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Rum Nation Enmore Small Batch Rare Rums 1997
Not what you expect from a Guyanese Enmore — this drinks more like a high-ester Jamaican, with glue, nail polish and banana up front before the dried fruit, prunes and roasted almonds land. A sherry finish adds red fruit and salted-nut sweetness. Several tasters even compared the nose to Armagnac. A little water pulls it together.
The community says- Glue-and-sherry combo
- Great ABV integration
- Solvent-heavy nose
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How does Rum Nation Enmore Small Batch Rare Rums 1997 taste?
Aggregated from 78 community reviews.
Funky, sherry-finished Enmore that drinks like Jamaica Mostly loved for its funky, sherry-kissed complexity and surprisingly smooth 58.7% integration. But it splits people: the ester-heavy, solvent nose and sharp acidity turned a few tasters right off.
Fans of high-ester funk who like a sherry-finished, Armagnac-ish twist
Anyone put off by solvent, glue and sharp acidity
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How is Rum Nation Enmore Small Batch Rare Rums 1997 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.8 sits in the “Very good” band. 94% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
12% rate it between 6 and 8. 19 selected write-ups from 78 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Casper Nielsen
Nose: Burnt molasses. Taste: Funky esters, but sweet - almost vinous - and easy to drink. Spices (cinnamon, cardamom, pepper) and caramel.
Review by Holger
The spiciness kills everything. Even after 1 hour of "breathing". That is a pity. I still wonder why alcoholic cask strength produces such a pungency. This is much better integrated in whisky. Not a delicacy. If you like glue, you should drink glue. Of course, you can't blame Demerara Distillers for bad spirit. Too many aldehydes! Methanol? Formaldehyde? Preliminary explanation: maturing conditions at high temperatures. Water evaporates more than alcohol.
Review by Pavel Spacek
OMG this one is wierd. Full strength, full taste but something like Beast compared to other Caronis. ... Enmore - drive destilerka, nyni uz jen funkcni destilacni zarizeni. Patrne jedine drevene destilacni zarizeni na svete, ktere se tesi velke oblibe. Rumy Enmore totiz maji prichut popelu, kuze, tezkeho dreva, coz nadchne zejmena milovniky nakourenych whisky. A pokud tradicnim Guyanskym zpusobem prida vyrobce do rumu trochu melasy, mate v lahvi unikatni velmi vyrazny a tezky rum. Jeden z mych oblibenych.
Review by Galli33
Thx to Gunnar for this Sample of this awesome guyana! Nose: Glue, nail polish, solvents, some fruits (banana, orange peel), old leather, anise, oak, roasted almonds. Reminds me on a Armagnac. Mouth: round, perfect balanced, fully bodied, sherry, solvents, a lot of dried fruits, old leather, caramel, roasted almonds, anise with perfect integration of the abv. Finish: quite long were you can clearly pick the old guyana notes… with a looooooong licorice note. Yummy
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Blind tasting, therefore unfortunately only so not at all meaningful photo. [Update, see note below] And unfortunately also the disappointment of the evening. The rum simply doesn't taste at all, and certainly not like a time-honored Guyana rum. How do the many outstanding ratings come about? A real shame. Update 2024-03-09: Tasted again, this time at the Catawiki stand at the "Pueblo del ron" - and, I'm sorry, failed again. But now I know that I tasted exactly this rum in the blind tasting at the time. It's simply too sour for me. I really wonder what kind of Guyana marque this is supposed to be.
Review by Oliver
Lots of glue on the nose - almost like a Long Pond TECA. Demerara notes paired with ester and sherry on the palate. Wow, this is really fun. A real experience!
Review by Leo Krüper
Blind tasting: Strawberry/raspberry flavors. Artificial. Some port or sherry. Not much in the mouth except fizziness and boredom. Tastes like a steel barrel. Long alcoholic finish.
Review by Johannes
Very nice marriage of glue with sherry, herbs and sea salt. I really like it! The crucial question is: how would it be without sherry finish? I could imagine he would go clearly in the direction of Velier Uitvlugt 97 not tropical....
Review by arre2507
Das Sherry Finish ist auf dem Punkt genau!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
unglaublich guter und schöner enmore! neue Fassstärke Referenz für mich! krass intensive Oloroso Sherry Noten, dazu nach 2-3 Tropfen Wasser eine schöne Menthol Minz frische, dazu Honig-Banane, maoam Cola kracher, salzige Oloroso Sherry Nuss-Rosinen Noten, und unglaublich smooth und fruchtig, dick und ölig. Nicht zu viel Holz wie sonst bei enmore und einfach extrem harmonisch! Fett! Zur Abwechslung Mal ein gelungenes finish von rum nation, was nicht den Rum komplett dominiert.
Review by BjörnNi 🥃
A mega orgasm that I have just had. Good sherry finish, really good.
Review by LukaŽiga
9:On the nose, a glue is the first impression we get, perhaps a nail polish and a banana, roasted wood with toffee, leather, roasted almonds and some spice. On aeration, the rum opens up with dried fruits like prunes, raisins, a molasses is dark with black tea, tobacco, licorice, herbaceous tones, musty.The wood gives us marzipan, mocha and cocoa powder...There is also a presence of menthol and some rubber. 9:On the palate, the attack is delicious with fruit attack-dried fruits like prunes, raisins, red fruits with a cherry, banana and citrus.The wood notes are charred, smoky with nuts, caramel, cocoa, later coffee, leather, in a combo with herbaceous molasses and citrus, cola. After resting the rum, yellow fruits arise, berries, spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, rubber, as molasses brings chilli and mint. 9:The finish is long, dry, spicy and dirty with charred wood notes, dried fruits, cherry and menthol..
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
07.02.2020 Private tasting i was invited to. Notes. Medium to dark in colour. Nose: Fresh, wood, floral, caramel, cherry, herbs, spice. Palate: Oily, wood, round, fruits, berries, light leather, earthy, anise, mint. Finish: Medium to long, wood, mint, anise, orange, light leather.
Review by Nivius
I have no idea what Enmore from this year is supposed to taste like - but what I can taste is vanilla, ester (Savanna/Le Galion style), something, especially in the finish - which makes me think sherry/wine barrel storage, a pleasant sweetness and some acidity, as well as something meaty and smoky - all in all a nice complex rum that I would actually like to have a bottle of at home :3
Review by Dr.Django
One of my first rums from Guyana. Thanks to @Nonkonform. Back in the glass for a few years now. Wow, what an experience! This rum stands out with not so typical Guyana ester notes. An abundance of fruit, glue, nail polish, wood,... You still get a bit of Guyana. The barrel influence is noticeable in the finish and suits the rum perfectly. This is a terrific rum with a unique selling point! Paradoxically, the price seems to be falling. That's fine by me =D
Review by Basti
Klebstoff, Ester, etwas Lack und trop. Früchte sind sehr präsent. Man könnte meinen man hat es mit einem Jamaikaner zu tun. Erinnert mich etwas an die NRJ Cambrige Abfüllungen mit einem leichten Einschlag Richtung Savanna Herr. In Summe vielleicht nicht ganz so brachial. Am Gaumen dann super spannend mit Aromen, die ich nicht alle "dekodiert" bekomme. Tropische Früchte vorallem in Form von Ananas, etwas Künstliches was an Kaugummi erinnert, etwas Klebstoff in Hintergund. Ein richtig guter Rum!
Review by gali jo
Very strange demerara, you can smell high ester in the nose and mouth but classic enmore too Very pleasant
Review by Buddudharma
Für meinen Geschmack passt die Kombination aus Klebstoff und Sherry hier ziemlich gut zusammen, kann aber verstehen, dass der Rum etwas polarisiert. Ein schön cremiges Mundgefühl sowie großartig integrierter Alkohol geben weitere Pluspunkte. Der Abgang ist ok, aber nicht Weltklasse. In Summe ein wirklich toller Rum abseits ausgetretener Pfade.
Review by Dimitri Van Loo
Je recherche encore le profil Enmore. Je suis clairement parti sur un profil Jam et non Demerara. J’aurais misé sur un long pond à l’aveugle. Superbe produit sauf si on s’attend à un enmore
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Details about Rum Nation Enmore Small Batch Rare Rums 1997
A Pot Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by Rum Nation, at 58,7%.
Community purchases
80 bottles logged by 57 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
28% opened, 12 emptied and repurchased.
What does Rum Nation Enmore Small Batch Rare Rums 1997 cost?
Community paid 118–205 €.
Current best price: 499.00 € – above the typical community range.
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About the Enmore distillery
The Enmore distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Enmore have been reviewed 4,653 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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