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The Duchess Enmore Guyana 1990
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A textbook Versailles-still Enmore that most drinkers rate highly — the pencil-shaving, herbal, wet-wood signature is all there. Old leather, dried apricot and menthol on the nose, then a spicy, bitter-chocolate palate with real cask char. It's dark, dry, and earthy, and at 54.9% the alcohol is mostly well integrated. Give it time in the glass; several tasters note it opens up and needs patience.
The community says- Classic Enmore pencil
- Old leather & spice
- But: Dry finish
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How does The Duchess Enmore Guyana 1990 taste?
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Dry, woody Versailles Enmore for sippers A strong, typical Guyana that most owners enjoy neat. The recurring note: it leans dry and bitter on the finish, so patience in the glass pays off.
fans of dark, dry, earthy Guyana rum
anyone chasing sweet or tropical fruit
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Johannes
Most helpful positive review
Typical and also very good Versailles, nicely balanced. Good blend of wood, herbs, fruit and pencil.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Most helpful mixed review
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
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
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
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
RumX Calendar 2023/ No. 21 ... a lot of menthol on the nose... on the palate herbs and a lot of bitterness. Somehow fits the weather right now. Could be a continentally aged Port Mourant... Later had a Poisson vermut, that's how you can completely talk yourself out of it. After the reveal, the Enmore profile is clearly recognizable... A bit too medicinal on the nose for me, the rum offers high complexity on the palate that needs its time in the glass, finish with a mix of fruit, pencil, some herbs Not an easy one but definitely a very good one. With a lot of time though also a bit too bitter
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
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
It's just not my preferred profile. Apart from that, it's not a bad rum, but these woody bitter notes are quite peculiar in some Guyana bottlings. Especially when the rum is quite dry. Otherwise, herbal notes and slightly mineral.
Review by Rare Akuma
#24DaysOfRum2023 - Day 21 Joyful on the nose, combining wood spice and old leather jacket with dried apricots, popcorn and dry curacao. If anything, it’s sweeter than what I’m used to. Sitting still, this Enmore is musty and mineral with long-steeped green tea and clay. Agitated the aroma is much different than when idle. Immediately after swirling; a plethora of flowers and following in its steps: bicycle tube and citrus oils. Vastly different, but a welcome surprise and an absolute treat. Very elegant entry with marzipan, dried apricots and orange peel in the mouth before dropping an overwhelming flavor bomb of spice, cask char, leather and bitter chocolate. Moderate length. Initially especially floral and specifically pleasant, then quickly woody and overly dry. My only point of critique being: much too dry, as I found myself snacking for water. I found many of the other reviews much too harsh. Take your time with this one.
Review by FabiDram
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Review by Righrum
RumX Advent calendar day 21 A typical Demerara profile, sweetness, aniseed and wet cardboard, but nonetheless it's not interesting, just missing any interesting note that can make the sipping experience exciting. Not unpleasant, just meh. But when it comes to Demerara, you always expect something more
Review by Pavel Spacek
Good Enmore profile, integrated. I prefer stronger taste... ... Enmore - a drive distillery, now only a functional distillation device. Probably the only wooden distillation device in the world that enjoys great popularity. Enmore rums have flavors of ash, leather, heavy wood, which especially excite lovers of smoky whiskies. And if the producer adds a bit of molasses to the rum in the traditional Guyanese way, you have a unique, very strong and heavy rum in the bottle. One of my favorites.
Review by Alex1981
Nice Enmore, but a bit thin and bitter on the finish.
Review by Vincent D
Very earthy notes on this Enmore whose alcohol is perfectly integrated. You have to like this very dark profile with wood, leather, earth. Once in a while I find it very pleasant.
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
RX calendar day 21 Strong barrel influence though bitterness, at the same time not intense in flavour or finish, kind of light. Burnt matches taste, medicinal.
Review by Lot-NAS
Calendar #21 / blind Oh, what is that? On the nose at first, I would have guessed Agricole, vegetal notes, licorice, a bit rusty, star anise and vanilla. With some time it becomes spicier and a bit mineral. On the palate then Jägermeister-infused rum or something like that. Prospan says hello, plus lots of wood, quite bitter overall and not really appealing. The finish is also rather unpleasantly bitter, woody, some vanilla and orange peel. What could it be? I'd say something with Prospan.
Review by Martin Ekrt
Pleasant eucalyptus minty tones. Fruit and technical elements. Nice perfume. Similar on the palate. Although it has many years of aging, the color and overall smoothness suggest aging on the continent. The rum is fine, but as often, I regret the wasted potential. The tropics would have made a hit out of it.
Review by Martin Švojgr
For me a successful Enmore, a bit sharper, I expected a softer profile compared to other releases from that time.
Review by Buddudharma
RumX Advent calendar 21.12.23: I'm usually more into continental aged PM, can hardly detect agricole notes here. The rum doesn't really grab me, the typical PM notes are not complemented by fruit or sweetness but by medicinal and bitter notes, rather suboptimal. I guess 18 years continental, 55-60%.
Review by Michal S
OK Enmore, the aroma with dried fruit tones pleases me more than the earthy smoky taste.
Review by Filip Šikula
Pěkný zástupce guyany. Ovocný nos se po rozdýchání ve skleničce obohatí o dřevité tóny. A samozřejmě nechybí ořezávátko po tužkách. V chuti je to dobrá enmorka, kde je hromada koření, dřeva, kůže a černého čaje.
Review by Manuel
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Review by Zorman 🇩🇰
God, men har smagt bedre Enmore fra 88. Efterlader en brændende fornemmelse på tungen
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Vintage 1990. With an 8.5 out of 10, it's among the better ones I've had in my glass.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›It's a nice solid sign off from The Duchess. Price wise its not ridiculous bearing in mind we have a 28 year old rum. I'd imagine most people looking to drop this type of money on a rum like this will be pretty clued up on how it may taste....
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25 bottles logged by 23 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
32% opened, 5 emptied.
What did the community pay for The Duchess Enmore Guyana 1990?
Community paid 200–252 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 207 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about The Duchess Enmore Guyana 1990
A Pot Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by The Duchess, at 54,9%.
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