Habitation Velier Hampden C<>H 2010 10yr 68,5%

"Holy Sh**t! I’m in love 😍 3rd time tasting this one and it still outbeats all other rums I ever tasted. And now at my 4th tasting my fantastic friends ❤️ just gave me a whole bottle of this diamond. 🥰🥰 5th tasting… Goosebumps just goosebumps ✨✨ Xth tasting… just love… just love ❤️❤️ - Another two years sine last tasting. This is spectacular on all levels and HOLY FUCK!!! This is still extraordinary!!!"

"This Hampden C<>H is a force of nature, a raw, yet incredibly complex aromatic concentrate. The nose is powerful and lively, intensely fruity and phenolic, with some very pleasant pastry touches that round out the edges. On the palate, we find a thick, fat and oily rum, very concentrated on notes of tropical fruits, citrus fruits, some fermented notes but also a floral and spicy touch, then some leather. The 68.5% are relatively discreet. The whole is impressively round. The finish continues the pleasure of Jamaican funk with also a touch of olive, tannins but also chocolate and a salty touch. A Jamaican rum in its pure state, extremely tasty and balanced. Great art."

"Absolutely brute High-Ester Hampden and one of the best tropically aged Hampden to date. Who stands on the high-proof fruit bombs in the glass, must have tried this rum."

"Incredible.... Fermentation and more fermentation! A simply magnificent rum"

"Tropical Hampden Power!"

"Die Nase haut einen trotz der 2h im Glas einfach um! Voll ins Gesicht, Ester-Peitsche vom Feinsten! Wow ist der würzig, fruchtig, vergoren, Banane, Ananas, Gebäck erinnert mich ein wenig an den tropischen HV Long Pond Teca 2005, nicht so brutal aber die Würzigkeit ist sehr schön vorhanden! Am Gaumen, wenn wundert es, ordentlich Ester, die Frucht und Würzigkeit kommen jedoch nicht zu kurz! Tropische Reifung deutlich zu schmecken, rau und mit Ecken und Kanten die einfach toll sind. Klassische Hampden-Noten kommen nach einer Weile schön im Mundraum hervor! Sehr langer Abgang - überragend! Ausgezeichnetes Destillat! Bislang kein besseren tropischen C<>H im Glas gehabt!"

"Funky grenade again and again. Such a great high ester rum 😍😎"

"After trying this rum I promptly order a few extra for my shelf, that's how good it is in my mind. The nose is absolutely wonderfully fruity (overripe) with the normal funk and esters. The nose is there as soon as you open the bottle and it just gets better when resting. The palate lives up to the nose. A complex, full bodied and intense experience again with overripe fruits and ester and a hint of barrel in the back. The finish is like forever, sweet with tropical fruits and a hint of barrel. "

"Tasted as a 5cl sample. Nice Hampden nose. Decent amount of glue and a nice basket of fruit in the background. On the palate esters and marzipan, a little metallic and all super intense. The finish lasts very long and it comes cocoa / dark chocolate to it.This rum is really fun."

"The nose is pastry-like. The palate confirms the impression of a pastry nose, with fruit and esters. The finish is superb, between almond and tropical fruit. A great success."