The Whisky Jury T.D.L 2002
Loved by Basti, Julien Huitel 🇫🇷 & 20 more
For experienced palates, this 22‑year TDL from The Whisky Jury rewards attention with intense peach iced tea, mango and mint over toasted wood and spice. RumX members praise its long, evolving finish and excellent balance.
- Peach iced tea
- Fresh minty fruit
- Long complex finish
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How does The Whisky Jury T.D.L 2002 taste?
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Peach iced tea TDL powerhouse For experienced palates, this 22‑year TDL from The Whisky Jury rewards attention with intense peach iced tea, mango and mint over toasted wood and spice. RumX members praise its long, evolving finish and excellent balance.
Fans of fruity, minty TDL rums who enjoy cask strength bottlings with long, evolving finishes and a balance of tropical fruit, tea, spice and wood.
Those sensitive to higher ABV, seeking sweet beginner rums or looking for the most explosive, benchmark 2003-style TDL complexity.
How is The Whisky Jury T.D.L 2002 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 →
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Review by Basti
Small TDL (blind) crosstasting, including three representatives from 2002. 1st Rx24532 - Swell for Taiwan 55.9% 2. Rx24534 - TWJ 56.1% 3. Rx23409 - V&M 54,1% For me, the Swell has the most mint on the nose and almost goes in the direction of 2003 TDLs (April Batch). The TWJ is fruitier, has more spices and subtle mint. The V&M is very similar to the TWJ on the nose. I can't go into too much detail here, as the three are already very similar and even more so on the palate than on the nose. Everything you'd expect is there, but for me the 2002 TDLs just don't deliver. To me they feel like 2003 TDLs (the minty ones from the April batch), but with the handbrake on. They're all delicious, but they lack that certain something. Especially in view of the prices. Both the CDI TDL 2003 (Rx1629) and the "TDL light" (New Grove - Fine Spirits) were more convincing in a direct comparison (blind - mind you).
Review by Julien Huitel 🇫🇷
Tasted on a Sunday afternoon. (13/07/25) "What fruit!" - Enchanting nose, fresh, gourmand and very fruity. Notes of candied fruit (mango, passion fruit), also fresh with notes of red fruit, more blackcurrant. - This freshness is repeated on the palate, with the greediness of the fruit plus spicy, woody notes that add roundness. - Long finish To date, one of my great TDLs, led by this magical nose! Really no joke!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5668 14.09.2025 Tasting in Copenhagen with good friends. Nose Fresh, medium intense, balanced, fruity, mint, wood, faint smoke, spice, light cherry, faint floral. Palate Oily, warm, balanced, naturally sweet, wood, light roasted, light chocolate, light cherry, mint, spice. Finish Very long, wood, fruits, light dried fruit, light nutmeg, light chocolate, mint. This rum only gets better as it stands on the table, I hand warmed mine and then the mint really excells.
Review by Skyfly
Ein richtiger Pfirsich-Eistee mit viel Minze und Schwarztee. In Nase und Gaumen sind zudem die Aromen von getoastetem Fass/ Holz zu schmecken. Für die Süße sogen Honig und Karamell. Alkohol erstklassig
Review by Eric Frechin
I'm really not used to this profile from tdl. Quite a sweet nose of yellow fruit and mango, caramel and spice, a little freshness. The palate is unsurprisingly the same as the nose, with a little more cask and a tar/saltiness that timidly shows its nose before settling in for the long haul. I really liked it!
Review by Schnubbii
Ersteindruck: Ja, der ist sehr nett. Sehr gefällig, mit dem typischen Profil von gelben Früchten und dezenter Minze. Sehr ähnlich RX21416, fast schon etwas zu gefällig, aber wundert auch nicht, ist ja offenbar das Schwesterfass. Kann man gut mitnehmen, könnte aber für meinen Geschmack noch etwas mehr Minze haben, und dann ist da auch noch der recht hohe Preis... Edit: Direktvergleich RX21416 und RX24534 Diese beiden Abfüllungen stammen angeblich aus Schwesterfässern, was nachvollziehbar ist, da beide sich unheimlich ähnlich sind. Beide haben viel reifen Pfirsich und dezent Minze und sind insgesamt sehr rund, vielleicht sogar etwas zu rund. RX24534 kommt mir leicht kräftiger vor, das kann aber daran liegen, dass das Sample vom RX21416 hier schon länger steht. Ansonsten finde ich kaum Unterschiede zwischen beiden. Für meinen Geschmack sind beide gehobener Durchschnitt bei den 2002er/2003er Abfüllungen, ohne durch besondere Marker hervorzustechen. Beide lassen sich gut trinken, es bleibt der hohe Preis.
Review by Paul Christiaens
A very complex drop. It reminds me of ice tea peach and mint, mango, with complementary rustic, earthy and oily notes. Also a hint of dirty notes. 87 points Nose: peach ice tea, mint, gradually more towards copper coins, tool workshop, oil, wood, baking spice. After that, mango and yellow fruit again. Constantly developing, complex and pleasing. Palate: Again, also after aeriation, ice tea peach and mint are on the foreground. Then mango, spice, and wood. A slight earthy notes, again a bit of copper and a tiny bit dirty. Finish: long, oily, very fruity but also a bit rustic, earthy, woody and again, a tad acidic, and the slightest dirty note.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,7:On the nose, fresh, minty, fruity with blackcurrant, mango, peaches, spicy with allspice, toasted wood, slightly resinous, some rubber, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, citrus fruits arise, metallic patina, creamy butterscotch and a bit flowery molasses, dark with black tea. 8,6:On the palate, the attack is a bit bitter, industrial with dirty notes, rubber, tar, fruity with peaches, mango, passion fruit, later dried apricots and citrus fruits, minty molasses, flowery, grassy, dark with black tea and hints of licorice.The wood is roasted with butterscotch, chocolate, roasted nuts, peppery. 8,4:The finish is long, dry&tannic, less balanced, coppery, dirty, industrial, fruity, the molasses is grassy, flowery, fresh with tea, minty, a bit sweet with hints of honey, dark with licorice, as the wood is roasted, spicy, slightly smoky.
Review by zabo
Und wieder mal ein 2002er T.D.L Vorab, mir sind es langsam zu viele die immer wieder aufploppen. Ich bin ein wenig übersättigt davon. Nichts desto trotz muss man sagen, das hier der Alkohol gut integriert ist.
Review by Banana Joe
Ein etwas besserer Einheitsbrei-TDL. Die Oxidation hat ihm definitiv gut getan.
Review by Jakob
Sattes Minzprofil mit frischen Früchten, die insbesondere bei der präsenten Pfirsichnote dezent an Cognac erinnern. Der Rest des Aromenspektrums markiert aber klar, dass wir bei TDL und im Melasserum angesiedelt sind. Im Abgang wird die Lagerzeit im Fass erkennbar, Gewürze und Röstnoten sorgen für herbe Begleitakkorde. Tolle Komplexität, sehr guter Rum.
Review by Jérémie Peresse
Very fresh, gourmet nose. The palate is marked by blackcurrant, which adds a nice freshness. Spicy, woody notes round out the finish. A magnificent TDL, surely in my top 3.
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About the T.D.L distillery
The T.D.L distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from T.D.L have been reviewed 7,754 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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