Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2005
For seasoned enthusiasts who enjoy high-ester Jamaican funk at cask strength. Expect glue and solvents on the nose, then tropical fruits, marzipan, oak, spice and a long, salty-mineral finish. Widely praised on RumX.
- Huge complexity
- High-ester funk
- Long salty finish
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How does Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2005 taste?
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Funky, powerful Cambridge benchmark For seasoned enthusiasts who enjoy high-ester Jamaican funk at cask strength. Expect glue and solvents on the nose, then tropical fruits, marzipan, oak, spice and a long, salty-mineral finish. Widely praised on RumX.
Fans of high-ester Jamaican funk who love cask strength Long Pond with glue, marzipan and tropical fruit layered over dry, woody, salty notes.
Beginners or anyone sensitive to alcohol heat, tannins, or solventy aromas who might find the 62.5% ABV and ester load too aggressive.
How is Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2005 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.8 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 99% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Felix Reiber
An incredible array of aromas and high complexity. Beautiful sticky and fruity notes on the nose. Lots of spices, wood and even citrusy hints of lemon or orange peel. Very powerful and spicy on the palate. Something dry and woody follows. Then the aromas from the nose with tropical fruits and some honey. In addition to the impressive complexity, the warming 62.5% vol. is also well integrated. The long finish adds an interesting mineral component alongside the spiciness. Honey, liquorice and woody notes finish everything off nicely. I hardly need to mention that the term "funkiness" extends from the nose to the finish. Fantastic bottling - just Long Pond Velier. Thanks to mentalo for the sample.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
Excellent on fresh fruits coated with vanilla and bourbon. 🤤
Review by Jakob
The tropically aged Long Ponds simply have a great flavor profile that I enjoy very much: fruit esters meets wood and an always discreetly present sweetness. This bottling also joins the high quality ranks of Velier bottlings from Long Pond seamlessly. In direct comparison with the 2010 release, it is clearly more powerful, but also more aromatically present - which is not least due to the additional volume percentages. Both play far in front.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
02.05.2024 Retasting and I still love this release a lot. Once rested it releases a wide array of flavours. Would have love more of these bottles in the shelf but unfortunately hard to find or very expensive. --------------- This is a unique and well balanced rum with intensity. Close to the perfect rum!
Review by DomM
Very nice bottling just as the other NRJ Cambridge bottlings. Intense with lots of funk yet nicely aged in tropical climate. Compared to the 2010 12y, the 2005‘s esters are less pungent and chemicals forward but leaning slightly more towards fruits. Compared to the recent 2005 18y bottling, this is more vibrant with more funk.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
super tasty Long Pond! Mango, banana, pineapple, sour raisins, sour tangerine, maple syrup, roasted almonds with sea salt, relatively bitter, tannin-accentuated with a pleasant, astringent fruit acidity. Surprisingly harmonious to drink, for me personally just a little too bitter overall, but really a nice fruitiness and hardly any meaty notes compared to the 18y 2005 and the 12y 2010. But the 18y is clearly even better!
Review by Thunderbird
The Highe(a)sterweek is really a highlight!!!And again a top rum...To the LP STCE I think you do not have to say much more! Today again in comparison to the new STCE counter-tasted! My first tasting is confirmed! First class LP
Review by Galli33
#10 RumXHighE(a)ster weeks: Blind tasting: Jamaica i think i already had this in glass, maybe from clarendon 20+ years of aging approx. 60% Mid ester My prediction the RA clarendon EMB. Result: Very harmonious, good balanced, round Long Pond. Pleasant to drink with 550/700 hlpa of ester. I see this one between the TECC and the vale royal vrw.
Review by Basti
Very complex nose that constantly releases new aromas. Over time, notes of esters, tropical fruits and solvents become more dominant. This is also reflected in the taste, although the solvent notes are more in the background (which I find positive). Edit: I still really like it. A mixture of high ester markers and foursquare on the nose.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Rum X Easter Weeks 26.4. blind tasting:Cool profile. Unfamiliar to me, I have a feeling.Nose:Nutty, caramel, chocolate, tobacco, deep roasted aromas, tropical fruitMouth:Fruity, fresh, a bit tangy, spicyFinish:Peach, mirabelle plum, apple, chocolate, brown sugar, get. ApricotsFirst thought on the nose was Guyana, but the peach on the finish didn't suit me.Would have said 55-58%, relatively low esters, around 10 years.Thought of a Worthy Park. After all, the island right 🙃
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
In direct comparison with the 2010 for me slightly weaker, because edgier and more alcoholic like the 2010. Nevertheless, a very good Long Pond.
Review by Serge
Insanely delicious ... In direct comparison with the 2010 STCE from NRJ, this one is a tick behind for me - however, I tasted the 2010 when opening the bottle and this one from the sample of an already opened bottle. That means I probably need two new bottles to find out the ultimate favorite of one of my favorite brands. Update: tasted from the freshly opened bottle, corrected upwards again. Really delicious.
Review by Jarek
Incredibly delicious profile! Tropical fruit, glue, wood, sweetness, and everything perfectly balanced. I absolutely have to taste a direct comparison with the 2010 and the 18-year-old 2005. So, finally tasted all three Cambridge wines together today. More funky and fruity than the 18-year-old 2005 Cambridge. Riper and more complex than the 2010 Cambridge. The profile of the 13-year-old 2005 is somewhere in between. Can't decide between the two 2005 Cambridge...
Review by BTHHo 🥃
This STC from 2005 really makes me happy on a weather-wise boring Saturday - THANK YOU for that 🤝
Review by zabo
Franconian Tasting Gang on 19.04.2024 In the next unequal battle, two STC♡E of TWJ2015 and the top dog Cambridge 2005 (13yr) compete. Unfortunately, there is a clear difference in color, taste and intensity. The clear winner is, of course, the Cambridge.
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About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 6,600 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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