Aroma visualization from community tastings
CoR Clarendon Jamaica Ed. 3 1996
Sip this one slowly and neat — at 67% it's built for a tasting glass, not a mixer. Expect menthol and black tea up front, tropical fruit (banana, mango, lime), roasted oak and a clear glue-and-solvent streak. One taster called it an "incredible example of aged rum" that still shows Clarendon's fingerprint; another found the butyric funk hard to move past.
The community says- Menthol freshness
- Tropical fruit esters
- Glue and butyric
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How does CoR Clarendon Jamaica Ed. 3 1996 taste?
Aggregated from 40 community reviews.
Menthol, tea and glue at cask strength Most rate this a complex, minty, tropically fruity Clarendon with well-integrated heat. The split: fans love the tea-and-menthol freshness, while some find the glue and butyric notes too loud.
Experienced funk lovers who like minty, high-ester Jamaicans
Anyone put off by glue, butyric notes or high ABV
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How is CoR Clarendon Jamaica Ed. 3 1996 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.5 sits in the “Very good” band. 92% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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10% rate it between 6 and 8. 7 selected write-ups from 40 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un Clarendon plaisant et versatile. Le nez démarre sur des notes très variées : les fruits tropicaux (banane, mangue, papaye) viennent avec le menthol apporter de la gourmandise à un nez vif et puissant. Le boisé, vernis et rôti, s’ajoutent à des notes de piment et de colle qui viennent intensifier le tout. Un profil plutôt complet et avec du cachet. En bouche, le Clarendon fait parler sa puissance de feu : le boisé et les notes empyreumatiques viennent avec les notes médicinales apporter chaleur et intensité au palais. Les fruits exotiques (citron vert, ananas) s’allient encore une fois au menthol, mais aussi aux notes herbacées (thé noir) pour apporter une fraîcheur qui contraste avec le reste. Le profil est puissant mais complexe, offrant même un bel équilibre des saveurs. L’alcool est très bien intégré. La finale n’est pas en reste et offre un boisé sec, pimenté (gingembre) et fumé, accompagné de tabac et de notes médicinales. Le thé, le menthol et les fruits (papaye, citron vert, fruits secs) ramènent encore la balle au centre autour de cette belle dualité aromatique. Un joli Clarendon qui propose une expérience riche et agréable tout au long de la dégustation.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
I like this one a lot. The fruit is very light on the profile and I like the light roasted wood notes. ABV is pretty well integrated.
Review by Oliver
Very pleasant mint notes on the nose. Intense, spicy and some tropical fruit. Balanced yet complex on the palate. Pleasant bitterness of black tea. Little fruit and rather dry spicy. I like very much!
Review by Jakob
Does not quite keep pace with the '95 vintage, but still moves sicug at a high level. Again, juicy fruit esters, tea, mint, fiery spice, wood and some smoke - aromatically very impressive.
Review by Johannes
Exciting and complex Jamaican, where the tropical barrel aging had a clear influence. Beautiful mint note!
Review by Marco Pascarella
First Tasting 84/100 Second Tasting 81/100
Review by Pavel Spacek
Extremly fruity. Similar taste of fruit is in some IPA beers.
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Details about CoR Clarendon Jamaica Ed. 3 1996
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by The Colours of Rum, at 67%.
Community purchases
8 bottles logged by 8 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
8 purchased · 41 tasted · 7 wishlist · as of
About the Clarendon distillery
The Clarendon distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Clarendon have been reviewed 5,769 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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