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The Rum Mercenary & Kintra DDL Sample X Enmore
Surprise here is how dark and dry a 10-year Enmore can drink. Wooden Coffey still gives espresso, charred oak and pencil shavings up front, with dried fruit, butterscotch and a little pineapple behind it. Several tasters find it strongly astringent and note the alcohol pokes through on the finish. A young Guyana single cask with plenty going on, not a soft one.
The community says- Complex layers
- Dried fruit depth
- But: Strongly astringent
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How does The Rum Mercenary & Kintra DDL Sample X Enmore taste?
Aggregated from 32 community reviews.
Dry, charred, espresso-heavy young Enmore Most rate it a good, complex young Enmore — dry, roasted, fruity. The recurring catch: heavy astringency and alcohol that isn't fully tucked in on the finish.
Fans of dry, woody Demerara at cask strength
Anyone wanting a soft, sweet daily sipper
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 96% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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59% rate it 8 or higher. 15 selected write-ups from 32 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Timo Groeger
Most helpful positive review
No idea who gave their opinion on this. Anyway, the last one for me today. I definitely find it very awesome, Enmore is a class of its own anyway. Thanks and cheers to everyone here. Delicious Enmore :)
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Most helpful mixed review
Blind tasting, so unfortunately the photo is not very informative. Brittle rum, not really my cup of tea.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,5:On the nose, esters bump into our nosetrils, tropical fruits like banana, pineapple, kiwi, melon and solvents, funky Jamaican feeling, green fruits, orange and coppery touch. On aeration, flowery, herbaceous tones arise, roasted wood notes like nuts, leather, butterscotch, spicy, salty and smoky, then red fruits. 8,4:On the palate, the attack is medicinal with esters and metallic with copper, fruity with dried and tropical fruits like pineapple, banana and grapefruit, later plum, spicy with pepper, nutmeg, vanilla, a bit salty, as the wood is charred with caramel, coffee, slightly syrupy.Molasses is flowery, herbaceous and grassy, later minty and with pencil shavings. 8,5:The finish is long, dry and round, coppery, winterly with charred wood notes, lot of fruits, confectionery, spices, especially chilli in the end...
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5286 29.04.2025 Enjoying some samples while listening to some Goa Psy Trance. Nose Medium intense, wood, light roasted, light plum, pencil shavings, dried fruit, light pineapple, spice. Palate Light oily, wood, light roasted, pencil shavings, medium dry, light prunes, light mango, light caramel, spice. Finish Long, wood, prunes, light metallic, faint medicinal, light pineapple. Empty glass Light caramel, prunes, faint chocolate, vanilla.
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Just had the excellent Worthy Park from Sample X before this. Might switch them around next time. This is a different beast. A complex rum, lots of different layers: fruits, spices, dry, peppery. A lot to discover. I like it, but it's still a bit closed off on some levels. Never had such a young Enmore btw. A promising mark. Will try and rate again soon.
Review by Skyfly
Good Enmore, where the alcohol could be a little better integrated. The typical dried fruit, roasted and woody aromas on the nose. But also pineapple, butterscotch and a little solvent. Espresso on the palate, alongside dried fruit and charred oak, which lingers into the finish. Alcohol stings a little towards the end.
Review by Johannes
Very dry rum with clear bitter notes. Almost reminds me of Clarendon. Not really my cup of tea.
Review by SNYBOR 🇧🇪
The alcohol could be a little better integrated. Now for its young age.... taken from 80€ A goodb8/10
Review by Leo Krüper
Blind tasting: Very good Enmore, unfortunately not my cup of tea. Somewhat smoky/alcoholic aftertaste
Review by TheJona'Spirits
Mon premier Enmore, dégusté il y a 5 ans maintenant. J'en garde un excellent souvenir. Il me faut un sample pour le redécouvrir avec mes sens d'aujourd'hui.
Review by Johnny Rumcask
Solid Enmore: wood, espresso, dried fruit. Some sweetness, presumably from the barrel storage, strongly astringent. Alcohol noticeable in the finish, but still ok overall. Not super complex, but interesting. For most people, however, it is probably unsuitable as a daily sipper due to its strong astringency.
Review by Wernie
This young Enmore is not bursting with aromas, it is quite light. I really like the nose, nice buttery sweetness, light wood, dried fruit and that musty old gauze smell. It has quite a dark flavor profile. The initial sweetness of butterscotch is quickly replaced by over toasted wood, espresso and pencil shavings, all very dry, which continues on the finish. I like it, if the charring wasn't so strong it would have been enough for more points.
Review by Djehey
Pleasant! greedy and woody profile, accompanied by sweet spices.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
A creamy and concentrated nose of tropical fruits, delicately vanilla and cocoa. On the palate, the rum is peppery, then iodized, for a rather long finish, which marks the return of a slight bitterness (clove). A beautiful single cask that represents well the universe of Guyana. The profile clearly reminds me of Versailles. Nice Q/P ratio for 80 € !
Review by Kasper
Very impressive. Filled with ripe fruit on the verge of sauternes grapes. Lots of peatyness and a is. Very well crafted distinct rum.
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Details about The Rum Mercenary & Kintra DDL Sample X Enmore
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by The Rum Mercenary & Kintra, at 58,4%.
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13 bottles logged by 12 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
46% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
13 purchased · 33 tasted · 9 wishlist · as of
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