Cadenhead‘s T.D.L TMAH 1991

The alcohol tweaks the nose enormously when it takes on the cap after resting 😀, but then it unfolds its fullness of aromas. A beautiful composition of fruits, a fine sweetness, plus a little rubber and mint. The palate inspires me even more, really cool and dirty 😉, rubber and tar, plus the wood influence, leather and a little minerality. Great TDL! The little man's Caroni😊, although...at today's prices.😀🙈

le nez débute sur les fleurs de cerisier du Japon. Puis après quelques minutes, la piqûre caractéristique d'un bon TDL, sur le pamplemousse rose, le litchi frais, et même un peu de menthe fraîche. C'est agréable et très parfumé. Vient ensuite un peu d'encaustique qui vire sur la colle UHU. Même un peu d'odeur de dessous le capot (éphémère pour moi). Après plusieurs gorgés, un léger côté saumuré sur l'olive verte en bocal fait son apparition. En bouche, on retrouve le côté camphré que j'ai eu sur mes derniers TDL dégustés, en moins expressif. En deuxième bouche, après rétro-olfaction, une certaine amertume s'imprime et semble venir d'un jus primitif composé de carambole, cerise aigre, pomme cannelle pas mûr. Un côté sucré-salé s'installe, on arrive doucement à la saveur umami. L'alcool semble moins présent au nez qu'en bouche. Après une dizaine de TDL (91, 99, 2000, 2001, 2003...) j'en arrive à la conclusion que cette distillerie mérite toute mon attention, au point de récupérer chaque embouteillage futur.

Sehr komplexer tdl

On the nose the 24y and 25y Cadenhead‘s bottling are very close. Woody and some umami notes with a hint of fruity notes (grapes). On the plate both are again similar: Quite balanced on the palate with more vanilla and sweetness as well as fruits. The 25y gravitates a bit mir towards roasted and woody notes. Both very enjoyable.

Very cool and dirty TDL. Lots of tar, red fruits and burnt sugar. As if there was some Caroni in it.

Nice TDL, but tamer, more column-styled and thus less interesting compared to the vintages of the early 2000s. Well-integrated alcohol and nice mouthfeel.

Dreckige Caroni Noten hat man sofort in der Nase. Am Gaumen dann sehr viel Süße. Das ist schon etwas grenzwertig, aber andererseits harmoniert es schön mit den dreckigen Noten eines Caronis. Blind hätte ich T.D.L nicht erkannt. Sicherlich keine komplexe Abfüllung, aber wer Caroni mag, macht mit dem nicht viel falsch.

My first thought was Caroni, the dirty, sweet and fruity variety... actually my thing, if, yes, if the alcohol was better integrated... it has a strong counterweight to the great flavors, and so the great bottling gets out of balance. Despite everything, a good rum

Slightly sweet, a little tar, yet fruity and a hint of menthol/mint in the finish Quite tasty to sip, the glass was empty faster than initially thought.

Amazingly good for a 91 TDL!

The nose is intense and pastry-like: honey/vanilla/cherry/marzipan! But after resting, fermented and tar notes appear (how strange, we are not at Caroni's!). In mouth, it is creamy and salty. We find dried fruits and fig. And again notes of hydrocarbons. It is not possible, the cask must have dragged a little at Caroni ... The finish is very long. On this finish, we find mainly a spicy profile! This bottling from another era (almost 10 years old now) has a very surprising and interesting profile. The complexity of the smoky/ tarry notes blend perfectly with the woody/fruity. It is by far, much better than the same vintage bottled by SBS.

Not sure whether its caroni or tdl, but despite the high abv its easy to sip.

A rather light and round TDL that could nearly pass off as a fruity Caroni. After a while in the glass I can smell a minty note in the background. There’s some wood, vanilla, light spices, tar and chocolate. Makes for a nice sipping rum but I wouldn’t purchase a bottle.

Less fruity and less (barely) minty than the RomDeluxe 42 tasted at the same time. Good, but not as inspiring as ser RdL.

Caroni's influence is clearly noticeable.