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CoR Hampden Madeira (Single Cask Jamaican Rum) DOK 2023
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People are genuinely split on this one. It's a young DOK Hampden ester bomb finished in a Madeira cask, and the red wine takes over hard — glue, dried fruit and overripe tropical notes fight against sweet-sour wine, medicinal bitterness and a hot, not-quite-tamed alcohol. A few tasters found it rich and balanced with rest; others felt the Madeira "znásilnila" the DOK and killed it.
The community says- High-ester glue funk
- But: Hot, raw alcohol
- But: Medicinal bitterness
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How does CoR Hampden Madeira (Single Cask Jamaican Rum) DOK 2023 taste?
Summarized by AI from 22 community reviews.
Wine-drenched young DOK, love-it-or-hate-it Divisive Madeira-finished DOK. Some find fruitcake, esters and a long dry finish rewarding; many feel the red wine dominates and the young, hot spirit turns bitter and clumsy.
DOK ester fans curious about wine-cask experiments
Anyone wanting a clean, classic Hampden or gentle sipper
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
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 zabo
Most helpful critical review
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
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5317 07.05.2025 Relaxing with a few samples while watching a TV series about psychopathic killers. Nose Fresh, light, light wood, faint smoke, fruits, overripe, light cherry, light cinnamon. Palate Light, light wood, light roasted, fruits, overripe, spice, naturally sweet, light caramel, medium dry, light mint. Finish Medium long, light, light wood, fruits, light citrus, light mint, faint herbal. Empty glass Light chocolate, light raisin, light caramel, light cherry, faint iodine. German Rum Fest 2024 sample.
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 Johannes
Madeira comes out well in the finish, but is also very dominant. Alcohol could be better integrated. Overall quite rough, not round.
Review by Thunderbird
I'm a bit speechless... not much left of an HD DOK. On the nose I still detect some esters, minimal funk and fruit... but on the palate... flavors dominate that I don't know from a DOK or Madeira... medicinal bitterness and poorly integrated alcohol dominate... unfortunately this is nothing
Review by Pavel Spacek
Hampden, legendary Jamaican distillery, which besides rum also produces alcohol for perfumes. In all rums from this distillery you can feel wild esters, after which your whole body soaks in the scent of yellow tropical fruit - mango, papaya, pineapple, peach. One of the rums you "must try before you die".
Review by Martin Ekrt
Strong technical aroma with tropical fruit. It rather evokes NYE for me. So far good, but I looked at the ratings, so I'm a bit afraid of what's coming. In the end, I don't have as much of a problem with it as others do. It's quite sharp, but with Jamaica, it doesn't bother me much. The finish quickly transitions from great intensity to softness, yes, but as a rum without a finish, it definitely isn't for me.
Review by Richard Krupa
mene vyrazna vune oproti CoR, z trojce Madeira, Oloroso, Pedro Ximenez mi chutna nejmene
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 SaibotZtar
WOW strangely there is hardly any (only slightly) DOK detectable on the nose but a lot of sweet wine smell, some ester and grape. Alcohol on the nose is relatively well integrated. On the palate you can taste the DOK more clearly BUT full of off-notes, dirty and bitter. A lot of dried fruitiness that doesn't really fit. Finish very bitter and dry. That was nothing in my eyes (unfortunately).
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 :-(
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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%.
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