profi aber ich finde Preis Leistung super Habe schon deutlich teuere getrunken wo die Überraschung deutlich kleiner wahr Am Anfang glaubt mann zwar es riecht einzig mach Klebstoff u. Lösungsmittel Aber nach 50-80min im Glas entfaltet er eine Pracht aus Aromen und auf der Zunge genial Mit einem langem Abschied


Aroma

Ester Glue Solvents Vanilla
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8.3/10

Très agréable mais pas vraiment le meilleur de la série des NRJ. Je l'ai trouvé mon complexe et avec un alcool moins bien intégré. Ça reste très bon. Sucré et gourmand malgré sa puissance.


Aroma

Ester Pineapple Solvents

Taste

Tropical fruit Woody Peppery Fruity
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8.8/10

Un très bon Jam à bas ester


Aroma

Vanilla Passion fruit Fruity Solvents

Taste

Tropical fruit Chocolate Minty Vanilla Fruity
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8.7/10

Die Ester-Noten legen sich relativ schnell zu Gunsten einer schönen Kakao/Milchschokolade/Vanille Note. Im Hintergrund Rosinen, rote Früchte und Gewürze. Im Mund kommen dann noch Holz/Röstaromen dazu. Das etwas unerwartete Profil gefällt mir gut. 👍


Aroma

Cocoa Milk chocolate Raisin Caramel Vanilla

Taste

Chocolate Fruity Woody Nutty Coffee
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8.9/10

Zalig fruitig, redelijk zoet en alcohol erg goed geïntegreerd, uitstekende Jamaicaan.

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8.9/10

C’est très bon. Pas le meilleur de la série NRJ (j’adore le TECA 2007) mais franchement ça passe tout seul. Pas trop d’ester mais une belle rondeur et belle complexité. Une chose est sur , j’adore les Long Pond en général et celui ci se classe plutôt bien dans mes dégustations.

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8.7/10

Wonderful example of Jamaican rum..really balanced, maybe just a pinch on the sweeter side. You can clearly pick a whole bouquet of tropical fruits, along with a juicy, beefy note that baldly states its true origin! Really delightful


Aroma

Pineapple Mango Pungent Caramel Ester

Taste

Tropical fruit Pineapple Funky Creamy Raisin
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8.8/10

Vanilla, oak, glue, fruit. Really nice


Aroma

Glue Coffee

Taste

Woody Vanilla Ginger Roasted Coffee

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What are the specs of this rum?

Country
Distillery
Bottler
ID
RX417
ABV
62,5%
Vintage
2006
Mark
VRW
Made from
Molasses
Distillation
Pot Still
Age
12 years
No. of bottles
3412
Bottle volume
70cl
Price range
Under 250€
Category
Rum

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The RumX community has already added 182 bottles to their collections:

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33

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8

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22.5%

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About the Long Pond distillery

The distillery Long Pond is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 2,186 times with an average of 86/100.


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