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Salon du Rhum Hampden Jamaica C<>H 1990
Thirty-one years in the cask, and it's still fruit-forward — mango, pineapple and lime up front, with the glue and solvent notes rounded off rather than wild. Several tasters call it creamy, oily and beautifully balanced, the alcohol tucked away despite 54.5%. One member notes a slightly medicinal, bitter turn on the finish, and a few think the 1993 sibling edges it out.
The community says- Ripe tropical fruit
- Creamy, oily body
- Integrated alcohol
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How does Salon du Rhum Hampden Jamaica C<>H 1990 taste?
Aggregated from 67 community reviews.
Mature, fruity Hampden with rounded esters Widely loved as a mellow, mature Hampden: ripe tropical fruit, esters and caramel, all balanced. The catch is a slightly medicinal finish, and 1993 fans rate that one higher.
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3% rate it between 6 and 8. 17 selected write-ups from 67 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by cigares
Day 12 of the Samples de Luxe calendar and tasted again a year and a half later. Jamaica and Hampden are evident on the nose. Funky and fruity, lots of tropical fruit. On the palate, despite the esters and thanks to the fruitiness, the sensation is pleasant, almost easy with a little silkiness. The finish is a little disappointing, with a bitter, medicinal taste replacing the fruit. A fine rum, dense and balanced, easy to drink and with character. If I'd guessed Hampden, I'd never have imagined so many years of aging...
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Wow, this is a lovely and fruity Hampden where you can get the ester notes. Great balance between fruit, spices and smoky wood with a touch of caramel.
Review by Jakob
Great '90 Hampden. Balanced profile of overripe tropical fruit, wood, spice, baking notes, sweetness of caramel and vanilla, plus hints of olive and some tea. A pleasure to drink!
Review by Adrian Wahl
Not quite the level of the 1993. A good HD 1990, but not a top level for me, so in my eyes a tad too expensive.
Review by Serge
Tastes quite good to me ... often these old 1990s Jamaicans are too soft for me. Here is a great balance of roundness but still enough pep. However, I like the 1993 sister bottling a little better (from memory)
Review by Thunderbird
Endlich mal wieder ein ausgezeichneter Hampden im Glas… so wie man ihn in früheren Jahren so häufig bekam und lieben gelernt hat. Samtig und cremig verteilt er sich am Gaumen, nachdem er zuvor den Raum mit seiner Ester geflutet hat. Er ist dank seines Alters nicht mehr so wild und ungestüm, dadurch ist er wunderbar zu trinken und zu genießen! Ich bin begeistert
Review by TheRhumhoe
A superb continental Hampden with excellent aromatic concentration. A lovely bouquet of exotic fruits (mango, papaya, banana and pineapple) and citrus (lime) joins phenolic notes (esters, glue, solvents and varnish) and pastry and gourmet notes (brown sugar in particular) to produce a homogeneous, well-structured and very tasty juice. Wood has hardly permeated the juice at this stage. The rum is incredibly smooth on the palate. A perfect roundness that displays exotic fruits, citrus and acidity, esters, glue, varnish, vanilla, cinnamon, pepper, pastries (marzipan, molasses, caramel), lightly smoky notes and olive. A very smooth, oily, unctuous, complex rum with outstanding flavors. The alcohol is perfectly integrated. The finish is very long, at once fruity with tropical fruit and citrus, phenolic, pastry-like, lightly woody on the barrel, with a touch of smoke and olive. A toppissime rum on every level.
Review by FischeJ
Schöner 1990 Hampden. Sehr fruchtige Nase, aber nicht mehr jung und wild. Daneben schöne Karamellsüße und Holz. Alles sehr ausgewogen. Im Mund dann schön cremig mit diesen tollen fruchtigen Noten. Dazu die Fassnoten von der jahrelangen Reifung. Und immer dezent im Hintergrund Karamell. Super ausgewogen. Wilder Ester schön gereift. Gefällt mir.
Review by F.L.O.
Der dritte Hampden heute Abend….und ganz knapp der beste. Alkohol perfekt eingebunden ! Ansonsten typische Ester, Früchte. An der Nase kaum Lack oder Klebstoff, aber viel Ester, Am Gaumen viel Obst und Ester, klar.
Review by Santo
Simply magnificent! Everything is superbly well-balanced: the esters, the alcohol, the wood, the gourmandise - nothing stands out. Complex and very tasty. Hampden grand cru!
Review by John Coffey
Super hampden ! Wow we take a lot of mouthfuls!
Review by Jarek
An der Nase zunächst ein tropischer Obstkorb, dann kommen erst die Noten von Lösungsmittel. Die lange Reifung hat die Ecken und Kanten wohl etwas abgerundet, ohne zu viel Holz zu hinterlassen. Samtig und rund das Ganze.
Review by alex
Woahhhhh c’est magnifique 😍 Après un passage au nez plus qu’agréable, très fruité, passons à la dégustation et la c’est la claque 🤩 une explosion d’esters dans la bouche, avec toujours les fruits , le caramel, le fut … explosion de saveurs et très belle complexité. Pour finir avec une longueur terrible 😍😍😍 définitivement un de mes Hampden préféré ♥️♥️♥️
Review by Pierangelo Pianta
Naso caleidoscopico, amaizing . Abbastanza Grasso , scorrevole, ottima salivazione, gusto bilanciato , avrei preferito più pienezza . Ottima bevuta
Review by Alexander Rasch
Ein toller Rum und die alten Hampden sind eigentlich durchweg immer lecker. Dieser C<>H zeigt sich mit einer wunderbaren fetten dichten Nase und verändert sich mit der Zeit. Es kommen mehr Kräuter und Rauch. Am Gaumen wieder schön cremig, buttrig und toll ausbalanciert. Hinten raus schön trocken, lang anhaltend aber nicht zu adstringierend. Hervorragende Abfüllung. Richtig lecker. Gerne mehr davon 😊
Review by MJ97
Nez : beaucoup de fruits exotiques, très gourmand avec du solvant. Un côté floral / végétal également qui rajoute de la vivacité. Un côté saumure aussi. Avec un côté huiles essentielles derrière également. Avec aération les nez s’améliorent je trouve. Plus gourmand / moins vif. Bouche : côte toasté des hampden, fruits exotiques, boisé. Un côté torréfié / fruits à coques, fruits secs. Entrée en bouche super douce/gourmande puis y’a le côté toasté qui arrive avec une légère acidité. On a moins l’astringence / l’amertume du bois que d’habitude, avec du pain toasté/ brûlé qui vient aussi. Et une gourmandise du fruit qui est équilibrée et qui complète le tout. En tout cas très évolutif et changeant au fil de l’aération. Finale longue.
Review by Michal Jurka
On the nose pineapple, banana, esters, nail polish, after aeration it mellows and reveals light vanilla, pastries a creamy notes. On the palate it is quite dissapointing to me, besides tropical fruits and esters I get too much spices and something sweet-soury. It is superb Hampden, but I am not as excited as most people here. Maybe I am too young to appreciate old Hampden.
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Details about Salon du Rhum Hampden Jamaica C<>H 1990
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Salon du Rhum, at 54,5%.
Community purchases
41 bottles logged by 34 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
19% opened, 6 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Salon du Rhum Hampden Jamaica C<>H 1990?
Community paid 365–383 €.
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41 purchased · 69 tasted · 36 wishlist · as of
About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 19,877 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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