Velier Appleton Hearts Collection - 1999

Complex, herbal, woody sipper

It opens with a rich nose full of fruit, glue, and caramel, while the palate brings wood, spice, herbs, and chocolate. Buyers recommend it for its remarkable complexity and unique character.

8.6/10 110 reviews

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    How does this rum taste?

    Highly complex flavors
    Evolves after opening
    Well-integrated alcohol

    Reviewers highlight the aromatic depth and unique profile of Appleton Hearts Collection 1999, praising its complex balance of wood, tropical fruits, and herbal-spicy chocolate notes. The cask strength keeps it bold, while dried fruits and caramel sweetness emerge over time, especially after opening. Many enjoy it slowly—sometimes paired with a cigar—appreciating its evolution in the glass. This is a sought-after bottle for connoisseurs after depth and originality in a limited Jamaican release.

    Aroma

    Woody Glue Tropical fruit Caramel

    Taste

    Woody Spicy Tropical fruit Herbal

    How is this rum rated?

    8.6/10 110 reviews
    Top 20% Jamaica
    Top 14% Appleton Estate

     A classic Appleton is certainly not, there is certainly the 94 New Yarmouth batch much closer to it.Blind I would rather guess Demerara. The nose is beautiful and unique, Appleton also recognizable in the background. Then difficult in the mouth, very much licorice and herbs. The alcohol is super integrated, the 21 years of tropical aging resulted in a lot of depth and richness.Expectations met? No. Still a very interesting beautiful rum.Edit: The bottle is now open for a year. Licorice and herbs have given way to dried fruit. Really great to drink, an excellent rum! Yesterday enjoyed a glass with a perfectly matured Cazadores. A favorite rum that needs a while to develop in the open bottle.

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    9.2 /10
    Review by: Joachim Guger

     Edit Edit: It would be a dream to be able to try the whole Appleton Hearts series. My conclusion would be that this is a really high quality range. All in all, they are all great bottlings. I personally find it difficult to choose a true winner here. Only the 84 falls a little short. Both it and the 02 can't quite keep up, although that's complaining at a high level. However, if I had to choose one, it would probably be the 03 because it was the first one I tasted from the series. Edit: Tasted it again yesterday in peace and quiet with a cigar and DomM. The rum is simply amazing. Corrected upwards a little again. Franconian Tasting Gang on 19.04.2024 The first and last individual tasting this time on this very advanced evening/night. From memory, but behind the 2003 that is still present in my memory. A complete blind crosstasting of the Hearts series will follow.

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    8.7 /10
    Review by: zabo

     Heavy dark notes for wood and leather on the mos with (dried) fruits and quite some medicinal notes and herbs. Nice. Well balanced on the palate with more sweetness than expected alongside milkchoclate and toffee. Dried fruits show up here again.

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    8.6 /10
    Review by: DomM

     Too herbaceous on the nose for my taste. A bit too peppery and wild on the palate. For me, the weakest of the series.

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    7.7 /10
    Review by: Oliver
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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    Bottler
    RumX ID
    RX7801
    ABV
    63%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    1999
    Cask number
    #407819-407830
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    21 years
    No. of bottles
    3,000
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Velier • Appleton Estate 1999 &nbsp; 21yr &nbsp; 63% Hearts Collection - 1999

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    The RumX community has already added 199 bottles to their collections:

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    185
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    Open rate
    7%
    Ø Market value
    209€

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    The Appleton Estate distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Appleton Estate have been reviewed 2,928 times with an average of 8.0/10.

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