Gordon & MacPhail Demerara Rum

This 31-year-aged Demerara Rum impresses with its deep, woody aroma and complex roasted flavors, featuring notes of tobacco, dark fruits, and chocolate.

8.6  / 10  (13 reviews)

Rich, deep, and intensely flavored Demerara rum.

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    How does this rum taste?

    • Complex and intense aroma
    • Rich roasted flavors
    • Long, satisfying finish

    Demerara Rum, distilled in 1974 and aged for 31 years, hails from Guyana and is bottled by the independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail. With a robust 50% ABV, this molasses-based rum charms enthusiasts with its complex aroma of wood, coffee, and citrus. Its rich palate features dark, roasted notes mingling with wood, spice, and chocolate undertones. Users find the taste profile distinct with hints of old tobacco, dark fruits, and an intriguing slightly roasted quality. This rum is a noteworthy exploration for connoisseurs who appreciate deep, intense flavors and a lingering finish.

    Aroma

    Woody Coffee Malt Dark

    Taste

    Dark Roasted Woody Spicy

    How is this rum rated?

    8.6  / 10  (13 reviews)
    Top 28% Guyana
    Top 6%

    "Sample from the 12th GRF, Berlin. And this vintage is a very special one for me 😉. One of the old, venerable Demeraras... Nose: intense and beautifully thick aroma, characterized by toasty-woody and spicy-fruity notes. The first thing that stands out for me is pleasant but old tobacco. Next to it is molasses, more caramel than liquorice, dried orange peel and kumquat. A heavy sweetness of ripe blackberry and very dark sweet cherry. Atypical, but a very light coconut note can be detected. Overall, it also has a chocolaty effect. I like it very much. 9.1 Palate: powerful and clearly dark-roasted and woody, but without being unpleasantly bitter. Wood acidity and old wood can already be tasted, but molasses covers up nicely here too. Somewhat salty and lots of dark chocolate and mocha, with nutmeg and old tobacco at the back. Lags a little behind the beautiful nose. 8.9 It's really something special to be able to taste these old rums. I really like their profile, hence the very good 9.0 points."

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    9.0 / 10
    Review by: Frank

    "21.06.2014 A nice company tasting sitting outside enjoying the view of the fjord. Notes Very dark in colour. Nose Intense, wood, roasted, berries, anise, earthy, light coffee, cherry. Palate Oily, intense, warm, wood, roasted, light coffee, light chocolate, spice, licorice. Finish Very long, wood, roasted, licorice, dried fruit, light caramel."

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    8.7 / 10
    Review by: Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

    "Fair evaluation Needs a lot of time"

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    8.6 / 10
    Review by: Leo Tomczak

    "Tasted at the 1st German Armagnc Festival in Stuttgart at the Catawicki stand. Tasted on recommendation ... but I think it was just too warm for this type of rum that day 😂 Perhaps it would perform better on a different day (and weather). Very good, dark Demerara with lots of malt, coffee, wood and citrus peel. It was not boggy but elegant. Given the weather, however, it was only 86 points for me"

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    8.6 / 10
    Review by: Serge
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    Details about this rum

    Country
    RumX ID
    RX6012
    ABV
    50%
    Vintage
    1974
    Cask number
    #96, 1233, 1244
    Made from
    Molasses
    Age
    31 years
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    250€+
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Gordon & MacPhail 1974   31yr   50% Demerara Rum

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