Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji

Honeyed fruit meets smoky Fiji funk

Expressive fruity nose
Complex and balanced
Great value
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Rich honeyed tropical fruit meets smoky, medicinal Fiji funk in this cask-strength 19-year single cask. Reviewers praise complexity and balance, though a few mention some sharpness or a shorter finish.

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members love this Fiji’s explosive nose: honeyed tropical fruit (banana, pineapple) wrapped in classic industrial esters. At 57.2% cask strength, the 19‑year pot still spirit delivers a complex, creamy palate with spicy-sweet honey, smoky/medicinal notes, hints of rubber and roasted wood. Many praise the balance and integration; a few note a shorter finish or some sharpness. A popular limited single cask (165 bottles) with 53 RumX reviews.

    Aroma

    Honey Banana Ester Medicinal

    Taste

    Spicy Honey Ester Smoky

    How is this rum rated?

    8.9/10 53 reviews
    Top 2% Fiji
    Top 3% South Pacific

    Typical Fiji profile. Nice mix of dirtiness and sweetness

    Awesome shit, my first Fiji that I like (but I've only had 4 so far). A really cool nose with summer honey, wax, tar, butter, medicinal notes and fruits. Thanks to Buddudharma for the sample 🙌🏽🙏 Update: Fiji 2001 Community Tasting - big thanks to Jakob for organizing this blind tasting. A great vintage and a comparison not without surprise. For me, the two Artesanal rums, neither of which I drank to the end, were the worst. An unpleasant juniper off-note was particularly disturbing (very pronounced in the rx15398, slightly better but still disturbing in the rx7779). Then, for me, the Rum Cask rx479 brought up the rear (i.e. very good / with the right markers), but not as great as the others. Surprisingly, the Isla del Ron, which has had a small reference status in my heart since I tried it, landed in next place for me. But it was overtaken in the blind test by the delicious Whisky Jury (rx13025) and then by the sensational. cave Guildive (rx1717). For me, the Cave Guildive is the winner of the classic Fiji 2002 profile and is really top. I only rated the Flag LMDW Antipodes (rx13440) higher ... this one is much woodier but also ultra-tasty. It was also clearly recognizable blind and made the photo finish millimeters behind the Plantation rx11133, which probably also stood out because it was so un-Fiji2001 and has a great glue-caramel Guyana nose. Verdict: Typical Fiji winners are the Cave Guildive on the fruity-honey-feelgood side and the Flag on the woody. the Plantation is the wildcard winner. The two RA bottlings are the two that remain far below the level of the other two.

    Thanks to Jakob, I had the pleasure of tasting a wide range of the Fiji 2001 bottlings. Although I've had a few in my glass before, the result surprised me again, as my previous favorite ended up in last place. However, it has to be said that I didn't give most of them time to develop due to a time problem. So here is the result of the blind tasting, which differs from the scoring. Corrected downwards Wow, what a great rum from Fiji. I regret having forgotten this one at the Fiji tasting with DomM. From memory, this would definitely have been number 1. Thanks for the sample Mariano56. You really didn't promise too much.

    What a great nose. Honey, smoke, fruit etc. Complex, perfectly balanced.In the mouth then the full load of plastic. Warm and strong, again a lot of honey.At the end you suck on a leather bag (real or yet imitation leather?).Geil. Really not my Beuteschema, but has surprised me positively.😄

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX9382
    ABV
    57,2%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    2001
    Cask number
    #IdR 027
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    19 years
    No. of bottles
    165
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Isla del Ron • South Pacific 2001 &nbsp; 19yr &nbsp; 57,2% Fiji

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    The South Pacific distillery is located in Fiji. Rums from South Pacific have been reviewed 3,197 times with an average of 8.0/10.

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