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Long Pond Rare Cask VRW 2003
Baked banana, candied ginger and nail polish sit on a bed of well-integrated oak here. This 18-year Long Pond VRW at 60% is intense but stays elegant — pineapple and passion fruit up front, esters and spice trailing into a long finish. Several tasters call it a rounded, complex Jamaican, though the VRW mark's ester funk is milder than you might expect. Money aside, most rate it highly.
The community says- Baked banana, pineapple
- Elegant at 60%
- Steep price
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How does Long Pond Rare Cask VRW 2003 taste?
Aggregated from 34 community reviews.
Elegant, fruit-forward cask-strength Long Pond A genuinely elegant, intense Long Pond most tasters love — fruit over funk, oak nicely folded in. The near-universal gripe is a European price that feels out of proportion to the glass.
Jamaican pot-still fans wanting cask-strength fruit and oak
Beginners and anyone chasing loud high-ester funk
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How is Long Pond Rare Cask VRW 2003 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.6 sits in the “Very good” band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
6% rate it between 6 and 8. 13 selected write-ups from 34 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Christoph
Despite the "low" ester content, a real bomb with lots of fruit on a wooden bowl. If it weren't for the price, all Jamaica fans wouldn't have to think twice.
Review by R Wehner
Nase ordentlich Wumms, ehrlicher jamaikanischer Antritt, verspricht alles; Zunge genauso, 60 charakterstarke Prozente, Funk pur, Hammer, nix für Anfänger, leider zu teuer
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
27.08.2022 German Rum Festival Oh dear, I totally forgot to add this one, maybe because of the price tag it had. A pretty good rum but the price tag is really out of bounds compare to other similar bottlings. But of course "Rare Cask" adds to the value 😊 Notes. Ester, polish and overripe fruit on the nose. Palate is oily and fresh with lots of fruit and wood. Finish is medium to long with, fruit, ester and wood with a light smoky note.
Review by martin slezák
Farba mahagón Vôňa lepidlo, riedidlo, penicilín, údenina, tropické ovocie intenzívna, sladkosť Chuť údenina, lieky, lepidlo, tropické ovocie, mentol, káva, drevo Záver dlhý hreje, mentol, ovocie, drevo
Review by RumTaTa
Sehr guter runder Long Pond. Mir gefällt die hohe Intensität bei gleichzeitiger Ausgewogenheit. Zu den großen Long Pond Vertretern von Velier fehlt aber noch ein gutes Stück. Wenn man den Preis mit in den Blick nimmt, fällt für mich die Entscheidung ganz klar für die Velier Abfüllungen aus.
Review by Johannes
Very good, complex Long Pond! The price is of course rather absurd...
Review by DomM
Needs very long time to open up. Nevertheless, alcohol remains rather dominat on the nose. Very nice on the palate. Intense yet complex and very elegant. Verdict: nose somewhat disappointing. Palate very good, (European) price absolutely insane -> don’t buy this 🙃
Review by zabo
Verkostet auf der Pueblo del Ron Nürnberg 2024 am Catawiki Stand. Ein sehr leckerer Long Pond, der Lust auf mehr macht. Das einzige was die Laune extrem trübt ist der Preis, der meiner Meinung nach zu überzogen ist. Aber schön ihn probiert zu haben.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
A really beautiful and incredibly intense LP VRW! Just the right amount of wood, combined with candied ginger and baked banana, light tannins and tart esters, plus a nice spiciness and overall just very elegant and complex. But it's still not worth >600€, there are plenty of other VRW vintages that cost a fraction and offer a similarly delicious aroma profile!
Review by TheRhumhoe
Deuxième cuvée officielle de Long Pond, ce rhum sait faire parler ses atouts. Très élégant, le nez assemble parfaitement les notes d’esters et de vernis à ongles aux fruits exotiques et aux fruits rouges, le tout arrondi par le massepain, des épices douces et un boisé bien fondu. En bouche, une véritable concentration aromatique se forme sur les fruits tropicaux : banane, ananas, fruit de la passion, papaye, sans oublier les agrumes (zestes de citron) s’expriment librement. Le boisé épicé et les esters sont ici plus en retrait. L’alcool est très bien intégré. La finale, relativement longue, reprend la main avec les esters, le vernis, le boisé aux épices parfumées et les fruits exotiques. Un très bon rhum sur le papier, qui a tout pour plaire à un détail près : le prix, ici stratosphérique et incohérent pour une cuvée pareil.
Review by Leo Tomczak
Solider mittel alter Long Pond. Preis komplett absurd. Hintenraus super schöne typische Long Pond Note.
Review by Jakob
Tasted on the GRF22, accordingly, the time to breathe in the glass was very limited - freshly poured in the impression of an expressive Long Pond stuck, which the slightly older age is very good to face. Unfortunately, provided with an opulent price tag, which does not detract from the quality, but is still to be recorded as a pain point - you can get comparable qualities for much less.
Review by Filip Šikula
Rozhodně zajímavý zástupce long pondu. Ve vůni klasická ovoce, lepidla, ale zaujme i sladší tón kandivaného ovoce. V chuti velmi příjemný profil ovoce v kombinaci s intenzivní dubovou zástěrkou. Dlouhý a intenzivní závěr.
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Details about Long Pond Rare Cask VRW 2003
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, distilled by Long Pond, at 60%.
Community purchases
5 bottles logged by 5 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
5 purchased · 34 tasted · 6 wishlist · as of
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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