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CoR Hampden Madeira (Single Cask Jamaican Rum) DOK 2023
Opinions land all over the place on this one. It's a young Hampden pot-still DOK finished in Madeira, and a lot of tasters feel the red wine "kompletně zničilo" the original rum — bitter, medicinal, with hot, poorly-tucked alcohol. Others taste glue, dried fruit, fruitcake and red-fruit marmalade and find it rich once it rests. Polarizing, and the 63.4% punches hard.
- Glue and dried fruit
- Red-fruit richness rested
- High-ester Hampden funk
+10
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How does CoR Hampden Madeira (Single Cask Jamaican Rum) DOK 2023 taste?
Aggregated from 21 community reviews.
Polarizing Hampden-meets-Madeira, hot and bitter Genuinely divisive. Fans get glue, dried fruit and red-wine richness once it opens up; critics say the Madeira buried the Hampden under bitterness and raw alcohol.
Hampden fans curious about wine-cask experiments who want to judge for themselves
Anyone wanting a clean DOK, or sensitive to heat and bitterness
How is CoR Hampden Madeira (Single Cask Jamaican Rum) DOK 2023 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 6.9 lands squarely in the "Pleasant" band. 38% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 19% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Selected write-ups from 21 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 21 ratings
Review by Jakob
Fruity esters meet sweet wine and medicinal notes - that could work well, but here a very present alcohol stands in the way of complete enjoyment, even if some time in the glass definitely helps. Apart from that, I don't agree with the rather reserved reviews - the aroma spectrum works, I don't perceive any noticeably unpleasant aromas either in the original product or in the Madeira cask.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,4:On the nose, the first attack is with glue, esters and lots of dried fruits. When we overcome this, we get some roasted notes with some pastry, nuts, nice gingerbread and fruitcake with red fruits marmelade, overripe exotic fruit, the rum becomes a bit spicy with cinnamon and herbal. Aeration brings some marzipan, camphor, teranino, griotte chocolate. If well rested, punchy notes are here and now more overripe fermented tropical fruits with little funkiness.Oxydation and rest make this rum balanced and pleasant. 8,5:On the palate, the first profile is a bit roasted and medicinal, as it is gluey. When it settles down, there is a fruit cake with red fruit marmelade, some overripe exotic fruits and chocolate...Metallic notes crawl in, the rum becoming more spicy with sweet spices and yummy with nice caramelized pastry. We find some sour cherry, plum wine, teranino and iced chocolate cubes. We cannot overcome dryness and strong molasses with minty touch. When well rested, nice fermented, overripe exotic fruits arise.The rum is now a bit dirty, smoky, more funky and rich with even some umami notes, nicely balanced and tasty. 8,4:The finish is long, dry but light and fresh with dried and red fruits, as berries and in the end more roasted, smoky and toasted with some fruit cake and overripe tropical fruits. The Madeira wine is strongly present, when this rum is well rested, it becomes balanced and very tasty...
Review by Johannes
Madeira kommt im Abgang gut raus, ist zugleich aber auch sehr dominant. Alkohol könnte besser eingebunden sein. Insgesamt doch sehr ruppig, nicht rund.
Review by Martin Ekrt
Silná technická vůně s tropickým ovocem. Spíš mi to evokuje NYE. Zatím dobrý, ale díval jsem se na hodnocení, takže se trochu bojím, co přijde. Nakonec s tím nemám s tím takový problém jako ostatní. Je to celkem ostré, ale u Jamajky mi to moc nevadí. Závěr z velké intenzity velmi rychle přejde do jemna, to ano, ale jako rum bez závěru to pro mě rozhodně není.
Review by Richard Krupa
mene vyrazna vune oproti CoR, z trojce Madeira, Oloroso, Pedro Ximenez mi chutna nejmene
Review by Martin Švojgr
And no good glue, no good Madeira. Of the CoR trio, this is clearly the worst for me. The colour is the most interesting, dark red, but that's it. Flavour of the DOC raped by Madeira but taste-wise it didn't help much. In the taste it is a bright red wine that completely ruined the original HD and on the contrary it is not even a good Madeira :-(
Review by SaibotZtar
WOW seltsamerweise ist in der Nase kaum (nur ansatzweise) DOK zu erkennen dafür viel Süßlicher Weingeruch etwas Ester und Traube . Alkohol in der Nase relativ gut eingebunden. Am Gaumen schmeckt man den DOK schon deutlicher ABER voller fehlnoten , dreckig und Bitter . Sehr viel Trochene Fruchtigkeit die aber nicht wirklich passt . Abgang sehr bitter und trocken . Das war nichts in meinen Augen (leider) .
Review by Thunderbird
Ich bin ein wenig sprachlos… von einem HD DOK ist ja nicht viel übrig geblieben. In der Nase nehme ich noch halbwegs Ester, minimal Funk und Frucht wahr..aber am Gaumen… überwiegen Aromen, die ich bei einem DOK oder Madeira so nicht kenne… Medizinische Bitterkeit und schlecht eingebundener Alkohol überwiegen… das ist leider nichts
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Here, too, I don't warm to the finish. Incredibly intense and, for me, unpleasantly penetrating acidity, plus a sweetness that feels thick and oily, strangely smoky and fresh. Like fruit bread marinated in vinegar. No sorry, not my cup of tea at all... Definitely the most unsuccessful of the 3 finishes.
Review by zabo
First of all, I apologize for splitting this bottle. Anyone who was upset about the Pagos or even the HLCF that it had too tight a finish will be able to experience again here how you can top the dead finish. How you can manage to break a Hampden like that, madness. Place six. Unfortunately, I can't see anything positive. Sorry
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Details about CoR Hampden Madeira (Single Cask Jamaican Rum) DOK 2023
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by The Colours of Rum, at 63,4%.
Community purchases
2 bottles logged by 2 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
50% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
2 purchased · 23 tasted · 1 wishlist · as of
About the Hampden distillery
The Hampden distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Hampden have been reviewed 19,582 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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