El Dorado 1993 Enmore

Lovely nose with light caramel, oak, sweet tropical fruits and something mineralised and slightly spicy and chalk like. As the rum enters my mouth, again I pick up a mineralised character, light caramel and wood, but also subtle notes of cherries and ripe plums. It’s very, very good if a little light bodied, which is surprising, considering 21 years of ageing. The finish lingers for a good while with a warming sensation of the fruity notes mentioned above. Given the 56,5% vol. it’s very refined, but overall I still find it a little overpriced.

Deze vond ik het lekkerst van de "Rare Collection".
Abv van 56,5℅. Karamel, vanille, rood fruit, rozijnen en hout.

With a nice amber color, this rum has notes of candied fruits like prune and apricot. There are also woody notes and after a long aeration, the exotic fruits that arrive. In the mouth, the woody takes the top with always the fruits that disappear slowly. The end is very long always on the wooded with light notes of tobacco. Great rum but expensive.

Le nez est fruité et sucré, il y a aussi de la réglisse. Après un temps d’aération la vanille est plus présente.
L’attaque est plutôt sèche et monte progressivement en puissance, l’alcool est bien présent et réchauffe. Coté saveur c’est du cuir, vanille et caramel qui prennent le dessus, avec un boisé qui restera pour la fin de bouche avec une légère amertume. Attention aux nostalgiques de l’époque ou Luca Gargano se servait dans le stock de DDL, ceci n'est PAS une sélection de Luca, alors n'attendez pas de ce rhum d’être du Gargano.

This is nothing special. High ABV, and the burn gives it away. Hard hit of alcohol on the nose. Woody, a mineral flavor. Meh. I'd keep tasting for a better description, but I just don't like it enough to bother.

Another great rum above the pile-of-sugar-crap. Complex and long lasting

En fatkaraktär som visar att denna är lagrad länge på fat och i och med den högre alkoholhalten den har så gör lite vatten i att smakerna ändras rätt avsevärt till det bättre. Kvalité rakt igenom och god men inte värd pengarna om man säger så. Ger dock en känsla av klass och ser ut som den kostar.

Det var 1996 som jeg smagte. Prisen/smag taget i betragtning er den lidt dyr.

Prisen er for høj, men i forhold til andre rom med så høj volumen er den klart en af de bedste. Synes dog at disse stærke rom overdøves af netop alkoholen, så smagen ikke kommer til sin rette desværre...

El Dorado Rare Collection Enmore 1993 - 56.5% ABV.

Very interesting! I'm not a huge fan of El Dorado's standard offerings, but this one's a real treat. Green on the edges? The nose is full yet subtle at the same time. Dusty machinery, orange, oak, anise, cherries, and maybe a touch of smoke. On the palate, very hot! More so than most cask-strength rums I've tried. (This surprises me, as I assume there's some dosage here to help round things out. I could be wrong.) There is sweetness, along with vanilla, oak, more machinery, rubber, cherries, and a slightly bitter note. It's not totally unlike a gentler, more approachable Caroni. Very oily mouthfeel.

This is some good, Royal-Navy-worthy rum!

8+/9-