Just a couple of Barbancourts today. Barbancourt *** 1970s (43%): This might still be a pot still expression and be about four years old. Nose: Very herbal with dill, sage, thyme and oregano paired with a dab of marzipan. While this is a typical Barbancourt that isn’t overly complicated to detect as such, I must…
Month: May 2024
Some Column Still Demeraras from the Diamond Era
A very random session today, featuring a couple of Enmores from 2002, among others. S.B.S Diamond Distillery “SVL” (Uitvlugt Savalle) 2003 17YO (53,7%): This batch featured both, good and utterly terrible Rums so far. I really don’t know why the variance in cask quality is so big here. Nose: Rich and heavy with nougat, coffee,…
El Salvador
El Salvador is a real rarity on this blog and as much as I would love to serve you guys some more background information, I simply lack the time and nerves to do so at the moment. Alas, we shall stick to the tasting today. Plantation El Salvador 2015 8YO “Pineau des Charantes Cask” (48,6%):…
Hampden 8 Marks Collection
When the Hampden 8 Marks Collection came out in 2022, it created a lot of buzz. After all, it was the first time that a distillery offered a cross-tasting of all its marques in a single set for regular purchase. So what is it? Marks or marques? We’ve learned, also directly from Hampden, that these…
Compagnie des Indes Mauritius: Grays vs Saint Aubin
I have two duos from Mauritius bottled by Compagnie des Indes in my sample library and thought that would make for an interesting comparison. The Rums come from Grays and Saint Aubin. We are very familiar with both distilleries I’d say and we even have a clear favorite between the two of them, but let’s…
Single Cask Rum 