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Precious Liquors Long Pond RUM Jamaica (Selected by The Bottle Shop) VRW 2005
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Almost everyone here lands in the same warm spot: a fruit-forward, elegant Long Pond that surprises people who expect dirty funk. Overripe tropical fruit, caramel, coconut and milk chocolate up front, with glue and light esters more in the background. Give it half an hour and the fruit really opens. The one dissent comes from funk hunters who wanted more grit and didn't find it.
The community says- Ripe tropical fruit
- ABV well integrated
- Keep in mind: Less funk than expected
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Yes, if you're after bold, tropical, funky rums for sipping neat.
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How does Precious Liquors Long Pond RUM Jamaica (Selected by The Bottle Shop) VRW 2005 taste?
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Fruity, balanced Long Pond, low on funk A widely-loved 18-year Long Pond that trades hardcore funk for balance — tropical fruit, glue, coconut and oak, with the high ABV neatly tucked in. Funk chasers miss the dirt.
Aroma profileLong Pond fans who like fruit and balance over raw funk
Funk hunters chasing dirty, high-ester Jamaican
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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56 community reviews
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Review by Rodolphe
We taste a jamaican with measured esters. We're at the top of our game. Perfect balance between a greedy, woody frame and a solvent that quickly fades to leave room for very ripe tropical fruit. In this category of rum, it's really top-notch.
Review by Mirco
Wonderful multi-layered Long Pond with tropical fruit and wood/barrel. Beautiful coconut, milk chocolate and vanilla. Well-integrated alcohol. Ester content meets balance and complexity perfectly here.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Re-evaluated and freshly poured: Definitely on a par with the RumX bottling, although not 100% identical in my opinion. Coconut, passion fruit, mint and subtly bacony umami and very pleasant to drink. A moderately good long pond with a fabulous PLV!
Review by zabo
From memory I would say there is really no difference to the RumX bottling. Same high level. In any case, a super barrel selection. A direct comparison will follow with the RX20000 and the NRJ bottling. Then I will report back.
Review by Timo Groeger
The sister barrel to the RX20000. No idea what I wrote there, but it's probably very similar ;-) Sweetish nose, vanilla, coconut and caramel. Tropical fruit, spice and mint on the palate. Top.
Review by RumTaTa
Nose: the rum remains closed for quite a long time, it's not easy for me to get past the glue, varnish and alcohol at first. After about 20 minutes, the rum opens up much better. It seems quite mild to me for a 2005 VRW. Notes such as caramel, coconut, bourbon and light roasted notes predominate, subtly fruity. Not at all typical of Long Pond on the palate. Much reminds me of Belize and Foursquare - only much more intense than those. Additionally, more fruit but less than expected. Also the typical Long Pond umami note: more in the background. Finish: very long and a little bit of everything - very balanced! Very good rum that gains a lot with time in the glass! Very balanced and complex. I'm not sure if I would have blindly guessed Long Pond! After another 30 minutes, the rum becomes much fruitier and gets a fruity touch like some old Clarendon EMBs have! Great class, another 2 points!
Review by LukaŽiga
9:On the nose, glue, tropical fruits, coconut, some yellow and citrus fruits, barrel impact is strong, roasted wood notes like caramel, pastry, caramelized, spicy vanilla, cinammon, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, molasses is minty, flowery, the rum balanced, fruitcake, candied fruits join. 8,9:On the palate, the attack is medicinal with glue, light esters, fruity with tropical, red, yellow, dried and citrus fruits, oak is roasted, dry&tannic with caramel, nuts, chocolate, spicy with allspice, meaty, salty and molasses is minty, earthy, musty. 8,7:The finish is long, dry&tannic, slightly furry, with toasted oak, sweet, spicy, meaty, pairing tropical fruits and mineral .molasses, some medicinal hints. Edit:7.8.26
Review by DomM
Very intense and powerful in the nose, starting off with glue and woody as well as umami notes. With some time to breath, a nice basket of tropical fruits shows up to the party. Very good. Very good 👍 rich and complex on the palate as well. Plenty of funk and power. Intense tropical fruits but much less overwhelming compared to tropically aged STC*Es. One could almost call this elegant - mind you that obviously depends on your personal preference of ester levels. Excellent bottling all in all.
Review by cigares
A nose of overripe tropical fruits, decadent pastries and cedar wood. Lively on the palate, then everything falls into place: overripe fruit, cedar wood and incredible sweetness. The finish is long, balanced and supported by bitter sweetness.
Review by Serge
Really very close to the RX20000 ... I've just tried it solo and haven't tasted it in parallel yet. But the two rums are identical from memory. But I will try them again side by side. In any case, both are excellent value for money.
Review by Dr.Django
Three different VRW LP 2005 bottlings in the glass today. Bottle store & RumX Community: They are very similar in profile and very complex. For me, the Community bottling is a little more intense and voluminous on the palate. The Whisky blues: Also very complex and somewhat spicy. More astringent on the palate than its competitors and longer on the finish. Much woodier and with more chocolate notes, but a little less fruit. All three brilliant rums!
Review by Basti
In direct comparison with the RumX Bottling, I find it difficult to discern any differences. The Bottleshop bottling perhaps has a little more of the cask (for whatever reason...?) and the RumX bottling has a slightly floral note. All in all, however, I think they are both very good 2005 VRWs!
Review by mto75
Tropical fruits on the nose, very intense, almost a little like boiled down. Also glue, caramel and the meaty, sour note typical of (tropical) LPs. Lots of spiciness on the palate, long finish. Great bottling and on a par with the RdL VRW 2005, which I had at 88 points.
Review by Tschusikowsky
This Long Pond has a powerful, fruity profile. Vanilla, tropical fruit, citrus notes and a hint of wet barrel mingle on the nose, accompanied by a slight alcohol kick. Fruity and intense on the palate, with notes of glue, fine sweetness, some rhubarb and chocolate. The texture is velvety and slightly fluffy. The finish is warm, fruity and long. Less complex than the RumX bottling, but more powerful and direct in expression overall.
Review by alex
Excellent juice 😍😍😍 Tropical fruits galore, a touch of "meat", cinnamon, coconut cinnamon, coconut, sental, spices, dark chocolate and caramel make up this 18-year-old LP. It glides along on its own, and after a very long half-hour of aeration, all the potential is there. I love it, clearly!
Review by Adrian Wahl
Tested directly against the RX20000. I imagine that I can feel a very slight difference to the RX20000. Both bottlings are brutally good, but I give it 88/100, just behind RX20000
Review by Felix Reiber
Very digestible Long Pond 2005. I definitely need to compare it with the RumX counterpart sometime, as I'm really curious about the difference. On the nose, I get tropical fruits, vanilla, cask notes, caramel, coconut, and cinnamon, but surprisingly little ester. The funk comes through with glue, passion fruit, roasted and meaty notes. On the palate, it's extremely powerful and exciting. Caramel, tropical fruits, coconut, milk chocolate, cask notes, and spices, followed by esters, oak, cinnamon, and again meaty aromas. In the long and complex finish, I get tropical fruits, dark chocolate, toasted oak, cask notes, cinnamon, as well as grilled meat, cedarwood, and allspice. This 18-year-old Long Pond really has a lot to offer, and I'm glad to own a bottle. Thanks to @Junsas for the recommendation 😀
Review by Thunderbird
A direct comparison of the Bottleshop Long Pond with the Gourmet Pool (RX25229)...two 2005 Long Ponds could not be more different...the Bottleshop combines the classic VRW markers, while the GP is more reminiscent of a first-class blend or Navyrum. The GP clearly has the edge here. Nevertheless, the Bottleshop is a very good bottling.
Review by Fuwi
A truly fantastic bottling! A very complex Long Pond, whose ABV is incredibly perfectly integrated and exudes sensational aromas of esters, fruit and cask from the moment it is opened. On the tongue, a very nice firework continues, dense fruity flavors, vanilla and coconut. Very nice cask selection, the Bottleshop is becoming an insider tip among independent bottlers!
Review by Master P
From the slightly roasted caramelized vanilla smell, I would blindly never come up with jamaica. The scent is really heavenly. The taste continues with a pleasant sweetness and plenty of power, light chocolate notes with dark fruits. The finish is a little alcoholic, but I don't find it annoying. Or it just seems that way to me because it's the first sip this week. A successful bottling 👌
Review by Johannes
Excellent Long Pond! Beautiful tropical notes!
Review by Alex Kunath
Easterdram #3! Finally the Bottleshop VRW. Very nice fruity, rich, fruity and slightly estery tones come to the fore in the nose. With time you can smell more and more wood. On the palate, the only words that come to mind are full-bodied and long-lasting! In my opinion, the wood comes through very clearly on the palate, but not too strongly. The Jamaican scares you, but it's not an ester bomb, which I really like. Conclusion: A very strong and lingering bottling.
Review by Nils123
A touch more complex than its sister cask RX 20000, as this one is a little more fruity and minty.
Review by Schnubbii
For me, hardly any difference from the RumX VRW, same high quality. Very cool!
Review by Banana Joe
Nice Long Pond, I find the low ester Jamaicans more pleasant and very exciting. Great interplay of fruit, wood and decent esters. Alcohol well integrated, PLV is of course very good here. Great bottling from Stefan and the Bottle Shop.
Review by Jacques etdom
Nose: very ripe tropical fruit solvents (mango, coconut, etc.) coated in delicious caramel and wood. It's almost New Yarmouth 94. The palate is magnificent, with all the markers present on the nose. The palate really has a (big) tdl side to it, with ripe mango and a hint of menthol. Blind, I would have been wrong about the provenance with this palate. The finish is long and warm. A real bomb! Bravo Stefan!
Review by Tim
A Long Pond with a lot of caramel and honey on the nose, less nail polish/solvent. No ultimate esters, but coconut instead. Bombastic nose 😍 Sweet on the palate with caramel, yet also dry, spicy, and woody. Roasty, chocolaty, woody, sweet on the finish. Great bottling!
Review by Stijn Zino
Very good rum, but as a Long Pond fan I don't need a bottle of this. Long Pond equals dirty funk to me and this is not it. It's a Nice fruity rum and I like the meaty umami touch in this one, but where is my funk 😆
Review by Martin Švojgr
So we have the sister bottle of RumX 20,000 bottles I missed out on buying. It's the same ABV except for a tenth of an ounce, so we're happy. For me, both in aroma and taste, a very fruity LP. The fruitiness really wins. Then vanilla, some baked fruit and after a while the characteristic taste of glue as we know it from LP develops beautifully. I was surprised by the taste of mint at the end.
Review by Buddudharma
Great nose. On the palate great melting, much sweetness and nut, but less fruit and gasoline compared to the VRW 2006 from Velier.
Review by Arnaud Faverjon
Very good, but a little too much wood, and alcohol not perfectly controlled.
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Vintage 2005. With 8.8 out of 10, it belongs to the better ones I've had in my glass.
Review by ThreeH
The sister cask of the RX20000 which I absolutely like. Also here a nice orange-brown color. Very cool. On the nose, spicy and mild, caramel, coconut, yellow fruits, along with light citrus aromas and a hint of mint. The ABV is noticeable. On the palate, first a sour astringency, then a strong aromatic profile with woody spice. Slightly roasted and a bit solvent-like. The palate impression is rounded off with a nice sweetness. Ends long on the woody and spicy side. I remember the RX20000 much better, although this rum is certainly excellent as well.
Review by Rumpilot
Second tasting! I'm raising my rating a bit more. For me, a very good rum. I have to say that I'm not a big Jamaica fan. But this one is really awesome. A wonderfully dark profile. Just how I like it. The alcohol is very well integrated. It goes down like a rum with 50%. There's fruit, caramel, plenty of wood (not too much), ester, cocoa, slight glue, tannins, spice. Top notch! On the palate, you immediately notice the saliva flow starting. A fine sensation in the mouth. Opposing that is the dry character. I think it's excellently balanced. Then follows a very long finish with wood and a pleasant bitterness. Clear recommendation for this rum. Unfortunately no longer available!?!? Shame! This would have been something…
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Community paid 135–156 €.
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Details about Precious Liquors Long Pond RUM Jamaica (Selected by The Bottle Shop) VRW 2005
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Precious Liquors, at 64,7%.
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