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Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2005
Nearly everyone here rates this a top-tier Long Pond, with only a couple finding the esters and bitterness over their line. Expect glue and solvent up front, then overripe pineapple, banana and marzipan, drying tannins and a long salty-mineral finish. One taster nailed it: "esters, fruit & wood in perfect harmony." A funk-forward Jamaican that rewards patience in the glass.
The community says- Glue and ester funk
- Overripe tropical fruit
- Can be bitter
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How does Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 202 community reviews.
Intense, funky Long Pond for ester lovers Loved almost across the board as one of the great Cambridge releases — glue, tropical fruit and wood in balance. The catch: 62.5% and heavy esters make it intense, a touch bitter for some.
Fans of high-ester Jamaican funk and Long Pond
Anyone put off by glue, solvent or bitterness
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What does the community say?
5% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 202 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Felix Reiber
An incredible array of aromas and high complexity. Beautiful sticky and fruity notes on the nose. Lots of spices, wood and even citrusy hints of lemon or orange peel. Very powerful and spicy on the palate. Something dry and woody follows. Then the aromas from the nose with tropical fruits and some honey. In addition to the impressive complexity, the warming 62.5% vol. is also well integrated. The long finish adds an interesting mineral component alongside the spiciness. Honey, liquorice and woody notes finish everything off nicely. I hardly need to mention that the term "funkiness" extends from the nose to the finish. Fantastic bottling - just Long Pond Velier. Thanks to mentalo for the sample.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
Excellent on fresh fruits coated with vanilla and bourbon. 🤤
Review by Jakob
The tropically aged Long Ponds simply have a great flavor profile that I enjoy very much: fruit esters meets wood and an always discreetly present sweetness. This bottling also joins the high quality ranks of Velier bottlings from Long Pond seamlessly. In direct comparison with the 2010 release, it is clearly more powerful, but also more aromatically present - which is not least due to the additional volume percentages. Both play far in front.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
super tasty Long Pond! Mango, banana, pineapple, sour raisins, sour tangerine, maple syrup, roasted almonds with sea salt, relatively bitter, tannin-accentuated with a pleasant, astringent fruit acidity. Surprisingly harmonious to drink, for me personally just a little too bitter overall, but really a nice fruitiness and hardly any meaty notes compared to the 18y 2005 and the 12y 2010. But the 18y is clearly even better!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
02.05.2024 Retasting and I still love this release a lot. Once rested it releases a wide array of flavours. Would have love more of these bottles in the shelf but unfortunately hard to find or very expensive. --------------- This is a unique and well balanced rum with intensity. Close to the perfect rum!
Review by DomM
Very nice bottling just as the other NRJ Cambridge bottlings. Intense with lots of funk yet nicely aged in tropical climate. Compared to the 2010 12y, the 2005‘s esters are less pungent and chemicals forward but leaning slightly more towards fruits. Compared to the recent 2005 18y bottling, this is more vibrant with more funk.
Review by Thunderbird
The Highe(a)sterweek is really a highlight!!!And again a top rum...To the LP STCE I think you do not have to say much more! Today again in comparison to the new STCE counter-tasted! My first tasting is confirmed! First class LP
Review by Galli33
#10 RumXHighE(a)ster weeks: Blind tasting: Jamaica i think i already had this in glass, maybe from clarendon 20+ years of aging approx. 60% Mid ester My prediction the RA clarendon EMB. Result: Very harmonious, good balanced, round Long Pond. Pleasant to drink with 550/700 hlpa of ester. I see this one between the TECC and the vale royal vrw.
Review by Basti
Very complex nose that constantly releases new aromas. Over time, notes of esters, tropical fruits and solvents become more dominant. This is also reflected in the taste, although the solvent notes are more in the background (which I find positive). Edit: I still really like it. A mixture of high ester markers and foursquare on the nose.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Rum X Easter Weeks 26.4. blind tasting:Cool profile. Unfamiliar to me, I have a feeling.Nose:Nutty, caramel, chocolate, tobacco, deep roasted aromas, tropical fruitMouth:Fruity, fresh, a bit tangy, spicyFinish:Peach, mirabelle plum, apple, chocolate, brown sugar, get. ApricotsFirst thought on the nose was Guyana, but the peach on the finish didn't suit me.Would have said 55-58%, relatively low esters, around 10 years.Thought of a Worthy Park. After all, the island right 🙃
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
In direct comparison with the 2010 for me slightly weaker, because edgier and more alcoholic like the 2010. Nevertheless, a very good Long Pond.
Review by Serge
Insanely delicious ... In direct comparison with the 2010 STCE from NRJ, this one is a tick behind for me - however, I tasted the 2010 when opening the bottle and this one from the sample of an already opened bottle. That means I probably need two new bottles to find out the ultimate favorite of one of my favorite brands. Update: tasted from the freshly opened bottle, corrected upwards again. Really delicious.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
This STC from 2005 really makes me happy on a weather-wise boring Saturday - THANK YOU for that 🤝
Review by Jarek
Incredibly delicious profile! Tropical fruit, glue, wood, sweetness, and everything perfectly balanced. I absolutely have to taste a direct comparison with the 2010 and the 18-year-old 2005. So, finally tasted all three Cambridge wines together today. More funky and fruity than the 18-year-old 2005 Cambridge. Riper and more complex than the 2010 Cambridge. The profile of the 13-year-old 2005 is somewhere in between. Can't decide between the two 2005 Cambridge...
Review by zabo
Franconian Tasting Gang on 19.04.2024 In the next unequal battle, two STC♡E of TWJ2015 and the top dog Cambridge 2005 (13yr) compete. Unfortunately, there is a clear difference in color, taste and intensity. The clear winner is, of course, the Cambridge.
Review by Christian Rudt
Great Long Pond from nose to finish complex, exciting and just delicious.To enjoy😋.
Review by Leo Krüper
Sehr rund und geschmeidig Exzellenter Fasseinfluss.
Review by TheJona'Spirits
More NRJ tasting. We attack the first Cambridge in the series. 👃 On opening, a pretty pastry note of marzipan, vanilla icing and cinnamon cookie dough. Then, esters invite themselves to the party in the form of glue/varnish and very ripe fruit (fermented banana, mango, starfruit, pineapple, maracuja, sour citrus). A little brine, scattered notes of weed, Nepalese salt and chilli. I love these Long Pond full tropical, intense and generous. 😋 Lots of lively, fruity esters. It's very ripe in there (guava, passion fruit, pineapple, banana, acerola...). Right after the overripe fruit comes the spicy kick that amplifies the flavors all the way to the tip of the tongue, the walls of the mouth. In the background, a double combination of vanilla wood and salted almonds. A full, heavy and astringent mouthfeel. ⛳ Extremely long, hyper-salty, almost marine. Powerful esters to the very end, lots of tropical wood, big, warm, salty licorice, you could almost taste the distillation apparatus. Funk all the way. 💡My favorite of the first 3 NRJs, we'll be attacking the TECAs soon.
Review by RumTaTa
Second tasting with the 2010 STCE in the other glass. Still a top rum. The 2010 is slightly ahead for me because it seems more differentiated on the nose and palate. Blind tasted E(a)sterweeks 2022 - Day 10Nose unusual and powerful, mango and resin strikes me particularly next to vanilla, esters and bourbon barrel.On the palate a medicinal note and herbs. The alcohol is clearly noticeable.The finish is long and warming and mainly determined by barrel and spice.A fat rum that can entertain the whole evening and is very complex and multilayered.
Review by Stylo
SPOILER: I’m sooo biased with Long Ponds! Delicious.. all the tropical fruits (pineapple, banana, papaya) wood, sweet caramel and a buttery flavor in the background. On the palate, is astringent, warm and amazing: salted caramel, spices, vanilla and that typical- yet, non overwhelming- meaty note for LPs. Finish is warm, salty, woody and very long. I truly love this NJR bottlings!
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Read full review →Rich, fruity and very flavourful a really great rum. Once you get past the initial nose and sip, the vinegar notes do meld together with the other flavours to give a funky but balanced Jamaican rum. It's not quite as perfect as my favourite Jamaican the Duncan Taylor 15 Year...
Details about Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2005
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Velier, at 62,5%.
Community purchases
288 bottles logged by 229 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
21% opened, 19 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2005?
Community paid 120–188 €.
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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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