Valinch & Mallet New Yarmouth The Spirit Of Art 1994
For seasoned enthusiasts, this 26‑year New Yarmouth is an ultra-refined, column-still Jamaican that drinks almost like a high-end Foursquare: creamy coconut, vanilla, dark caramel, coffee and polished oak. Complex yet dangerously drinkable at 56.9%. Backed by 82 glowing RumX reviews, it’s widely seen as one of the top NY94 releases and a relaxed, pastry‑driven take on Jamaican rum rather than a funky ester bomb.
- Creamy coconut-vanilla
- Elegant oak & coffee
- Alcohol superbly integrated
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World‑class creamy coconut NY94 For seasoned enthusiasts, this 26‑year New Yarmouth is an ultra-refined, column-still Jamaican that drinks almost like a high-end Foursquare: creamy coconut, vanilla, dark caramel, coffee and polished oak. Complex yet dangerously drinkable at 56.9%. Backed by 82 glowing RumX reviews, it’s widely seen as one of the top NY94 releases and a relaxed, pastry‑driven take on Jamaican rum rather than a funky ester bomb.
Seasoned rum fans who love rich, pastry‑driven profiles—coconut, vanilla, dark caramel and coffee—plus long aging and high ABV without aggressive funk or burn.
Beginners, those sensitive to 57% ABV, or drinkers expecting big Jamaican funk and esters instead of a rounded, dessert‑like, oak‑forward profile.
How is Valinch & Mallet New Yarmouth The Spirit Of Art 1994 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 9.0 lands squarely in the "Excellent" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by alex
The best NY I've tasted. Perfectly integrated alcohol, a roundness 😍. The flavors are excellent with a very nice length. Disappointed to have only 3cl so good. The best rating for a rum I put on this app 😍😍😍Édit : almost a year later I just made a sample, and it's really a superb product and I raised its rating by one point 😍😍😍
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a lovely rum and the years have added a lot of woodiness to it, not in a bad but in a good way. Fruity and wonderful spices are there from opening the bottle to the finish. A complex rum with roasted barrel on the palate and finish. Luckily I have another bottle coming in :-)
Review by SaibotZtar
very good NY ... Alcohol perfectly integrated nice round , I like him.
Review by John Coffey
Oh yeah. A category of rums apart. Beautifully integrated alcohol and that coconut taste that keeps coming back. One has the impression to go in borderline barbados... Very very good with this discreet woody taste
Review by Michal S
Perfektní, bohatý, vyladěný, vše dohromady sedí. Ve vůni kromě karamelu, vanilky i troška kokosu, v chuti navíc čokoládové a kakaové tóny. 26 let staření je znát, jde o špičkový rum, který stoprocentně stojí za ochutnání.
Review by Galli33
Extreme good delicious rum! In the nose it‘s like a rum from Barbados/Foursquare. Alcohol is integrated very well. Update: One of the NW 1994 I’ve tasted. It needs at least of 30 min to fully open up and a few drops of water helps too.
Review by Oliver
Wow, the nose alone invites you to linger for hours. Intense, heavy with a pleasant coconut note and great complexity. I would have guessed Foursquare in the blind test. Less "punch" on the palate than its brothers. But very balanced and complex. Ideal "drinking strength".excellent New Yarmouth from 1994!
Review by Leo Krüper
Beautiful tropical long sweetness. Wonderful color and smell. However, I don't have anything to compare it to the 94 NY. Still a wonderful bottling 2 years later. At the same time complex, but incredibly drinkable. If the price were lower, this rum could even be recommended to beginners. We enjoyed it after a barbecue and were delighted. A completely relaxed and easy-going New Yarmouth. Perhaps even the most uncomplicated top rum I've ever had in a glass.
Review by gali jo
One of the best ny94 I'have tasted, maybe the best
Review by Santo
Très pâtissier, extrêmement rond et gourmand avec beaucoup de vanille coco de banane flambée au caramel et de chêne tendre et moelleux.
Review by Mopar Rules
a warm and complex rum, I like how the fruity notes meet caramel, chocolate and cookies. The finish is melting chocolate…great stuff
Review by Jakob
Extremely round, seductively sweet with lots of coconut and vanilla sugar, plus red berries, some spices...surprisingly fiery on the palate, but thanks to the reduced strength, this is much less noticeable in the aftertaste than with other representatives of the vintage. Exquisite and dangerously drinkable.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A superb New Yarmouth that shows a whole other side of the Jamaican rum world. The nose is very well structured between fruity and pastry notes, where toffee and cookie mingle with roasted notes of coffee and mocha, sweet spices and an elegant and refined woodiness. The attack on the palate is supple and very delicate, with many spicy and fruity notes, roasted notes with coffee and dark chocolate and a rare woody note for a Jamaican rum that is greedy and really gripping. The whole has a creamy texture, an exquisite taste and an incredible roundness. The finish is extremely long, with menthol and tannic notes that come to the forefront of the initial dark and fruity profile. An absolutely divine high class rum.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
gigantically good old new Yarmouth! finally that cookie dough profile that the other 94s don't have. extremely drinkable and harmonious. Some dark chocolate chip cookies meet mango and a little mint, as well as overripe banana and orange peel...really great stuff! For me, this is probably the best '94 New Yarmouth and the only one to date that I would have really liked to have bought. I'm actually a fan of the reduced alcohol content here as it just seems more harmonious for me overall.
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Great New Yarmouth. The SBS has more coco like the VM, the RA is more intense and overall for me still a bit better than SBS and VM.
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87 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
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About the New Yarmouth distillery
The New Yarmouth distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from New Yarmouth have been reviewed 3,222 times with an average of 8.7/10.
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