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Valinch & Mallet Hampden HD - „Collection Antipodes“ DOK 2009
The surprise here is how tame the color and wood are for 13 years in cask — this stays pale, with barely any oak. What you get instead is full DOK: glue, nail polish, tar, overripe banana and grilled pineapple, plus a faint smoky note in the finish. At 57.5% the alcohol sits shockingly well hidden. Several tasters find the palate a step behind the nose.
The community says- Massive ester funk
- Alcohol well hidden
- But: Palate under the nose
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How does Valinch & Mallet Hampden HD - „Collection Antipodes“ DOK 2009 taste?
Aggregated from 64 community reviews.
Funky pale DOK, big nose, drier palate Loved as a proper funky DOK — huge ester nose, well-buried alcohol. Common gripes: the palate runs drier and more acidic than the nose promises, and it isn't cheap.
DOK fans and high-ester Hampden lovers
Anyone put off by glue, solvent and acidity
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95% rate it 8 or higher. 17 selected write-ups from 64 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by SaibotZtar
Most helpful positive review
Great DOK ! Alcohol very well integrated. Hardly noticeable in the nose, really cool! Fruity(pineapple, papaya,)with nen concentrated charge ester. Slight wood influence .... becomes significantly more in the finish and there he falls for me also something . PLV is mMn not particularly good .... what makes the rum but not worse.
Review by Jags
Most helpful mixed review
Opened another V&M bottle tonight, this time the Hampden 13 yr version. Night and day compared to the Diamond 20 yr. This one is crisp and very dry with a bit of a sour taste. I can see this one growing on me. Well done Davide Romano. 👍
Review by Oliver
Excellent DOK!
Review by Adrian Wahl
Very nice DOK. But not outstanding. PLV is unfortunately not suitable at all. TRC, LOM, RC, CDI I find all a tad better. Great rum without question, but 235€ for a 0.7 liter V&M DOK from 2009 is too much. Update: must go up another point after tasting again
Review by Galli33
Blind DOK Tasting - 4th place. It’s a solid DOK, where everything from the start to the finish seems well balanced and round, without delivering something outstanding (against the competitors 😏🫨🤤)..
Review by mto75
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Review by DomM
More balanced and „darker“ profile. Less vibrant. Very nice DOK nevertheless!
Review by TheRhumhoe
Un Hampden particulièrement expressif grâce au mark DOK. Il s’illustre au nez de part son exubérance avec des notes médicinales et phénoliques très intenses (ester, colle, vernis à ongles, solvants), un fruité très mûr sur les fruits exotiques (banane, mangue, ananas) ainsi qu’une touche boisée, épicée et pâtissière délicate qui vient apporter un peu de subtilité à ce profil lourd, concentré et charpenté. L’attaque en bouche est très puissante mais superbement bien intégrée au niveau de l’alcool. Les esters et autres notes médicinales sont hyper concentrées, accompagnées par les fruits tropicaux trop mûrs, une note fermentée, pâtissière, boisée et pimentée. C’est chaleureux et intense, avec de sacrés watts. La finale est interminable, restant collée au palais avec ses marqueurs habituels de fruits exotiques, de notes phénoliques, mais aussi des tanins et du vinaigre qui donnent une certaine astringence qui n’est pas désagréable. Il y a également un côté fumé qui ressort en fin de bouche. Un rhum de qualité, extrême dans le style mais pas dans le profil, qui se veut maîtrisé et agréable à boire.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a really nice DOK. Complex and funky with very good integration of the ABV. The wood is very light but the funk and esters are there. Very happy that I bought a bottle.
Review by Christoph
Funky nose with grilled pineapple and fermented banana. Nice complex flavor with some candied fruit. Finish adds some smokiness to the grilled pineapple. Alcohol is extremely well integrated. Similar to the RCPS DOK from the vintage, despite the storage period, virtually no wood, just Hampden fruit served on esters.
Review by Andi
This is my 2nd doc that I taste. I just tasted it together with the RumClub bottling and find the Rumclub bottling a little fruity which I personally like better. In any case, very funky, which I think is great. Addendum: Image added.
Review by Thunderbird
Once again a class Hampden DOK! Alcohol is super integrated, it comes with the classic funk, but still with a good drinkable mildness!
Review by zabo
Heute seit langer Zeit mal wieder einen DOK im Glas. Der Nase schlägt gleich der unvergleiche Duft entgegen. Im Mund tanzen die Ester, der pure Funk geht ab. Ich liebe dieses Mark einfach. Meines Erachtens kann diese Abfüllung mit den anderen DOKs locker mithalten und ist auf der selben Augenhöhe.
Review by Johannes
Rather on the astringent side. Nevertheless, a DOK that is really fun!
Review by Mike H.
A very nice albeit expensive DOK. Not worth a bottle purchase at this price.
Review by Tom Buteneers
Bottle 41/304. Very good, but I’ve tasted better DOK expressions. SDR23
Review by Volkmar Weber
Nose mega 92/93 points, super funky and fruity. Banana, ester, glue, pineapple. In the mouth much weaker, hardly complexity and depth, there you can not compensate for the missing years of maturation just. But exciting is the light smoke note in the finish (charred pineapple) - could smoke whiskey nerds certainly like. Nice young hop, but not yet a great cinema.
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Details about Valinch & Mallet Hampden HD - „Collection Antipodes“ DOK 2009
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Valinch & Mallet, at 57,5%.
Community purchases
39 bottles logged by 32 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
10% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What does Valinch & Mallet Hampden HD - „Collection Antipodes“ DOK 2009 cost?
Community paid 147–248 €.
Current best price: 395.00 € – above the typical community range.
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