Velier Appleton Hearts Collection - 1993
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For seasoned enthusiasts only: a 63% tropically aged Appleton Hearts that’s dry, woody and intensely complex. Expect mint, black tea, leather, dark fruits and toasted oak. Widely praised by RumX as one of the standout Hearts releases, best slow-sipped and well-aerated.
- Huge complexity
- Exceptional oak integration
- Endless finish
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Dry, woody, mentholic Hearts powerhouse For seasoned enthusiasts only: a 63% tropically aged Appleton Hearts that’s dry, woody and intensely complex. Expect mint, black tea, leather, dark fruits and toasted oak. Widely praised by RumX as one of the standout Hearts releases, best slow-sipped and well-aerated.
Seasoned enthusiasts who love very old, tropically aged, dry Jamaican pot still rums with strong oak, mint/black-tea notes and aren’t afraid of 63% ABV.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to alcohol heat or pronounced oak bitterness, and those looking for sweet, fruity or easygoing Appleton profiles.
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RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.8 lands squarely 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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Review by Vincent D
A nose that blends wood and glue. You can tell you're in Jamaica, but the profile is old-fashioned and not exuberant. On the palate, it's eose all over the place. Wood, menthol, bitter orange, licorice, leather, cigar leaf. Incredibly rich and complex. Superb length, with notes of mentholated tobacco. Exceptional.
Review by Oliver
Reminds me of a T.D.L with a bit of REV through the mint/black tea note. Plus a great and heavy cask influence from the tropical aging. After a while, grapefruit, herbs, and a bit of glue come through. The alcohol is very well integrated. An almost endless finish. There's a lot to discover here. Great! My number 2 from the Hearts Collection!
Review by SaibotZtar
Wow, I should have definitely grabbed a bottle... Wonderfully fruity and fresh 😯😯 I didn't expect that. You can recognize parallels to Guyana REV with the balanced heaviness, fruit, herbs, and wood. ... also mint and even a bit of funk can be smelled and tasted, great!! Nice surprise!
Review by Jakob
Quite exciting. A rum that already has a lot of barrel influence and therefore recognizable signs of age - but has not yet fully matured beyond its zenith and is drowning in bitterness and an exuberant wood influence. On the nose, heavy notes of glue, wood, tea and dark and sweet fruit. There is plenty of mint on the palate, as well as tart hints of leather and spices. The finish is spicy, which makes me think of ginger. That's something, even if I would have liked to have tasted the distillate with 2-3 years less tropical maturation.
Review by zabo
Edit: It would be a dream to be able to try the whole Appleton Hearts range. My conclusion would be that this is a really high-quality range. All in all, they are all great bottlings. I personally find it difficult to choose a true winner here. Only the 84 falls a little short. Both it and the 02 can't quite keep up, although that's complaining at a high level. However, if I had to choose one, it would probably be the 03 because it was the first one I tasted from the series. Another wonderful Appleton Hearts bottling. As already mentioned, the minty notes on the palate are reminiscent of T.D.L and REV. I had feared that the long tropical maturation, the cask/wood and especially the bitter note would ruin the drop. But this is not the case. A direct comparison of the complete series is still pending. In any case, very successful.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Tasted against the 2002 Appleton Hearts (RX15475). And while I already found that one dreamy at the first tasting, I have to say that I like this one just a tad better. It's a bit less alcoholic and on the nose and palate it's earthier and spicier, more like KFM style (which I obviously really like). 😉
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Could almost pass as Enmore in a blind tasting. Really awesome!! What I find especially exciting is the note that strongly reminds me of Enmore REV, with black tea, blackberries, lavender, and mint, plus a bit of licorice. You do have to like the bitterness though... Overall, the second best in the series but it doesn't quite reach the 1998.
Review by Leo Krüper
Noticeably old, long-aged Appleton. Very characterful due to the cask influence. Not a smooth, easy sipper, but a masculine, robust rum with edges and corners. I like it, but it’s not a world-class rum, which you might expect given the basic info.
Review by Serge
Update: in direct comparison with the 94 Platzhirsch, it really did extremely well. The 94 is somewhat fruitier and sweeter in my opinion and the 93 has the nicer tannin, wood and mint mixture. Very nice bottling - I'll have to try it again against the 1994 to see which one suits me better, but it's already very good. With the 1994 definitely my favorite of this delicious series. More on the woody-bitter side ... but I don't mind. The nose opens up wonderfully fruity after a while and everything seems a bit like REV and TDL as mentioned before ... but also somehow like the old EMBs. Exactly mine.
Review by Dr.Django
In a direct (unfair) comparison with the 2002 Appleton, this one is much better! Dark fruits, herbs, mint and intense black and fresh peach iced tea. The finish is long, here the black and peach iced tea comes through even more with a pleasant woodiness. This rum is fun.
Review by TheJackDrop
Tasted and enjoyed at the 1802 bar in Paris with good advice! Then in 2024 a nice sample! Nose: very fresh. fine wood, red fruits, menthol, light camphor, a few notes of dark chocolate; milk chocolate... Grapefruit, glue, dried herbs, tea... It's crazy, heady, like a perfume. Mouth: explosive, peppery, spicy. Then fruit returns under a very strong menthol. Finally, chocolate that coats the tongue. Almost unprecedented intensity. Alcohol very slightly present. Finish: big menthol, outrageous woodiness, big tannins, and dark chocolate again!
Review by mto75
Today the 1993 in direct comparison with the 2002. This Hearts-typical note, which somehow smells like polish or floor polish, I have with both in the nose, with the 02er a bit more pronounced. The 93 goes a bit more in the direction of freshness, herbs and tobacco, the 02 more in the direction of orange liqueur marzipan cake and brioche. On the palate, both with dried fruit, the longer aging is clearly evident in the 93, expressed in a slight (but not unpleasant) bitterness, tannins and black tea. The 02 has even more sweetness and goes more in the direction of allspice and latte. Both again top notch bottlings, but the 93 is already a bit more complex.
Review by Basti
Appleton Hearts Crosstasting with the vintages 2002, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999 (RX15475, RX15474, TBD) 2002: Fruity and spicy with a hint of menthol. Lots of wood and spices on the palate, slightly astringent and bitter, very subtle fruity notes. 1993: Significantly more intense with more spices and more from the cask, plus dirty notes that remind me of TDL or Chairmans. Extremely dry and bitter on the palate with a good barrel impact, slightly charred. I miss something fruity here. The finish is very long! 1994: Similar to 1993, but more fruit and a clear minty note. Clear parallels on the palate too, but not quite as bitter and dirty and fruit notes are still discreetly present. 1999: Lots of wood and spices, with dried fruit and tropical fruit in the background. Fruits in the background. Lots of spices and wood on the palate, but hardly any fruit notes, but no charred/bitter notes either. 1995: Again, dirty aromas with tar, leather and varnish. Similar to 1993/1994, the woody, bitter aromas also dominate the palate here. For me: 1994 ->8.8 2002 + 1999 ->8.7 1993 + 1995 ->8.6
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4023 Had a little time to line up the three new Heart Collection releases before going to a tasting event at Romdeluxe later today. This particular rum is really nice and it's well balanced and fruity with roasted wood notes. Pretty close to saying this is an elegant release and the price is pretty OK at time of release. The empty glass reveals nice coffee and nutty notes and it draws really nice curtains in the glass.
Review by Felix Reiber
The nose is surprisingly spicy and intense. The 63% alcohol is so well integrated that besides a hint of glue, there’s no sharpness in the nose. The same holds true on the palate. Butter-soft yet spicy/intense, the 29-year-old spreads out in the mouth. It reminds me strongly of an older Armagnac. Great notes of wood, leather, mint, and other herbs come through alongside black tea, caramel, and licorice. There’s no trace of the 63% ABV and it’s extremely complex. The long finish is wonderfully spicy with herbs, roasted aromas, and pineapple. Just like on the palate, all the aromas are accompanied by black tea, caramel, and vanilla. A very well-aged and varied product.
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About the Appleton Estate distillery
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