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The Whisky Jury T.D.L The Many Faces of Rum 2003
"Two TDL profiles in one," as one taster put it: a loud fruit bomb of mango, passion fruit, cassis and peach crashing into cool mint and eucalyptus. This 2003 vintage from The Whisky Jury leans fresh and herbal rather than heavily oaked, with red berries running long on the finish. A few noticed a soapy, shampoo-like edge, but most fell hard for it.
The community says- Fresh mint & menthol
- Ripe tropical fruit
- Faint soapy note
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How does The Whisky Jury T.D.L The Many Faces of Rum 2003 taste?
Aggregated from 40 community reviews.
Minty, berry-packed 2003 TDL fruit bomb People who know the 2003 TDL vintage rate this among the best of them — a mint-and-berry fruit bomb with the 55.6% barely noticeable. One taster caught a faint soapy note.
Fans of minty, fruity Trinidad TDL vintages
Anyone who dislikes menthol or herbal freshness
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5% rate it between 6 and 8. 11 selected write-ups from 40 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
On the nose, I could have sworn this was a benchmark New Grove (Vintage 2009 or 2010). But on the palate, a typically minty T.D.L emerges more and more, and a big one at that. So this rum convinces me all along the line, predicate: lip-smacking. And significantly better than the TWJ-T.D.L 2009 (RX23456) tasted at the same time.
Review by Thunderbird
Once again a first-class 2003 TDL. For me, it's right up there with the best. I find the nose in particular beguiling. This mixture of sweet berry/cherry and minty freshness is terrific. At first sniff I suspected a TenCane...but on the palate at the latest it was clear. TDL in its purest form...
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5176 22.03.2025 Tasting at Whisky Watcher, Odense. Nose Fresh, medium intense, fruity, light wood, mint, light citrus, faint anise, light pineapple, spice. Palate Fresh, medium intense, warm, light wood, mint, fruity, light mango, citrus, spice, light licorice. Finish Long, balanced, light wood, fresh, light citrus, light mango. As it rests it just keeps getting better and rounder in the profile.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, a fruit bomb bumps into our nosetrils with a lot of citrus like mandarine, tropical fruits with pineapple, passion fruit, red fruits and currants, accompanied with menthol and metallic notes, slightly flowery. On aeration, roasted wood notes like caramel, cocoa and nuts, as bit spicy, arise, new wave of fruits like apple, mirabelle plum, berries and mango, vegetal aspect with minty, herbaceous tones and tannins in the end. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is sweet, fruity with raspberry and vegetal with herbaceous, minty molasses and eucalyptus. The wood is slightly roasted with caramel, leather, nuts, spicy.After resting the rum, flowery tones come out, some menthol, licorice and tons of fruits like mango, passion fruit, yellow and citrus fruits. 8,8:The finish is round, balanced, delicious with fruits, accompanied with minty, herbaceous molasses and dry, spicy and tannic roasted wood notes, slightly metallic...
Review by Julien Ries
The nose is fresh, with lots of menthol and red fruit. These markers are very typical of TDL 2003. There's blackcurrant, tart apples. There are quite a few esters, but they're different from a Jamaican. This rum scented the room when I let it air for a good hour. This nose is really voluptuous, with a dusty woodiness, this crazy complexity. The palate is strong with fresh mint, struck in the palm. A wave of freshness washes over the tongue, with sweet spices (Sichuan pepper, Tonka). The fruitiness in a fresh raspberry juice, with light redcurrant acidity. The whole is heavy, weighty, fat and enveloping. The similarity with another exceptional TDL strikes me: last year's Spirit Gallery. This same feeling is confirmed on the finish, which never wants to stop, with its red fruits (blackcurrants again, raspberries).
Review by Banana Joe
First impression. Joins the large number of great TDL bottlings from 2003. It also has a pleasant sweetness, but is more of a herbal, minty TDL. I like it, but I don't think we need any more 2003 TDLs 😉. The alcohol is very well integrated, you don't notice the 56% at any time.
Review by Basti
Richtig guter TDL aus 2003 und ein wenig bereue ich es, dass ich nicht blind zugeschlagen habe. Die Nase bringt von allem etwas mit, Minze, Menthol, Johannisbeeren, leicht dreckige Noten, Gewürze, etwas Holz. Am Gaumen viel Minze, Beeren, Gewürze. Für mich einer der besseren 2003er TDLs!!
Review by Jonathan Massard
Tasted twice at the Limoges Spirits Festival 2025. 👃 Total ripe fruit bomb! Exotic notes (mango, papaya, passion fruit), orchard fruits (peach, plum) and dark berries (blackcurrant, blackberry). Menthol of course, quite herbaceous, adding a lovely summer freshness. - 90/100 😋 Nice kick of eucalyptus, peppermint. Still all that fruit present on the nose, but also citrus, sun-kissed raspberry, acidity on pretty esters, licorice and light spices. The 21 years of ageing have in no way made the juice too woody. The 7 years of continental aging have softened it. Nice balance between nose and palate. - 92/100 ⛳ A little smoke, ripe exotic, light citrus, garden berries, minty freshness. - 88/100 An excellent representative of the 2003 vintage (and of the month of April for distillation 😉 ) that carries high in color the fruit bomb mixed with mint. PS: Perfectly integrated alcohol. The 55% makes it much more accessible and almost "easy-drinking", at the expense of a slight loss of aromatic concentration compared with TWJ's previous 2 2003s, which drew 7% more. Among the best 2003s.
Review by Johannes
Oh, a blatantly good bottling! Super representative of the 2003 TDLs!
Review by Michael Schou
09-05-2026 Whisky Watchers tasting in Vamdrup A really great glass of TDL. Shame I did not get a bottle of this one. Great mix between the taste of tropical fruit and barries combined with the wood and oak.
Review by Martin Ekrt
The nose is rather more subtle with mint, red fruit, menthol, blackberry and a hint of caramel. The taste is quite sweet and there is something strange to the point of being chemically odd. Almost like some kind of cream or shampoo. I've never smelled that in rum before. I don't like it. The finish is minty, minty, wild berry, and it lasts a long time.
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Details about The Whisky Jury T.D.L The Many Faces of Rum 2003
A rum from Trinidad, bottled by The Whisky Jury, at 55,6%.
Community purchases
33 bottles logged by 28 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
6% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for The Whisky Jury T.D.L The Many Faces of Rum 2003?
Community paid 189–219 €.
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About the T.D.L distillery
The T.D.L distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from T.D.L have been reviewed 8,223 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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