Rumclub Private Selection 2008 Belize Travellers Edition 41 15-Year

8,2:On the first nose, the first impression we get is a quite rigid rum with some medicinal/roasted notes, as roasted nuts and nail polish. Alcohol is not integrated very well. The rum is dark with thick molasses, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, herbal with black tea and dry with dried fruits, some bourbon notes, spices.
Aeration brings out different facet of this rum, as becomes lighter and woodier with raisins, dried apricots, candied fruits and caramelized yellow fruits. Now it is delightful, yet we get another wave of new notes when rested at least 30 minute with berries a nougat. On the last nose we get some lime peel, rubber and it becomes a bit tanninic.
8:On the palate, the first attack is heavy and rigid with buttery cocoa, vanilla and dry with dried fruits, very peppery spicy. It is very woody, there's caramel, black tea, is bitter with roasted notes. After half an hour it opens, becomes gourmet and sweet with dark chocolate, caramelized confectionery, brown sugar. We receive another wave of notes later with citruses, tannins, after quite a while, it is very velvety with chocolate fudge, nougat, licorice and brandy notes.
8:The finish is at first dry and woody, quite intense with roasted nuts and tannins, dried fruits, spicy. When the rum opens, we get a different story, as the rum is fresh, lighter with brandy, dark chocolate and honey, nougat at grand final.
It fucking opens up, when well rested, 8,7 then.... 🤘Very complex...It becomes fucking wonderful after 30 min of oxidation... 🤪