Monymusk 2010 MBS 9-Year

8,7:On the nose, the first thing we get is caramelized-like pastry, on a bit roasted touch, with some parfum on high tropical fruits estery rum. It becomes spicy and bourbon-like with some yellow fruits-apricot, orange peel, then coconut, burnt sugar and a bit vegetal.
Aeration brings out more robust notes as toasted wood, roasted nuts and chocolate, fruits are now candied. Out of nowhere rubber arises...
Giving the rum some nice rest, it becomes thicker with dark molasses, sweet cocoa, dried fruits and is a bit smoky. The rum is now very round and balanced.
8,5:On the palate, the attack is creamy with pastry and bourbon yellow fruit notes in. Becomes a bit dry and syrupy as yellow fruits become dried, with sweet spices, vanilla, honeyed and caramelized wood. Underneath are some musty/ashy notes. The rum is delicious and warm now, there are nuts, ginger, citrus and medicinal notes. When well rested, as on the nose, the dark side of the palate arises with thick molasses and is a bit roasted, going more perfumed and with some rose water, underpined with a hint of dried fruits.
8,3:The finish is long, woody, dry, quite fresh, a bit astringent, bitter with with tannins, yellow fruits. If we really wait, becomes warm with some baking spices, pastry notes and later tastier with milky cocoa and dried fruits underneath.

Flower, honey in aroma, quite strong body, but not to much esters; suiting tail

Destilováno / Nalahvováno: 2010 / 2019
Kongenery: 308,4 g/hlpa
Estery: MBS (rum má 152,2 g/hlpa esterů)
Andělský podíl: >52%

Rum je blendem 15 sudů destilerie Monymusk a zrál 9 let v tropech.
Vyrobeno bylo 4660 lahví.

Aroma: Těžká vůně - vanilka, alkoholová ostrost, mokré dřevo, leštěka na nábytek a dotek kůže.
Chuť: Hutná - karamel a spousta hořkého, štiplavého dřeva.
Dozvuk: Vanilka a opět spousta nahořklého dřeva. Velmi dlouhý.
Sladkost: 0/3
Celá lahev
Tak tady bych Jamajku naslepo netrefil. Zřejmě díky kolonové destilaci nemá vůbec žádné jamajské atributy (ovoce, techničnost, zasmrádlost). Velmi připomíná styl rumů z Barbadosu (FQ od Velieru) či spíše možná z Belize.
Rozhodně se však jedná o chutné pití, i když pravda, trochu jednodušší - v podstatě jen vanilka a dřevo.

taste - 8.5/10
smell - 8/10
sweetness - 7.5/10
price/value rating - 7/10