Valinch & Mallet Long Pond Jamaican Rum 2005
Loved by Basti, Thunderbird & 4 more
For experienced palates, this 16-year Long Pond pick rewards attention with balanced Jamaican funk at 58.5%. RumX members love its mix of tropical fruit, honeyed sweetness, dark chocolate and wood. A praised sipper for focused evenings.
- Balanced complexity
- Great integration
- Fruity chocolate notes
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How does Valinch & Mallet Long Pond Jamaican Rum 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 11 community reviews.
Balanced, approachable Long Pond VRW style For experienced palates, this 16-year Long Pond pick rewards attention with balanced Jamaican funk at 58.5%. RumX members love its mix of tropical fruit, honeyed sweetness, dark chocolate and wood. A praised sipper for focused evenings.
Fans of elegant Jamaican pot still who enjoy VRW/ITP-style Long Pond with tropical fruit, honey and chocolate at near cask strength, and want something complex but not too wild.
Those sensitive to higher ABV or expecting heavy high-ester funk and extreme intensity from Jamaican rum.
How is Valinch & Mallet Long Pond Jamaican Rum 2005 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.7 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Basti
Alleine die Nase ist schon mega. Da ist von allem etwas dabei. Klebstoff, Kokosnuss, trop. Früchte, Gewürze, Holz, Schokolade. Am Gaumen überwiegen Gewürze, trop. - und getr. Früchte mit einer dezenten Süße und einer leicht floralen Note. Alkohol ist top eingebunden. Sehr runder und süffiger Long Pond (wohl ein VRW), der für mich die 90er (9.0er) Marke nur knapp verfehlt. Davon hätte ich gern eine Flasche :)
Review by Thunderbird
Eine weitere sehr gute Abfüllung von Valinch & Mallet. Die Nase ist sehr komplex mit Aromen von Ester, Frucht, Karamell und Holz. Klasse Am Gaumen fällt sofort der gut integrierte Alkohol auf..weich verteilt sich der Rum und bringt zunächst eine fruchtige Süsse die von Vanille und Piment begleitet wird, danach erscheint Holz und eine leichte Specknote. Dieses setzt sich auch so im Abgang fort. Das harmoniert und passt gut zusammen
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Wirklich geiler Long Pond vintage! Fruchtig, cremig-schokoladig, ordentlich Ester, fast schon umami. Geiles Zeug! Würde wirklich gerne das Ester Mark dazu wissen ... So oder so auf jeden Fall wirklich super lecker.
Review by DomM
Two VRWs side-by-side: V&M for M&E Singapore and HV for LMDW Singapore: On the nose both are quite balanced with vanilla, wood and tropical fruits. They truely need some time to breath to develop the classic VRW moellow honey and fruit nose. V&M comes with a bit more wood on the nose versus a bit lore punch and fruitiness on the HV. On the palate the pictures are similar. Smooth honey fruitiness with notes from the barrel (ie vanilla, woodieness and some chocolate). Again the V&M is a bit more in the dark side with the HV providing a bit more punch and intensity in the fruit notes. Both are extremly well balanced and round. Very enjoyably. Today the HV is a bit ahead for me.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
Would assume this to be the VRW mark and would rate it similarily to the 2006 Velier one, although touch less fruit and sweetness in this one.
Review by Johannes
Schmeckt irgendwie nach tropischer Reifung, niedriges Mark. Wahrscheinlich ITP oder höchstens VRW. Sehr gelungen, aber ich vermisse ein wenig mehr Charakter.
Community purchases
7 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.
Also on the wishlist of 1 members.
About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 6,621 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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