The Duchess Enmore Guyana 1990

Review by Johannes

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Johannes

Sep 20242,882 reviewsGermany

8.7/10

Typical and also very good Versailles, nicely balanced. Good blend of wood, herbs, fruit and pencil.

Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

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Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

Apr 2024641 reviewsGermany

7.8/10

Subsequent tasting of the rum from 21.12. from the 2023 RumX calendar: Somehow I find it difficult to find this rum really good. What bothers me most is this initial unexpected sweetness that covers the herbs like a film. This sweetish film gradually disappears, but I still can't quite warm to this rum. One of the weaker Enmores of the 1990 vintage.

Review by DomM

DomM

Sep 2024916 reviewsGermany

8.3/10

Cross Tastinge across 12 bottlings of 1990 Versialles destilled Enmores. Looking at the cask strength / 50%+ ABV bottlings in the line up (CG, DT, Duchess, Greenheart I & II, RdL, Sponge, TWJ), all deliver on the classic Versailles notes: Pencil, herbs/anis, some continental fruits and a wet/moldy woodiness. Quality wise I don’t see an outlier tbh, all very enjoyable. Noticeable, however, is a very intense nose on the Sponge, which adds lots of resin and „woody“ notes to the mix,probably paying tribute to its (partly) maturation in wine casks. This is clearly outstanding out of the batch. Bonus points for the older Greenheart and TWJ for highest intensity on the (continental) fruit notes for me. DT and The Duchess gravitating more towards spicy notes in the mix. Same overall verdict for the palate. All rums in the batch are of high quality and there is no dramatic outlier (good or bad), except for the Rum Sponge. While I enjoyed the nose, on the palate the bottling is overwhelmed by wine notes. As for a lot of finished/double matured releases I just don’t see the point and here don’t like it particularly. Among the other bottlings: the DT is particularly nicely balanced with a pleasant sweetness working nicely with herbal and more darker notes. Very enjoyable. My favorite on the palate is probably the younger Greenheart (at least in this sitting). Almost as balanced as the DT but with a bit more anise and herbal notes for a bit more excitement. The older Greenheart is also very nice, with a bit less sweetness yet also very nicely balanced. TWJ and The Duchess are overall a bit more in the harsher side concerning alcohol integration, yet still very good. Very strong bottlings of the vinatage overall and a pleasure to have some side by side. Cheers to Alex for curating (most of) the tasting set! 🙌

Review by zabo

zabo

Apr 20241,530 reviewsGermany

8.2/10

RumX Calendar Day 21 At first I had also guessed Guyana. Then it was Caroni Tasting and Christmas Meeting. So I sipped the last drops from the glass 5 hours later. Can that be LEAD? All in all, very good

Review by Tschusikowsky

Tschusikowsky

Jan 2024498 reviewsSwitzerland

7.9/10

Rum X Advent 21.12.2023 Was blind at a Guyana, tends to be Uitvlugt. More on the continental side. But somehow also PM. Overall, the rum doesn't convince me, is rather too inharmonious. Strong wood and herbal notes and the alcohol is rather biting, despite the low ABV. I was thinking of a young bottling (<10 years). At best one of those colorful blends with PM and Uitvlugt from El Dorado itself.

Review by Christian Rudt

Christian Rudt

Dec 2023534 reviewsGermany

8.4/10

RumX-Kalender 2023/ Nr 21 … sehr viel Menthol in der Nase…am Gaumen Kräuter und viel Bitterkeit. Passt irgendwie zum Wetter gerade. Könnte ein kontinental gereifter Port Mourant sein… Hatte dann später einen Poisson vermut, so kann man sich gänzlich ins Abseits raten. Nach der Auflösung ist das enmore Profil gut erkennbar... mir in der Nase etwas zu medizinisch bietet der Rum am Gaumen eine hohe Komplexität, die ihre Zeit im Glas braucht, im Finish mit Mischung aus Frucht, Bleistift ein paar Kräutern Kein einfaches Teil aber schon ein sehr gutes. Mit viel Zeit allerdings mit auch etwas zu bitter

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Sep 20215,618 reviewsDenmark

9.1/10

This is a great rum. As soon as you pop the bottle the fruits are there and once rested the smoky wood just comes at you. Very fruity with menthol and leather on top. A very complex and well balanced rum. Luckily I have two of these bottles available :-)

Review by Mentalo

Mentalo

Mar 2024461 reviewsGermany

7.9/10

Ist einfach nicht mein bevorzugtes Profil. Davon abgesehen ist das kein schlechter Rum, aber diese holzig bitteren Noten sind doch sehr eigen bei manchen Abfüllungen aus Guyana. Vor allem wenn der Rum dazu noch recht trocken ist. Ansonsten Kräuternoten und leicht mineralisch.