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Velier La Bonne Intention Old Demerara Rum 1985
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How does Velier La Bonne Intention Old Demerara Rum 1985 taste?
Aggregated from 10 community reviews.
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How is Velier La Bonne Intention Old Demerara Rum 1985 rated?
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What does the community say?
90% rate it 8 or higher. 5 selected write-ups from 10 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This one was a bit disappointing actually. I had expected far more. The nose is light and fruity with smoky wood, coffee, chocolate and caramel. Leave the empty glass and the flavours really come out. The palate is also light, sweet and fruity with smoke wood, vanilla and a hint of coffee. The finish is short and light with wood and raisin. Price to quality not very good on this one.
Review by Oliver
Super nose - dark, spicy and very pleasant. Restrained, light Demerara rum on the palate. Almost too sweet. The first impression on the palate is good, but the rum then unfortunately disappears far too quickly in the finish. Overall, however, a great experience with a rum from a different era (bottled 25 years ago).
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
In principle, this would certainly have made a very tasty Demerara, but the dilution to 40% ruins a lot here. On the other hand, the liquid history that was bottled here in 1985... must of course be seen in relation. From today's perspective, at least 43 or 46% would really have been desirable here, but from the perspective of 1985, this was pretty damn epic stuff. Overall, a delicious vintage Demerara with intense wood notes, as well as dark chocolate, grape, papaya, burnt caramel and coffee. Unfortunately, the finish is very short thanks to only 40%. I would actually have given this a 7.8, but due to the historical background I'm going for an 8.0...
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Old Velier Demerara rum is the best thing you can taste in the rum world. The rums were aged in the tropics for several years by mistake and nobody refilled the barrel. The Andel tax was 90% or more, which is why the taste is especially full and intense. Even though it is an extra expensive product, I recommend to taste a rum from this series at least once in your life.
Review by Righrum
A really interesting rum, a piece of history. A low abv Demerara but this doesn't harm it's taste, still full bodied and rich
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Auction results 480 € – 1250 €
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Avg. community purchase price 120 €
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Details about Velier La Bonne Intention Old Demerara Rum 1985
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by Velier, at 40%.
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Community purchases
5 bottles logged by 5 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
20% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
5 purchased · 10 tasted · 8 wishlist · as of
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