Velier Long Pond Vale Royal VRW 2006

Despite the low esters, it smells very rich and aromatic, like a concentrated juice from a tropical fruit, with hints of melon and toasted marshmallow. The flavor continues with the same rich tropical fruits. It's a bit spicy due to the high alcohol content, but it's not overpowering and not overwhelming. It's the ideal, tropical fruit-forward rum that I envisioned when I started drinking rum. I ended up buying two bottles and keeping one.

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 🤤

When the rum airs out a little, it becomes wonderful! The nose is delicious and inviting, just the right amount of fruit with a milk chocolate finish and exquisite bourbon vanilla. The alcohol is incredibly well integrated and the rum is borderline sweet. A real pleasure.

Vermutlich der zugänglichste Rum aus der NRJ Reihe. Sowohl an der Nase als auch am Gaumen deutliche Parallelen zu Foursquare. Ziemlich rund mit einem leicht bitteren/metallischen Abgang. Alkohol top eingebunden. Edit: Crosstasting Long Pond 2005/2006: Obwohl Low Ester, bringt der Vale Royal im direkten Vergleich die meisten Ester Marker in Form von Lösungsmittel und Klebstoff mit. Alles dezent und nicht verfleichbar mit den high Ester Vertretern. Dazu dann auch viel tropische Früchte, Gewürze, etwas Schokolade.

Despite being the rum with the least esters in the series it is really a very good rum! I love these long ponds! This series of 4 rums is incredibly good!!!

Oh man, rum can be so delicious. This one is really impressive on the nose and palate. Is there any alcohol in it at all? A little sugar I would guess, but never mind, really top you beginners:] 193 tastes :)

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

A really good Jamaican with few esters. Nutty, dried fruit, nice solvents, dead dog (but of the good kind 😀😀😀). Needs 1-2h in the glass to open up. A sought-after collector's item tomorrow. The music to go with it: Lennie Hibbert "Real Hot". Edit: Back in the glass after a long time. Great Long Pond.

Needs time in the glass. Wonderful low-ester rum. Very good!

8,7:On the nose, medicinal notes bump into our nosetrils like esters and glue, with fruits like mango, pineapple and roasted wood notes like chocolate, marzipan, caramel and leather. On aeration, the wood is spicier with vanilla, baking spices, a molasses a bit vegetal, there are new fruits like yellow and currants, as tempting notes of pastry and honey are detected, some solvents and rubber. 8,9:On the palate, the attack is diverse and funky with tropical fruits like pineapple, mango, esters and solvents, roasted, spicy wood with pastry, marzipan and vanilla, pepper.It comes out a bit astringent.With new wave of notes, it becomes round and delicious, creamy with citrus, yellow fruits, currants, banana, then dark chocolate, toffee, leather and a bit herbaceous, slightly bitter. 8,7:The finish is long, with at first dry and tannic roasted wood and its notes, a bit smoky, then fruity with tropical and dried fruits, grapes, as molasses is a bit dark with a licorice, slightly herbaceous..

Very Tasty. Lighter version of the Long Pond heavyweights, which is really fun and uncomplicated. But also already significantly more ester than the lighter Marks.

Very round thing.

In der Nase finde ich etwas tropische Früchte, generell ist die Nase für mich aber eher verschlossen. Am Gaumen dann die tropischen Früchte eher im Hintergrund, im Vordergrund eher Würze, Süße, Holz und auch ganz leicht eine dreckige Diesel-Note, die entfernt an Caroni erinnert. Insgesamt wirklich sehr rund, der Alkohol ist gut eingebunden. Im Abgang dann mittellang, mit Toffee, Holz und wieder dieser leichten Diesel-Note.

I love Jamaica and I really have a soft spot for long pond. I had never tasted Vale Royal and I must admit it has a different profile from other rums from the same distillery that I have had the pleasure of tasting. On the nose certainly not extreme, it starts with solvent, esters, glue then fruit spices, chocolate and marzipan. In the mouth we find the classic notes of glaze, solvent dark chocolate and woody, with a little hint of licorice root. All very bitter, as is the finish. Really a nice drink, different from the usual and very surprising.