Distiller Notes
Renowned throughout the world for its full, intensely flavorful rums, Hampden Estate produces their iconic, heavy pot still pure single rums using unique methods that offer remarkable aromas and truly exceptional taste.
This particularly expressive 2022 edition sets the tone right from the start for a tasting that explores a huge diversity of the fruity esters iconic to Hampden Estate Rum, bursting from the first sip right down to the empty glass. A Lively tropical elegance guides its aroma and into a rich and lengthy palate showing great depth and character.
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Wine Enthusiast
Look for a honey hue and complex aroma that melds nuanced smoke and funk, tropical and stone fruit. Of note, this is an overproof spirit, bringing both flavor and fire. Ripe and cooked banana drizzled with honey fades into a long, drying finish with nutmeg, cinnamon, cayenne, and a fleeting peanut note.
Often referred to as a Gold Rum, an Aged Rum is one that has been aged in barrels, often Ex-Bourbon or White Oak before bottling. As the Rum continues to age, it draws more and more color and flavor from the wood, adding both body and complexity to the finished product. Aged Rums can be sipped neat or added to cocktails. They fall somewhere in between White and Dark Rums in terms of their respective strength of flavor.