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Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji 2001
Sip this one neat and give it air. The nose is the star: tropical fruit, honey and those dirty Fiji rubber-and-glue esters people either chase or run from. On the palate it turns smoky and spicy, with plastic, honey and leather before drying into wood and a little bitterness. One taster called it "super acidic and industrial." Several say the finish fades a touch early.
The community says- Amazing fruity nose
- Well-integrated alcohol
- Short-ish finish
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How does Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji 2001 taste?
Aggregated from 57 community reviews.
Funky, honeyed Fiji with an incredible nose A repeat Fiji reference for many tasters, loved for its honey-fruit-funk nose and integrated 57% ABV. The common gripe: a finish that drops off and slight bitterness late.
Fans of high-ester Fiji funk and dirty, medicinal profiles
Anyone who dislikes rubber, glue and medicinal notes
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5% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 57 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Oliver
Typical Fiji profile. Nice mix of dirtiness and sweetness
Review by Serge
Awesome shit, my first Fiji that I like (but I've only had 4 so far). A really cool nose with summer honey, wax, tar, butter, medicinal notes and fruits. Thanks to Buddudharma for the sample 🙌🏽🙏 Update: Fiji 2001 Community Tasting - big thanks to Jakob for organizing this blind tasting. A great vintage and a comparison not without surprise. For me, the two Artesanal rums, neither of which I drank to the end, were the worst. An unpleasant juniper off-note was particularly disturbing (very pronounced in the rx15398, slightly better but still disturbing in the rx7779). Then, for me, the Rum Cask rx479 brought up the rear (i.e. very good / with the right markers), but not as great as the others. Surprisingly, the Isla del Ron, which has had a small reference status in my heart since I tried it, landed in next place for me. But it was overtaken in the blind test by the delicious Whisky Jury (rx13025) and then by the sensational. cave Guildive (rx1717). For me, the Cave Guildive is the winner of the classic Fiji 2002 profile and is really top. I only rated the Flag LMDW Antipodes (rx13440) higher ... this one is much woodier but also ultra-tasty. It was also clearly recognizable blind and made the photo finish millimeters behind the Plantation rx11133, which probably also stood out because it was so un-Fiji2001 and has a great glue-caramel Guyana nose. Verdict: Typical Fiji winners are the Cave Guildive on the fruity-honey-feelgood side and the Flag on the woody. the Plantation is the wildcard winner. The two RA bottlings are the two that remain far below the level of the other two.
Review by zabo
Thanks to Jakob, I had the pleasure of tasting a wide range of the Fiji 2001 bottlings. Although I've had a few in my glass before, the result surprised me again, as my previous favorite ended up in last place. However, it has to be said that I didn't give most of them time to develop due to a time problem. So here is the result of the blind tasting, which differs from the scoring. Corrected downwards Wow, what a great rum from Fiji. I regret having forgotten this one at the Fiji tasting with DomM. From memory, this would definitely have been number 1. Thanks for the sample Mariano56. You really didn't promise too much.
Review by Mirco
RumX Fiji Crosstasting April 2024 Place 4/8 Unfortunately falls short of expectations and only reaches the solid midfield in blind tasting. Is much more complex than the final ranks and expected with more beautiful woody notes.
Review by Joachim Guger
What a great nose. Honey, smoke, fruit etc. Complex, perfectly balanced.In the mouth then the full load of plastic. Warm and strong, again a lot of honey.At the end you suck on a leather bag (real or yet imitation leather?).Geil. Really not my Beuteschema, but has surprised me positively.😄
Review by Leo Krüper
Great thing.Light sweetness, Light saltiness, nice fruitiness. Not as long finish as the RA, but nice mouthfeel.Super PLV
Review by cigares
RumX Community Tasting Fiji 2001. Un nez vif avec du bois verni, de la corde végétale, de la cementit (colle) et des esters. Des esters très présents en bouche aussi avec des fruits tropicaux, de la pomme et un côté un peu piquant dénotant une intégration de l’alcool imparfaite. La bouche est un peu heurtée mais on ne s’ennuie pas ici. La finale est longue mais limitée au boisé et aux fruits tropicaux. Quelques notes salines tout à la fin. Un rhum sur l’énergie et la vivacité !
Review by DomM
RumX Fidji 2001 Cross Tasting: Didn’t quite make it into the top 3 tasted blindly. Nevertheless a. very nice bottling. Well balanced yet powerful and exiting with high complexity and a nice evolution in the palate. 4th place. Cheers to Jakob!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This was a huge surprise and I can only recommend it. The price at release was really good compared to what you get. Fruity rum with some medicinal notes and nice roasted wood. There is a light tar note in there that I like. In the empty glass there is a nice smoky note after a while. Draws really nice curtains.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Was für eine Granate! Die volle Ladung Frucht, Plastik und Metall! Während andere, ältere Abfüllungen aus Fiji mir etwas zu brav sind, hat sich der IdE den wilden Fiji-Charakter erhalten. Trotzdem wahnsinnig rund und ausgeglichen, der macht richtig Spaß!
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
This is so great! The nose is typical Fiji plus an intense honey note that ties everything together. In the mouth incredibly creamy, complex and intense: sage tea with honey, candied Greek sesame sticks and olives in brine. Then in the finish more sage tea and a little more wood, which shows itself in light spice without becoming unpleasantly bitter.alcohol is very well integrated and the finish long and smooth!
Review by Tschusikowsky
Compared to the younger vintages completely different. Very complex in flavor. Alcohol top integrated. Super rum.
Review by Thunderbird
A great rum.... Complex on the nose, on the palate...almost perfect...if the finish would follow that, yes then , it would be absolute reference!
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un rhum fidjien sous stéroïdes. Le nez est puissant, focalisé sur des notes minérales et métalliques (cuivre), mais conserve une belle expression aromatique avec de jolies notes médicinales (caoutchouc, colle, esters, vernis) et fruitées (pomme, papaye, ananas, banane) qui offrent du répit au nez. On retrouve une pointe mielleuse qui câline les narines, subtilement. L’attaque est très belle, opulente et onctueuse. Les fruits tropicaux viennent en premier, puis surgissent les notes fumées, un côté mielleux et épicé (vanille, poivre, piment) qui donne beaucoup de rondeur. Les notes médicinales restent collées au palais, avec un soupçon de bois et de goudron. Le profil est chaud, puissant et légèrement amer, mais l’alcool est très bien intégré. La finale est très longue, intense et avec une large palette aromatique. Le côté empyreumatique est très puissant (tabac, goudron, métal, notes phénoliques) mais les notes fruitées et herbacées viennent apporter un peu de fraîcheur sur cette finale, à la fois sèche et très aromatique. Un superbe représentant des îles Fidji, l’essence même de ce que représente le Millésime 2001.
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Tolle Süße und absolut rund.
Review by mto75
The immediately flexes its muscles 💪 On the nose, citrus, honey, coriander, fermented and milk cream. On the palate leather, toasty notes, papaya, acacia honey that goes far into the finish. Here we are in the very top Fiji drawer!
Review by Jarek
RumX Community Cross-Tasting „Fiji 2001“ (by Jakob): Vor dem Flag und vor dem Tasting war der Isla del Ron meine Fiji-Referenz. Ich finde ihn immer noch sehr lecker, aber im direkten Vergleich muss ich die Benotung leicht nach unten korrigieren.
Review by SaibotZtar
einer der besten Fiji die ich kenne !!
Review by Frank
Wow, what a nice round nose. Fruity yet somewhat artificially medicinal. It comes after some time an almost buttery yogurt note with banana, papaya and honey. Plus something old, resinous or even a bit earthy. Vanilla and a hint of fresh mint come in.Spicier on the palate and bitter at first with a caramel note. Then come fruity flavors of currant, sour cherry and peach. Again, the old earthy and resinous; old newsprint. Clove and vanilla. Finishes a bit soapy.Tasty and interesting. More rounded than the RA.Great old Fiji.
Review by Alex1981
Super Fiji, Favorit bisher heute Abend. Tolle Mischung aus Frucht und Funk. Alkohol top integriert. Macht Spass, nur das Finish könnte länger sein. Sonst aber top Release das sich deutlich von andern Fijis abhebt.
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Details about Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji 2001
A Pot Still Rum from Fiji, bottled by Isla del Ron, at 57,2%.
Community purchases
50 bottles logged by 31 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
26% opened, 4 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji 2001?
Community paid 89–122 €.
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50 purchased · 58 tasted · 13 wishlist · as of
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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