Samaroli Hampden Caksus Jamaica Rum (Recalled) DOK 2009

05.08.2022 A nice afternoon with other rum geeks and an evening visiting a few bars. Notres Light in colour. Nose Intense, fruity, faint wood, ester, polish, light marzipan, light pineapple. Palate Intense, warm, fruity, ester, light pineapple, light banana, overripe, faint marzipan, light polish., light olive, faint salt. Finish Long and warm, fruity, ester, medium dry, light marzipan, light pineapple,

A DOK is definitely not! I do not even think that is a Jamaican... maybe a blend with Long Pond... if this nose with great fruit would have persisted on the palate, it would have been a really great rum! Unfortunately, however, the palate can not keep up... it is not complex and intense enough... too bad! But good he is nevertheless!

I would not necessarily have recognized as DOK. Much more fruity and sweet, almost floral on the nose. The esters are there, but not overpowering everything. I find more papaya and kiwi here instead of pineapple and banana. Sweetness of orange syrup comes in and even a hint of tobacco. Very unusual.Also unusual on the palate for a DOK: spicy-woody up front, only then do the esters come in. At first, licorice and mint are discernible for me. Slightly bitter and toasty-bacony it is. In the back out even a little grassy.licorice and something grassy also in the finish.Can not actually believe that this is a Hampden and even a DOK should be!?!?!! Would have rather put it with Clarendon. (Although he is not bad, even quite tasty).

I'm curious if at some point it will come out what was really in it. My guess is either a Monymusk or a Hampden OWH. In principle, a good rum that lacks some character.

The big mix-up in the glass: DOK is on it, Demerara is in it. Unfortunately, nothing more is known. My tip would go to Versailles and not a bad one. On the nose notes of burnt sugar, some spices, pleasant fruitiness. On the palate, however, much darker. Roasted aromas give the rum a dark, deep undertone that I didn't expect. More wood and thus probably more years on the hump than I would have suspected after the nose.Long finish, which becomes very dry and thus underlines the palate again. In my eyes, not worse than the expected DOK, but of course a completely different corner!

Die ersten, die diese Flasche geöffnet haben, müssen sich ernsthaft gewundert haben.Das ist kein Jamaikaner.Wir sind eher auf der Seite von Guyana, bei einem schweren und kräftigen Rum, bei dem Leder, Tabak und Holz dominieren.Im Abgang hat in buchstäblich einen Espresso im Mund.Schade, dass der Alkohol zu präsent ist.

Also DOK oder nicht DOK? Ben nicht DOK in der Tat! Diese Flasche wurde falsch etikettiert und musste daher von Samaroli zurückgerufen werden. Aber was ist in dieser Abfüllung drin? Nase: karamellisierte Melasse/Gewürze/getrocknete Aprikose Mund: Holz/Rauch/Tabak (also kein sehr junger Rum) Trockener und langer Abgang mit Kaffee Ich persönlich würde einen Versailles aus den 2000er Jahren nehmen. Aber das Geheimnis ist und bleibt ein Geheimnis, auch wenn ich neugierig wäre, die tatsächliche Herkunft dieser Abfüllung zu erfahren. Aber was am Ende das Wichtigste ist: Es schmeckt! Nochmals vielen Dank, Min, für dieses Geschenk, das uns viel Spaß gemacht hat, indem wir unsere Teilnehmer in die Falle gelockt haben! PS: Dieser DOK 2009 (Fass Nr. 15 - 60%) war ursprünglich ein Duo-Paket.

So for me the nose is more Worthy Park and therefore Jamaica instead of Demerara, but I guess we will never know