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Appleton Estate
8 Year Old Reserve Rum
Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)
Date Tasted:
4/11/2023
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 43%
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93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$28
Appleton Estate
8 Year Old Reserve Rum
Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)
Date Tasted:
4/11/2023
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 43%
Golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of ripe banana and pineapple, roasted walnut, strawberry watermelon gastrique, and charred coconut with a round, dryish medium body and a long finish that shows notes of bananas and roasted walnut, grilled pineapple, strawberry watermelon, and mejoola date. Complex layers of fruit flavors with some subtle earthy funk make up this benchmark, consumer friendly Jamaican Rum.
Tasting Info
Style:
Spicy & Complex
Aroma:
ripe banana and pineapple, roasted walnut, strawberry watermelon gastrique, and charred coconut
Flavor:
bananas and roasted walnut, grilled pineapple, strawberry watermelon, and mejoola date
Smoothness:
Finish:
Long
Enjoy:
Enjoy on its own
Bottom Line:
Complex layers of fruit flavors with some subtle earthy funk make up this benchmark, consumer friendly Jamaican Rum.
The Importer
Campari America
1114 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
USA
1 212-207-4350
www.campariamerica.com
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