Foursquare ECS XIV Détente

 Delicious nose of vanilla, cinnamon, caramel, chocolate and harmonious fruits like banana, raisin and coconut. In the mouth by the slightly lower ABV mildly sweet after caramel, yet naturally peppery, toasted and many spices. Fruit also present, which is overlaid by bitter chocolate and toasty caramel in the finish. Top rum with restrained port finish, at that time at a very good price, but today difficult to still get.

 8,6:On the nose, the first impression is immediately expressed in the form of a veil of solvent.The wood is full of all its aromas of grilled and caramelized nuts, cinnamon and roasting.There are bourbon yellow fruits like apricot, perhaps peach jam, which sticks and coats the nostrils. On aeration, the oak is tender with vanilla, toasted coconut, tobacco and sweet caramel, soft and buttery, very pleasant. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is supple from the start, delicious and balanced.The wood then releases notes like spicy oak, toasted coconut and fatty, buttery butterscotch and roasted nuts with gourmet caramel, the fruits are bourbon yellow, dried, the molasses a bit vegetal... 8,7:The finish is long, dry and woody, with all the notes from palate lingering on for a while and some red fruits from port ageing... Edit:28.3.25

 Another tasty rum from foursquare well rounded and full of foursqaure style flavour. Tropical fruits, spicy with lots of vanilla along with touches of chocolate and caramel with the port finish coming through, A medium length finish.

 The alcohol is beautifully integrated, almost too much. Blindly, it is impossible to know that this candy is 51%.

 A particularly tasty Foursquare. The nose offers a radiant bouquet of dried and tropical fruits (coconut, banana, pineapple, raisins and raisins) that oscillates with sweet spices, caramel and chocolate. On the palate, grapes and port come first, followed by a beautiful palette of spices and toasty, woody and warm flavors. The finish is long and just as elegant, warm and balanced as the rest. A mastered and greedy Foursquare.

 Well rounded FS. Port adds some nice sprinkles without overwhelming the profile.

 In comparison with Foursquare ECS, it doesn't really catch my attention. For me, the nose is still ahead of the palate. It's almost a little thin there and the port barrel is too dominant on the finish. Still a little young overall. Not much fun - for me at least.

 A full, sustained nose, especially compared with the Sagacity. Fruity too, with a dirty edge that gives depth to the aromas. The palate is a little diluted, which is a pity. Yet it remains quite lively. The finish has good length, with a few dirty edges. The empty glass offers fruit and pastry. A fine Foursquare, expressive and fruity. The alcohol could be a little better integrated, but this is already a top-notch rum.

 Interestingly this is the biggest miss to my palatte of all the Foursquare ECS I have tried. Still in any rationale sense a high quality and well composed rum but I have never quite got along with it. The nose is light but rather pleasant, nothing too complex but with wood, bourbon and some fruit at the edges. The mouth has an astringent edge, chocolate and spice with some barrel influence (not oak) and mace on the spice side. The finish is lightly spicy and dry, but lacks complexity and ends with a long wood and leather finish that lingers almost too long. It’s on the challenging side for my palate and try as I may not a rum I love

 as a pronounced port wine fan, I would have liked a stronger port wine influence. However, the bourbon barrel clearly dominates. Apart from that, however, pleasing FS.

 One tastes in the finish the part that was stored in the port wine barrel. As usual, a Barbados rum of a high quality. Highly recommended even if it could be a bit more complex, it is still a nice sipper.

 I had this several times, and always problems to get a good nosing. I really like the taste, however. One really gets the port influence, but it does not overpower the rum itself.

 Wieder eine sehr schöne Nase, Vanille, Karamell und Holz. Am Gaumen dann auch eine leichte Süsse, gebrannten Zucker kommt hier nich zusätzlich ins Spiel. Außerdem ist er sehr würzig. Der Abgang sehr lang, hier überwiegt dann das Portweinfass.

 Revisited this one today with the last drops from a sample. It’s Foursquare, so as usual it’s very good. But not exciting somehow.

 We also dived into this one yesterday and I ended up getting a bit tipsy because we had to double sample this one as well :-) The nose i is nice and fruity with vanilla and some barrel, in the back i get cinnamon, and coconut. The palate is also fruity and drizzled with spices. Then comes toasted oak and some burnt sugar. The finish is long and warm, slightly dry with vanilla and wonderful oak.