Aroma visualization from community tastings
Cave Guildive Ten Cane Trinidad Rum 2012
People chasing the odd, herbal side of Ten Cane are the audience here. Expect rose and grapefruit up front, then plum, dark chocolate and smoky wood, with a salty, tarry edge. One taster called it "wild stuff," and it changes fast from nose to finish. At 60% the heat is real, and a few found the floral note soapy or perfume-like.
The community says- Complex, shifting
- Smoky wood notes
- But: Sharp at 60%
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How does Cave Guildive Ten Cane Trinidad Rum 2012 taste?
Aggregated from 39 community reviews.
Herbal, floral, cask-strength Trinidad pot still A divisive Ten Cane cask-strength: some love its shifting herbal-floral-smoky complexity, others find it thin, young and sharp, with the flowers reading artificial.
Fans of herbal, unusual Trinidad pot still
Anyone put off by soapy florals or high heat
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How is Cave Guildive Ten Cane Trinidad Rum 2012 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 97% 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?
54% rate it between 6 and 8. 12 selected write-ups from 39 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
This was a very surprising rum to give a go. Very fruity from nose to finish and also with a wooden touch all the way. What I like a both this particular rum is the way it changes from nose to palate and then again to the finish. It does so and still maintains a very high level of integrity. The smoky wood flavours on the palate and finish really puts this one up there with the top shelf ones. Sad that Ten Cane is history because they could really make unique flavours.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Most helpful mixed review
Wow, that doesn't pick me up at all. While the rum is still slightly fruity on the nose, it's just sharp on the palate. Too bad.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
unheimlich komplex an der Nase, erst eine Breitseite Kartonage und später fruchtig nach Pflaume und Himbeere, Floral nach Rose, etwas grapefruit, Sandelholz, dunkler Schokolade und Ahornsirup, sowie kräftigem Mokka. geschmacklich leicht salzig, bitter nach grapefruit, Sandelholz, datteln, Mokka, sehr dunkler Schokolade, sowie etwas Mandarine und Rosenwasser. im Abgang dann leicht nach Lebkuchen, Mandarine und dunkler Schokolade. die Fruchtigkeit von der Nase fehlt leider Geschmacklich. Alkohol ist gut eingebunden, insgesamt nicht ganz so komplex wie der duchess ten cane, aber dafür dennoch sehr lecker.
Review by Michael Schillheim
Was soll ich jetzt sagen? Dieser Ten Cane holt mich so gar nicht ab. Die floralen Noten erinnern mich am Parfum und wirken auf mich sehr künstlich. Der Alkohol ist deutlich spürbar und wirkt im Nachklang störend scharfkantig.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Für mich der beste probierte Ten Cane. Schöne Komplexität. Alkohl am besten von allen eingebunden. Ermöglicht den Aromen zu entfalten ohne vom Alkohol übertönt zu werden. Mir gefallen die Capuccino Noten die durchkommen.
Review by Leo Krüper
Kräutrig, wild, jung. Sehr schöner abwechslungsreicher Rum mit hohem Wiedererkennungswert. Leichter Minzgeschmack wie die älteren TDLs, aber insgesamt mehr Kräuter, Teer im Geschmack. Alkohol sehr gut integriert, Abgang recht kurz.
Review by Thunderbird
Ein gut gemachter Rum, die floralen Noten sind nicht so ganz meins, aber das ist ja bekanntlich Geschmackssache!
Review by Righrum
The Ten Cane markers I like most, bitter and metallic, here are a bit hidden behind a sweet side
Review by zabo
Naja im Vergleich zur Abfüllung von TnT Cask schmeckt dieser mehr nach Kräutern. Alkohol ist zwar gut eingebunden, aber er trifft nicht ganz meinen Geschmack
Review by Gregor
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Review by Wernie
Feine Ten Cane Nase, dieser Mix auf vielen floralen Noten,vorallem Rosenduft,dazu kommt mir erst Pflaume in den Sinn,dazu Grapefruit und dann junges Holz und leichte Süße. Im Mund wechseln die Aromen so schnell das man sie kaum erfassen kann, erst kommt er mir recht dünn vor,dann wir er komlexer. Die floralen Noten sind weiterhin erkennbar, doch überwiegen jetzt die holzigen/würzigen Noten. Spürbar salzig rauchig verabschiedet er sich aus dem Mund. Wildes Zeug.😉
Review by martin slezák
Farba tmavo medová Vôňa ovocie, jablko, zelený čaj, riedidlo, leštidlo Chuť korenie, jablko, riedidlo, Záver stredne dlhý hrejivý, korenistý
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Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 7.8/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by The Secret Rum Bar
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
It is not that I can really point the fault in this directly. Because a lot of nice things go on here. In the end it is probably too young and too thin. And the finish gets really two dimensional too.
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Avg. community purchase price 85 €
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Details about Cave Guildive Ten Cane Trinidad Rum 2012
A Pot Still Rum from Trinidad, bottled by Cave Guildive, at 60%.
Community purchases
9 bottles logged by 8 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
9 purchased · 39 tasted · as of
About the Ten Cane distillery
The Ten Cane distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Ten Cane have been reviewed 1,021 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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