Habitation Velier Hampden C<>H 2010

WoW what an amazing rum 😍 The best of Hampden i ever had in the glass, so far. Nose: Wonderfull synergy of funk, ester, trop. fruits and glue. Mouth: The alcohol is perfectly integrated🫠Very delicious, balanced, complex rum, some nice lovely notes of overripe fruits and pineapple. Finish: Is quite long and fruity with some notes of the barrel with a lightly astringency. 🤤🤤

Tropical Hampden Power!

Absolutely brute high-ester Hampden and one of the best tropically aged Hampden to date: fruit esters, wood, spices, rich caramel sweetness. If you like high-proof fruit bombs in a glass, you have to try this rum.

Holy Sh**t! I’m in love 😍 3rd time tasting this one and it still outbeats all other rums I ever tasted. And now at my 4th tasting my fantastic friends ❤️ just gave me a whole bottle of this diamond. 🥰🥰 5th tasting… Goosebumps just goosebumps ✨✨ Xth tasting… just love… just love ❤️❤️ - Another two years sine last tasting. This is spectacular on all levels and HOLY FUCK!!! This is still extraordinary!!!

This Hampden C<>H is a force of nature, a raw, yet incredibly complex aromatic concentrate. The nose is powerful and lively, intensely fruity and phenolic, with some very pleasant pastry touches that round out the edges. On the palate, we find a thick, fat and oily rum, very concentrated on notes of tropical fruits, citrus fruits, some fermented notes but also a floral and spicy touch, then some leather. The 68.5% are relatively discreet. The whole is impressively round. The finish continues the pleasure of Jamaican funk with also a touch of olive, tannins but also chocolate and a salty touch. A Jamaican rum in its pure state, extremely tasty and balanced. Great art.

What a board. The level is simply unbelievably high. Certainly one of the highlights of what I have opened this year in bottles. For most, this is only a speculative object anyway, but the opening is so worth it. Absolutely brute good stuff.

Ya man...massive respect🇯🇲🎉 a great rum, a lot of fun to drink

Overripe banana with some sweet pineapple in a cloud of the HD typical fermented fruit. In the mouth a brilliant and pure sweet tropical fruits that open every pore on the tongue. The finish adds something smoky, even slightly nutty, while the pineapple remains present.

Incredible.... Fermentation and more fermentation! A simply magnificent rum

Un nez d’esters, de fruits trop mûrs, de fruits tropicaux, mais aussi de colle à bois, de fermentation avec une belle douceur pâtissière su second-plan. Une bouche puissante mais équilibrée entre les esters, la colle à bois, les fruits trop mûrs et le côté pâtissier et les fruits jaunes. La finale est longue, équilibrée mais puissante, complexe et savoureuse. Ce rhum domine, à mon goût, la petite dégustation de Hampdens High Esters.

Ist wohl für mich der Referenz Hampden, wenn es um tropische Reifung geht. Hier ist die Fruchtigkeit deutlich vorne und das Holz kommt erst dezent und erst im Abgang stärker. Den hohen Alkohol finde ich sehr gut eingebunden. Top Rum.

The nose simply blows you away despite the 2 hours in the glass! Full in the face, ester whip at its finest! Wow is this spicy, fruity, fermented, banana, pineapple, pastry reminds me a little of the tropical HV Long Pond Teca 2005, not so brutal but the spiciness is very nice! On the palate, no wonder, a lot of ester, but the fruit and spiciness are not neglected! You can clearly taste the tropical maturation, rough and with rough edges that are simply great. Classic Hampden notes emerge beautifully in the mouth after a while! Very long finish - outstanding! Excellent distillate! Never had a better tropical C<>H in my glass!

9,2:On the nose, esters, solvents, varnish and glue, overripe, fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, citrus fruits, roasted wood notes like chocolate, roasted nuts, pastry, spicy vanilla, bump into our nosetrils, with almost perfect balance, yet complexity. On aeration, sweet, buttery, caramelized notes, with mango, round up rum to our highest expectations. 9,1:On the palate, the attack is funky with medicinal notes like esters, glue, sweet, creamy with cream toffee, overripe, fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, citrus fruits, later red fruits and dried apricots, raisins, some of the fruits are candied.On oxidation, the molasses brings briny olive, balances the sweetness from the beginning, some spices and leather join... 9,2:The finish is long, dry, round, balanced, sweet, creamy with the palate notes lingering on, slightly smoky...

Great rum. Perfect combo of tropical maturation, fruit, spice and esters. A real grenade with great warmth over the fireworks of pineapple, banana, mango, heavy sweetness, wood, glue and glue. Not comparable with the ridiculously short-aged HV bottlings that are now being released.

Very nice and potent Hampden nose. Funky with lots of tropical fruits including characteristic grilled pineapple. While ester heavy still complex and very well balanced. This is top notch. Even better on the palate. Funky with an intense basket of tropical fruits. Full-bodied with nicely integrated alcohol and only the slightest hint of astringency despite its high ABV and ester content. Tropically aged high proof, high ester Hampden and at that - alongside the HV 2010 HGML - the best I had so far.