Long Pond 2001, 21 years, Jamaica edition No. 8
Founded in 1753, Long Pond is a sugar estate and distillery in the Jamaican Parish of Trelawny, which is also home to Hampden Estate. It is known for its ultra-funky, high-ester style of rum.
A 2001 vintage rum that has been continentally aged for 21 years before being bottled in 2022. Presented in a limited edition of 245 bottles and bottled at cask strength at 56,4% ABV.
Jamaica 2001 edition no. 8
Region: Jamaica
Distillery: Long Pond
Age: 21
Distillation: 03-2001
Bottled: 10-2022
Cask no: 4
Cask type: Ex-Rum
Still type: Pot
Maturation: Continental Ageing
ABV 56,4%
Vol. 700 ml
No bottles: 245
Tasting Notes:
“I've read on some website that this was a 'rum finish' (hey MoM). That's our favourite kind of finishing, Ardbeg Ardbeg finish, Macallan Macallan finish, and rum rum finish. Pleonasmic or tautological finishes, that's great (yeah I've realised that the cask they've used may have stemmed from another rum distillery). Colour: white wine. Nose: pure lemon juice mixed with olive oil and benzine. The fumes from a 2-stroke engine, as we sometimes say. Right, old Kawasaki. Whiffs of formic acid. With water: same, plus Thai basil and coriander. Mouth (neat): this was made with a scalpel. Olives, lemon peel, seawater, ashes. With water: very simple, very high-definition. Brine and lemons. Finish: long, more medicinal. Salty smoke in the aftertaste. Comments: like all simple people, we like simple rums, as long as they carry some punch, like this one.”
Note: SGP: 463 - 90 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com
