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The Nectar Long Pond The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2005
"Absolutely delicious rum - lots of funk and fruity notes" is how one member sums it up, and that tracks. This 2005 Long Pond is overripe pineapple and mango, varnish and glue on the nose, then it turns woody, spicy and drier on the palate — menthol and clove creeping in on a long, tannic finish. Tropically aged, well-balanced, and the 55% sits in nicely.
The community says- Overripe tropical fruit
- Well balanced
- Spicy for some
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How does The Nectar Long Pond The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 52 community reviews.
Rounded, tropically-aged Long Pond funk Well-loved as a rounded, tropically-aged Long Pond — fruity funk up front, wood and spice behind. A few funk-chasers wished it were punchier or bottled at cask strength.
Fans of aged Jamaican funk who like wood and spice
Those chasing the punchiest high-ester Long Ponds
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What does the community say?
6% rate it between 6 and 8. 19 selected write-ups from 52 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Galli33
One of my favorite from long Pond and still!! Really funky, fruity from the nose to the finish! I really enjoyed the fanatastic tastes of the oak barrel. For me as a ex carpenter, really impressive. The alcohol is intergrated very well. Nose: ester, funky, delicious, pineapple, coconut, overripe fruits, peaches, banana, varnish, nutty, almond, treacle, sweet, toffee, woody Mouth: dry, astringend, balanced, complex, funky, menthol, tannins, roasted, spicy, some ginger notes, amazing oak(barrel), almond, vanilla, pineapple, peaches, coconut, banana, dried apricot, burnt sugar, minty Finish: medium long, dry, astrigend, delicious, tannins, bitter, oak(woody), mocha, peaches, pineapple
Review by Oliver
Bright, fruity nose with lots of marzipan. Really inviting. A great, creamy mouthfeel on the palate. Pleasant, dry finish. Excellent Long Pond!
Review by Dr.Django
Long Pond aus dem Jahr 2005, das gefällt mir zunehmend mehr! Und auch dieser Rum ist klasse. Jamaica Funk und dazu dunkle Gruchtaromen, sowie Holz und Leder zeichnen diesen Rum aus. Der ist schon sehr gut. Interessanter wäre er meiner Meinung nach in Fassstärke. Vielen Dank für das Sample @Basti
Review by cigares
A nose with varnish, funk and overripe fruit, lots of overripe fruit, tropical fruit and yellow fruit. The palate is surprisingly smooth, much more balanced than the nose: wood - fruit - varnish - roasted and spicy play the same score. There's a hint of bitter cherry on the finish, which is moderately long and includes all the flavors of the mouth. A very fine rum, complex and balanced.
Review by Jakob
The nose promises a little more funk than is then actually apparent on the palate - but that does not mean that there is not enough Jamaica in the bottle here. While the nose is still very fresh, the influences of storage become more pronounced in the mouth.
Review by Basti
Once again a 2005 LP and for me once again a direct hit. Reminded me directly of The Whisky Blues LP2005 when I first "sniffed" it. Lots of tropical fruit, especially mango, some glue, esters and various spices. Pretty much the same on the palate, a good mix of fruity flavors, spices and some wood. Unfortunately, there is no precise information on pith, tropical and continental maturation. After tasting it, I'm pretty sure that this is also a partially tropically matured (that much is known) VRW, due to the similarity to the other 2005 VRWs. I like the bottling very much :)
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Another great rum from Long Pond and the funk is there from opening the bottle. I could actually pick up the funky fruits across the table. A very well balanced and complex rum and they did a super finish on it without hiding the Long Pond flavours. What I like about these rums is the high overall quality and the pricing that makes it affordable to most who'd like a good rum.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get are very pleasant sweet notes of tropical, yellow fruits, toasted coconut and roasted wood with nuts and caramel.This is a low esters rum, with solvents not too strong. On aeration it becomes more round and creamy with bourbon notes, fruits are overripe, the caramel is candied, there are coconut biscuits and the molasses is vegetal. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is buttery and at first spicy with pepper, there are tasty tropical fruits and berries, perhaps currants. The coconut is toasted, the wood roasted, after airing even resinous and tannic, waxy and bitter with some menthol.Creamy vanilla, banana and mango neutralize bitterness, balance our tasting, later some bourbon notes join in.Molasses is flowing underneath... 8,3:The finish is long, dry, a bit imbalanced, more bitter, vegetal, as the fruits are now dried, some pineapple and peach stay, the wood is peppery and with caramel. Edit:16.2.25 Still tasty
Review by Johannes
Amazingly good Long Pond! He tastes similar to the NRJ, would have to be tropically stored, goes in right Vale Royal / Cambridge. unfortunately somewhat diluted, but really good!
Review by Agricoler
Very very tasty just a really round Long Pond.
Review by Thunderbird
In the nose ester, fruit and funk... surprisingly on the palate then quite mature and mature! More on the woody and spicy side! Delicious
Review by Adrian Wahl
Richtig geiler Release. Extrem rund und tolles Profil. Lange habe ich die Flasche schon gehabt und jetzt endlich die Chance auf ein Sample gehabt. Mai Tai Test folgt sogleich
Review by Tom Buteneers
Simply delightful. Amazing dept in the nose, lovelely influences of the wood on the palate and something sweet and sour in the finish. I enjoyed every drop of it. Tempted to buy a bottle.
Review by alex
Wahouuuu it's delicious 😋 A lovely basket of fruit, solvent, lovely oak, remarkable complexity and a long finish. Lots of sweetness and well-integrated alcohol.
Review by Peder Frits Nielsen
Absolutely delicious rum - lots of funk and fruity notes..
Review by Pavel Spacek
The most significant taste is clove! Wow!
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
03/05/25: tasted at a local spirits shop. Overall, a good rum which I enjoyed sipping but for me not what I look for in Long Pond. I'm looking for the more punchy, higher ester profiles like in the Velier Cambridges or TECA's. Still quality rum though.
Review by Alexander Rasch
Great nose and then very spicy on the palate. A bit too peppery for me. I like the nose much better than the palate. Tropically matured?
Review by Richard Krupa
Prezrale fruit, methol and margot. Endlessly evolving aromas and flavours
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
Very nice Long Pond. More esters on the nose than on the palate. Tastes very adult and super matured.
Details about The Nectar Long Pond The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2005
A rum from Jamaica, bottled by The Nectar, at 55%.
Community purchases
32 bottles logged by 22 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
18% opened, 4 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for The Nectar Long Pond The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2005?
Community paid 45–160 €.
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About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 6,843 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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