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Hampden Estate
HLCF Classic Single Jamaican Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 60%
97 Points
Platinum Medal
Superlative
$70

Hampden Estate
HLCF Classic Single Jamaican Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Jamaica
Alcohol: 60%
Clear copper color. Dusty, savory, baked aromas of high ester Jamaican funking and delicious, over ripe pineapple with orange zest, flambéed bananas foster, and cedar with a lightly tannic, fruity medium-full body and a very long over ripe banana dipped in caramel and rolled in cinnamon nutmeg and ginger, walnut oil, and black pepper, pickled ginger, maple, black tea, and and cinnamon finish. The proof and the dundery high ester funk assure that this is not for the faint of heart or amateur imbiber, but hot damn is this delicious and complex; would happily sit with a bottle all day and reflect on what cigar pairings or cocktails would be best and then discover that the whole bottle accidentally disappeared.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: high ester Jamaican funking and delicious, over ripe pineapple with orange zest, flambéed bananas foster, and cedar
Taste Flavor: over ripe banana dipped in caramel and rolled in cinnamon nutmeg and ginger, walnut oil, and black pepper, pickled ginger, maple, black tea, and and cinnamon
Smoothness Smoothness:
Enjoy Enjoy: with cigars, on the rocks and in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Cuba Libre, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: The proof and the dundery high ester funk assure that this is not for the faint of heart or amateur imbiber, but hot damn is this delicious and complex; would happily sit with a bottle all day and reflect on what cigar pairings or cocktails would be best and then discover that the whole bottle accidentally disappeared.
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Hampden Estate HLCF Classic Single Jamaican Rum rating was calculated by to be 97 points out of 100 on 4/16/2024. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.