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Hampden Estate
HLCF Classic Single Jamaican Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted: 4/16/2024

Country: Jamaica

Alcohol: 60%

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97 Points

Platinum Medal

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$70

Hampden Estate
HLCF Classic Single Jamaican Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted: 4/16/2024

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

	Style:	Spicy & Complex
	Aroma:	high ester Jamaican funking and delicious, over ripe pineapple with orange zest, flambéed bananas foster, and cedar
	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:
	Enjoy:	with cigars, on the rocks and in cocktails
	Cocktails:	Cuba Libre, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
	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.

The Producer

La Maison & Velier

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Rum Aged more than 3 Years

Serve in a Copita

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Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Añejo and Age-Dated Rums are aged Rums from different vintages or batches that are mixed together to insure a continuity of flavor in brands of Rum from year to year. Some aged Rums will give age statements stating the youngest Rum in the blend (e.g., 10-year-old Rum contains a blend of Rums that are at least 10 years old). A small number of French island Rums are Vintage Dated.