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AE74DE68-F78C-49AE-A144-1777511E2B85Guyana Demerara Distillers Ltd Romdeluxe
Romdeluxe DDL Wild Series Rum Enmore No. 15 MEC 1988 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 33 years · 48.2%

Romdeluxe DDL Wild Series Rum Enmore No. 15 MEC 1988

"A very well balanced rum with good ABV integration," as one taster put it — this is a heavy, dark old Enmore from the wooden pot still. Expect wood, leather, tobacco, licorice and dried fruit, plus a smoky, burnt-sugar edge that some love and some find too dominant. Complex, long finish, best on a cold winter evening. A drop of water tames the char.

The community says
  • Complex, long finish
  • Wood, leather, spice
  • But: Smoke can dominate

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How does Romdeluxe DDL Wild Series Rum Enmore No. 15 MEC 1988 taste?

Summarized by AI from 20 community reviews.

Heavy old Demerara, smoky and wood-driven Loved for its heavy, complex wood-leather-spice profile and long finish. The recurring catch: the smoky, burnt note runs a touch too hot for several tasters, or scores would climb higher.

Perfect for

Fans of heavy old Demerara and smoky whisky

Less suitable for

Anyone wanting fresh, fruity or sweet rum

Experience level · Connoisseur (5/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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8.8/10 Very good

20 community reviews
10 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

Top 18% of Guyana rumsTop 9% at Demerara Distillers Ltd

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Distribution of all 20 ratings
9–10 10%
8–9 90%
7–8 0%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0

Review by Tschusikowsky

Tschusikowsky
Sep 2026570 reviewsSwitzerland
8.9/10

Phew, heavy old Demerara profile. Reminds me of the SilverSeal 1974 I once had. But for me this bottling is miles away from other Enmore bottlings of the same vintage I've had so far. Also not comparable to modern bottlings. At 48% ABV, absolutely amazing. Insanely complex. Molasses, some pine needles, spices like allspice, anise, dark chocolate, wet wood. It reminds one of meaty things, like a kind of Mexican mole. Deep flavor. Only the burnt note is slightly dominant, not disturbing for me, but a bit less would have been excellent. Balances out a bit with a drop of water.

Review by Jakob

Jakob
Sep 20231,666 reviewsSwitzerland
8.5/10

Nice heavy demerara profile, unfortunately a bit too smoky for me on the palate for the otherwise delicate aromatics of heavy dried fruit, licorice, leather, balanced spices and wood.

Review by Thunderbird

Thunderbird
Jun 20241,385 reviewsGermany
8.7/10

This is a very heavy, dark Enmore. I can imagine drinking it in winter on a nice cold evening. The long ageing is already clearly evident in the cask aroma, but it's still just okay. The alcohol is barely perceptible. Overall, a finely balanced Enmore. I like it.

Community shelf

8 bottles logged by 7 collectors.

A collector's bottle.

12% opened, 0 emptied.

7 sealed 1 open 0 emptied

What did the community pay for Romdeluxe DDL Wild Series Rum Enmore No. 15 MEC 1988?

Avg. community purchase price 320 €.

What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.

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Details about Romdeluxe DDL Wild Series Rum Enmore No. 15 MEC 1988

A Pot Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by Romdeluxe, at 48.2%.

CountryGuyana
BottlerRomdeluxe
CategoryPot Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
ABV48.2%
Age33 years
Vintage1988
Bottled2021
Limited edition169 bottles
MarkMEC
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl
Cask #34 (Batch 2)
Single cask

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Demerara Distillers Ltd

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Demerara Distillers Ltd 

Avg Rating 7.8/10 over 250 Rums

Demerara Distillers is the company that ended up holding everything. As Guyana's only surviving rum maker, its Diamond plant runs the world's last wooden pot stills and the last wooden Coffey still alongside modern columns, draws 24 different marks from them, and blends them into El Dorado. It is also the reason most Demerara on the shelf comes from one address.

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