Habitation Velier Hampden C<>H

"WoW what an amazing rum 😍 The best of Hampden i ever had in the glass, so far. Nose: Wonderfull synergy of funk, ester, trop. fruits and glue. Mouth: The alcohol is perfectly integrated🫠Very delicious, balanced, complex rum, some nice lovely notes of overripe fruits and pineapple. Finish: Is quite long and fruity with some notes of the barrel with a lightly astringency. 🤤🤤"

"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."

"What a board. The level is simply unbelievably high. Certainly one of the highlights of what I have opened this year in bottles. For most, this is only a speculative object anyway, but the opening is so worth it. Absolutely brute good stuff."

"Ya man...massive respect🇯🇲🎉 a great rum, a lot of fun to drink"

"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."

"Overripe banana with some sweet pineapple in a cloud of the HD typical fermented fruit. In the mouth a brilliant and pure sweet tropical fruits that open every pore on the tongue. The finish adds something smoky, even slightly nutty, while the pineapple remains present."

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

"Tropical Hampden Power!"

"Un nez d’esters, de fruits trop mûrs, de fruits tropicaux, mais aussi de colle à bois, de fermentation avec une belle douceur pâtissière su second-plan. Une bouche puissante mais équilibrée entre les esters, la colle à bois, les fruits trop mûrs et le côté pâtissier et les fruits jaunes. La finale est longue, équilibrée mais puissante, complexe et savoureuse. Ce rhum domine, à mon goût, la petite dégustation de Hampdens High Esters."

"Ist wohl für mich der Referenz Hampden, wenn es um tropische Reifung geht. Hier ist die Fruchtigkeit deutlich vorne und das Holz kommt erst dezent und erst im Abgang stärker. Den hohen Alkohol finde ich sehr gut eingebunden. Top Rum."

"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!"

"Great rum. Perfect combo of tropical maturation, fruit, spice and esters. A real grenade with great warmth over the fireworks of pineapple, banana, mango, heavy sweetness, wood, glue and glue. Not comparable with the ridiculously short-aged HV bottlings that are now being released."

"Very nice and potent Hampden nose. Funky with lots of tropical fruits including characteristic grilled pineapple. While ester heavy still complex and very well balanced. This is top notch. Even better on the palate. Funky with an intense basket of tropical fruits. Full-bodied with nicely integrated alcohol and only the slightest hint of astringency despite its high ABV and ester content. Tropically aged high proof, high ester Hampden and at that - alongside the HV 2010 HGML - the best I had so far."

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