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Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019
"Very unusual for a Hampden" is the line that keeps coming up. The classic funk sits in the background while sour cherry, raisins, chocolate and dark fruit take over from a heavy sherry-style cask influence. Several tasters compare it to TECA, and the 60% is unusually well integrated. Fruity and rich, though a couple find the fruit and sherry clash.
The community says- Sour cherry, chocolate
- Alcohol well integrated
- Sherry can clash
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How does Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019 taste?
Aggregated from 39 community reviews.
Sherry-driven Hampden with sour cherry, low funk Divisive. Many love the sour-cherry, chocolate and dark-fruit twist on a Hampden with well-hidden alcohol; others find the sherry and funk clash and the young finish short.
Hampden fans wanting a fruity, sherry-cask twist
Those chasing loud classic Hampden funk
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How is Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.4 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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What does the community say?
10% rate it between 6 and 8. 8 selected write-ups from 39 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Julien Ries
The nose starts with lots of esters (Lrok is between 200 and 400g/hL alcohol), with a slightly pheasant-like roast meat that's less repulsive than its expression on this commentary. There's also a hint of very ripe exotic fruit (roasted pineapple) mixed with heady flowers (narcissus, jasmine). The cooked wine adds a great deal to this nose. On the palate, we're still struck by the roast, but the alcohol is very mild, despite 60°. The sherry brings great balance to this juice. Everything is complex, and each moment brings a different layer of aromas. There's fruitiness (lots of it), vanilla and other spices like anise (lots of it). It's greedy and harmonious. The finish is endless with spices and esters.
Review by zabo
Sorry about that, but I don't like this bottling at all, it immediately reminded me of the Habitation Velier Hampden LROK ex-sherry cask RX21809. Which I also found subterranean. Somehow the two have quite a lot in common and I really don't like either of them. Mediocre but not my taste at all.
Review by Dr.Django
Hampden Tasting, Rum No. 3. I had expected typical Hampden in the glass and was completely (positively) surprised by the RX9242. Here comes the next positive surprise. Not much of the Hampden and funky Jamaica remains in this rum, or is subtly pushed into the background. Raisins, chocolate and dark fruits, especially sour cherries, dominate here. Very sweet with a lot of barrel influence. The alcohol is very well integrated. Very tasty, but a little too sweet for me to give it a higher rating.
Review by Chrischi78
Kleine Reihenverkostung: RX22310 und RX21809 sind ungewöhnliche Hampdens mit stark vergorenem Obst und sauren Noten. Beide sehr ähnlich, doch der RX21809 sticht für mich mit besonders unangenehmen Eindrücken hervor. Der Rest des Samples wandert in den MaiTai
Review by Johannes
Tropical notes, esters. More in the direction of Teca. Very unusual for a Hampden!
Review by Schnubbii
In der Nase nicht besonders angenehm: Ist es Schwefel oder etwas anderes? Darunter eine leichte Fruchtigkeit. Am Gaumen eine Fruchtigkeit, die sich aber für meinen Geschmack mit dem Sherry beißt. Für mich überhaupt nicht harmonisch, sorry, das funktioniert für mich gar nicht. Jeder Hampden Pagos oder FRC HLCF mit Sherry Anteil funktioniert da für mich besser. Der Abgang ist ob des jungen Alters wenig überraschend quasi kaum vorhanden. Da hätte ich mich geärgert, wenn mir davon eine Flasche gekauft hätte. Sorry Hampden, für mich ist das überhaupt nicht gelungen.
Review by Michal S
A very unusual Hampden. Red fruits (especially cherries) permeate the aroma and taste, of course there are classic Jamaican esters, but they are only in the background. Chocolate also appears, as well as wood, and the alcohol is very well integrated. I recommend a taste, you will be surprised.
Review by Leo Krüper
Very interesting. Meaty, a little eucalyptus or smoke. Strikes a balance between TECA and Hampden. I quite like it, but I wouldn't have recognized it blind. But it would be nothing for a whole bottle. Alcohol very well integrated
Details about Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Velier, at 60%.
Community purchases
35 bottles logged by 27 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
5% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Velier Hampden Single Cask (French Market) LROK 2019?
Community paid 116–146 €.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
35 purchased · 39 tasted · 14 wishlist · as of
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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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