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The Duchess South Pacific Fiji 2004
Fiji fans hunting the usual glue-and-rubber funk should know upfront: this one hides it. What you get instead is a rounded, roasted pour — vanilla, burnt sugar, dark chocolate and black tea, with almost no ester bite. Tasters blind-guessed Barbados, Belize, even Foursquare. The 59.8% is buried so well it barely reads hot. Complex and easy at once.
The community says- Alcohol well integrated
- Rounded, chocolatey
- Not typical Fiji
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How does The Duchess South Pacific Fiji 2004 taste?
Aggregated from 56 community reviews.
Rounded, roasted Fiji with the funk missing Nearly everyone agrees: an atypical Fiji with the funk missing, drinking like a rounded Bajan. Most enjoy it; a few find it "langweilig und eindimensional" next to older vintages.
People who like rounded, roasted cask-strength sippers
Fiji fans chasing the classic glue-and-rubber funk
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How is The Duchess South Pacific Fiji 2004 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.1 sits in the “Very good” band. 94% 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?
39% rate it between 6 and 8. 18 selected write-ups from 56 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Christoph
Uhu schnüffeln für Rum Nerds die zu Weihnachten gerne noch geröstete Mandeln essen. Geschmack nur wenig fruchtig und die Süße kommt eher von Schokolade und weihnachtlichem Gebäck. Alkohol ist sehr gut integriert.
Review by gali jo
Barbade style very sweet on vanille and coco then fiji classical taste come at the end
Review by Werni
Heute mal eine Fiji-Kreuzverkostung. Es treten an: - Cadenheads 2003er 13yr - Isla Del Ron 2001er 19yr - Cave Guildive 2001er 15yr - The Duchess 2004er 15yr Der Duchess, was soll ich sagen, der wohl untypischste Fiji im Test, oder sogar den ich je im Glas hatte. Bin ich zu weich für die 2001er, keine Ahnung. Blind hätte ich ihn wohl nach Australien oder Barbados geschickt. Ich finde ihn sehr rund an der Nase, feine Würze,süße von gebranntem Zucker und das fruchtige von Zitrus und Kokosnuss. Das ganze setzt sich am Gaumen fort. War es Eingebung das ich sie schon nach Platzierung aufgestellt habe? 🤷♂️ Auf jeden Fall mein Platz 1 im Ranking, obwohl völlig untypischer Fiji. Wer weiß woran das heute lag!? 😉
Review by Tom Buteneers
I was actually in the mood for somethin Bajan for the first time since long and remembered that I still had the rest this sample. Most atypical Fiji I’ve ever tasted, you would guess it to be Foursquare or something similar. Nonetheless very enjoyable and just wat I wanted now.
Review by tojo
Gefällt mir sehr gut, da es mit den dominanten Noten von Holz, Gewürzen, Schokolade und einer gewissen Süße/Bienenwachs genau meinen Geschmack trifft. 👍
Review by Sylvain44
RumX 2 forward calendar, not a traditional Fiji profile, but a lot of greed!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
A very nice and well rounded release. The roasted wood is really nicely balanced with the other flavors.
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un rhum fidjien fort sympathique. Le nez met un peu de temps à s’ouvrir avec les notes vanillées, épicées et sucrées, un peu salé, un soupçon fruité et médicinal. En bouche, l’attaque est intense, pimentée, empyreumatique, toujours salée et avec quelques agrumes, du caramel, du sucre brûlé et des notes de thé noir. Il y a un bel équilibre des saveurs qui évoluent au fils du temps. La finale, d’une longueur moyenne, continue sur les notes fumées, de thé noir et un léger boisé. On ressent aussi des notes mentholées et de l’orange et de la pomme. Un rhum évolutif, complexe et séduisant.
Review by Galli33
#2nd dec RumXCalendar Blind tasting: Nose: roasted, woody, chocolate, caramel, toffee, burnt sugar Palate: woody, burnt sugar, roasted, dried fruits, smoky Finish: long, mocha, dark chocolate, oak, woody The alcohol is integrated very well. Nooo way 😝😝i never thought on a rum from fiji 😶🌫️ My Prediction: Sounds like a typical rum from Belize Approx. 60% Approx. 5-10 years of aging
Review by Thunderbird
Nr. 7 im Fidji-Tasting: Sicherlich kein typischer Fidji… mehr Komponenten in Richtung Barbados.. zumindest in der Nase! Funk und Ester fehlen völlig! Am Gaumen zuerst eine prägnante Süße die später in eine angenehme scharfe Würze übergeht! Vielleicht noch etwas Kräuter! Frucht fehlt mir hier total! Der Abgang passt dann eher Richtung Fidji… leichte Schwarzteearomen mit dunkler Schokolade und erwas röstig! Ein gelungener Rum.. mir schmeckt er.. aber Fidji? Man letnt jeden Tag dazu! 😊
Review by Christian Rudt
Beim einschenken irgendwie an Panama gedacht. die Nase dann nussig holzig würzig Trockenfrucht, Menthol am Gaumen und ja das Finish zieht sich etwas hin und ich empfinde es Recht wohltuend. Relativ unkompliziert und nett zu sippen. Da blind auf Fiji und Pot Still zu kommen erscheint mir allerdings fast unmöglich 😅
Review by Jarek
Wie viele Verkoster vor mir hätte ich blind den Rum ebenfalls in Barbados verortet.
Review by Alexander Rasch
Very round rum. Would never guess Fiji. Lots of vanilla and fruit. Alcohol very very well integrated. Easy to enjoy. Probably low ester.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Fidji's exchange semester in Barbados. No idea what they did with the 04 vintage. I like this one a lot. Nice complexity with a round mouthfeel. Edit Rum X Advent 2.12.22: would have blindly guessed Barbados again. Fiji where?
Review by RumTaTa
Blind 24DaysOfRum Day 2: I had decided on Venezuela and was completely wrong 😆 The nose initially conveys fruitiness and vanilla, followed by a slight barrel influence. Very round on the palate with lots of vanilla, chocolate and barrel influence again. Surprisingly little ester for Fiji. The finish emphasizes the barrel influence again and a few tannins flash up. A beautifully simple rum and really unexpectedly round for Fiji.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
ich bin sehr verwirrt... blind hätte ich auf foursquare, Belize oder evtl noch Trinidad tdl getippt aber nicht auf Fiji? wo sind die typischen tropischen frucht, Kräuter und gummi/Klebstoff Noten? sehr seltsam. alles in allem aber dennoch lecker, unabhängig ob das wirklich Fiji ist :D nach sehr langer Atemzeit und dem 2. Mal einschenken kommen tatsächlich ein paar Fiji typischere Noten dazu aber immer noch sehr im Hintergrund, muss man wirklich danach suchen! mir persönlich gefällt das aber bei Fiji erwarte ich einfach etwas anderes :D
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
Update after approx. 3 years: Hardly had the rum in the glass after the first review. The original. Rating of 88 points is certainly one of my most blatant misjudgments. I described the aromatic spectrum correctly, but I can no longer comprehend the rating. This is a fairly shallow column still rum. The typical Fiji flavors are far in the background. Up front it is super soft and pleasing. Today Planteray has bottled several such Fijis, at the time the Duchess was bottled the profile was still unknown. -8 points Unlike the earlier 2004 releases, this Fiji has 12 years of tropical maturation - like the Holmes Cays. Seems much younger than the 17yo TRC (meant positively). At first you don't recognize that it's a Fiji. The nose is very restrained and is more reminiscent of younger Bajan rums. In the mouth, the Fiji flavors slowly come in, especially the planty notes, less the rubber side, making it very complex and balanced. A bit like a dirty Foursquare. The alcohol is perfectly integrated. Top!
Review by Tropheus80
Tag 2 Rum X Adventskalender getippt auf Barbados... kein typischer Fiji Vertreter
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Details about The Duchess South Pacific Fiji 2004
A Pot Still Rum from Fiji, bottled by The Duchess, at 59,8%.
Community purchases
20 bottles logged by 18 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
35% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What does The Duchess South Pacific Fiji 2004 cost?
Community paid 70–100 €.
Current best price: 75.00 € – within the typical community range.
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About the South Pacific distillery
The South Pacific distillery is located in Fiji. Rums from South Pacific have been reviewed 3,650 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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