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Long Pond RA Jamaica Rum VRW 2000
One member calls this "easy sipping... a machine," and that captures it: a rounder, low-ester Long Pond than most. Expect buttery esters, overripe pineapple and banana, marzipan and vanilla, with a creamy, oily mouthfeel. Several tasters note faint smoke and a drying, slightly bitter finish. Balanced and gentle for 55.6%—though funk-chasers may find it too tame.
The community says- Creamy oily body
- Well-hidden alcohol
- Light on funk
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How does Long Pond RA Jamaica Rum VRW 2000 taste?
Aggregated from 49 community reviews.
Creamy, mild low-ester Long Pond sipper Most find it creamy, well-integrated and remarkably easy for the strength. The recurring catch: it's light on classic Long Pond funk and power, with a dry, faintly bitter finish some wanted spicier.
Fans of soft, rounded continental-aged Jamaican rum
People chasing high-ester funk and LP power
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How is Long Pond RA Jamaica Rum VRW 2000 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.5 sits in the “Very good” band. 100% 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?
12% rate it between 6 and 8. 19 selected write-ups from 49 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Thunderbird
Most helpful positive review
Very nice buttery esters, fermented fruit and subtle sweetness on the nose. Honey sweetness on the palate at first, then some buttery esters, young wood and minimal allspice. Creamy and soft on the palate. ABV at a good drinking strength. The finish is medium long with a little more spice and tannins. Re-tasting at Dr. Django: Sticking with my assessment, but lowering it from 9.0 to 8.9
Review by Oliver
Most helpful mixed review
Creamy with nice spice and pastry notes. Rather restrained fruitiness and little funk. Great Long Pond - but I personally lack a bit of effervescence.
Review by Leo Krüper
Hazelnut notes. Otherwise very spicy. We didn't give the rum enough time in the tasting. And we already had too much beforehand.
Review by Dr.Django
Ein gediegener, cremiger, fruchtiger easy Sipper Long Pond von Rum Artesanal. Das VRW Mark ist grandios, zeigt sich hier aber sehr verhalten. Dieser Rum ist sehr lecker aber im Vergleich mit den Long Ponds aus 2005 (Rom Deluxe oder Habitation) sind das schon Welten.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Exceptional Long Pond. A sweet fruitiness meets a light smokiness. Creamy soft, with pastry notes that I would almost put in the New Yarmouth corner. Almost unusually round for Long Pond, perhaps even lacking a little effervescence. But all in all, I think it's a lovely bottling!
Review by LukaŽiga
8,7:On the nose, the first impression we get is estery with tropical, citrus fruits like pineapple, banana, woody, as it is charred and the molasses is vegetal.There are delicious notes of sweet pastry, glazed with honey and caramel. On aeration, more baking spices, nuts arise and some mango. 8,8:On the palate, the attack is spicy with anise, vanilla, green pepper,estery with tropical fruits, there is some strawberry, green apple is tasty, the wood is charred and dry with caramel, nuts. After resting, bourbon notes are stronger with yellow, citrus fruits and dried figs.The molasses is vegetal, some sap crawls in, grass...We are tasting a very delicious rum, with sweet toffee and marzipan, round and balanced. 8,8:The finish is long, fruity, woody and dry, spicy, copy/paste from the palate, it quickly becomes earthy...Tasty. Edit:24.1., a 0,1 higher.
Review by Basti
Parallel mit einigen trop. gereiften VRWs verkostet, die ein völlig anderes Profil haben. Mir persönlich sagen die trop. gereiften LPs deutlich mehr zu. Dennoch gefällt mir auch dieser kontinentale LP recht gut. Schönes cremiges/öliges Mundgefühl.
Review by Michael Schillheim
A beautiful potpourri of butteriness, creaminess, subtle smoke, marzipan, light peppery notes, esters and tropical fruits. The finish is medium to long with a bitter note that I don't quite like. But that's complaining on a high level. A solid and good Long Pond.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
super weird, the nose promises something completely different than the taste delivers. I had hoped for something more fruity, fatter and full-bodied. overall too sweet and also too bitter and sour for me personally. nevertheless a very exciting and fairly priced drop!
Review by Timo Groeger
Und dann noch einen Long Pond von Dr. Django hinterher. Finde diesen echt wirklich geil, typisches Jamaika Profil. Viele (vergorene) tropische Früchte wie Banane und Ananas. Außerdem gut Esterhaltih am Gaumen :)
Review by Adrian Wahl
Nose totally typical but the mouth picks me up unusually with some smokiness that I don't know from LP
Review by Skyfly
Schön cremiger LP, dem man seinen Alkoholgehalt in keinster Weise anmerkt (ich gehe mal davon aus, dass die Flasche nicht vor Ewigkeiten geöffnet wurde). Leckere buttriges Ester und Tropische Früchte; hierbei mehr Banane als Ananas. Vanille und Karamell ergänzen sich im Gaumen sehr schön.
Review by Frank
A fine and soft nose. Very round and balanced. Delicate fruit esters and nice overripe sweet banana. Honey sweet and creamy toffee. Spicy with anise and vanilla. Very nice. The palate confirms the nose. Nicely balanced with subtle estery notes, some banana, more pineapple this time. Toffee again with vanilla and anise. Spicy leathery finish. Anise to the tea. Totally nice LP with very good balance zw. ester, fruit, sweetness and spice.
Review by Martin Augustin
Nice Jamaican. Lots of Esther and yet very relaxed to drink. Great LP.
Review by Jussi Piirainen
On the nose: Esther, sweet overripe pineapple with little bit of fermented notes and touch of spices in there. Balanced and the abv is integrated very well. Taste: Ester, overripe pineapple, little bit of banana. Vanilla. Spices. Little bit of anise. Balanced. This is not a ester bomb and the body is nicely round. The abv is integrated very well. Finish: Barrel notes. Ester notes. Pineapple. Dry and getting bitter towards the end. The palate doesn't really blow you away, but it still sits in a nice spot in terms of roundness and esthers and that makes this a good sipper.
Review by Boletus
Sowohl in der Nase als auch am Gaumen sind als Erstes die Ester präsent, wobei sie schnell in die hinteren Reihen geschoben werden, wenn das Fass loslegt. Dabei werden aber auch ein paar jungholzige Tannine zum fruchtig-würzigen Reigen beigesteuert, die für die ein oder andere herbe Note sorgen. Es folgt ein langer und würzig-röstiger Abgang, der ein bisschen die Früchte vermissen lässt, mir aber ansonsten wirklich gut gefällt.
Review by FischeJ
Schöne Frucht, Gebäcknoten, etwas holzig. Dezenter Rauch. Leicht zu trinken.
Review by Wernie
Toller Long Pond! Fein fruchtiges Ester in der Nase,mild und ausgewogen. Ein wenig Mullbinde hatte ich auch dabei. Geschmacklich Top. Ein Rum der Dich nicht überfordert. Frucht, Holz und Würze im feinen Mix,lecker.
Review by Roman Lelek
The color - yellow to light brown. The nose - esters from Jamaica- Ilit reminds me Hamden Great House..after few minutes in glass- esters, wood, fruits…and the glue I really like. The taste little bit of everything- funky esters, sweet marzipan, touch of wood and fruity tones- like lemons. I really like the balance between alcohol and taste- it’s strong but not too much. The finish is medium, but even after few minutes I still feel the taste. To sum it up, that’s the sort of rum I like..
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
This is really, really up my alley. I love the long conitental aged long ponds that get this butteric acid aroma. This does a lot, admittely without being overly complex, so it does not goes up to the 90s. but as easy sipping this is a machine.
Details about Long Pond RA Jamaica Rum VRW 2000
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Heinz Eggert GmbH, at 55,6%.
Community purchases
46 bottles logged by 32 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
43% opened, 13 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Long Pond RA Jamaica Rum VRW 2000?
Community paid 66–110 €.
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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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