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T.D.L S.B.S Trinidad 2008
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Not your usual TDL — the Madeira cask reshapes this one, for better or worse. The nose comes across closed and a touch artificial (one taster got "toffifee"), all tar, camphor and nut before it opens. Give it air and the palate turns friendlier: caramel, citrus, cinnamon and warming cocoa that builds in the glass. At 57% the alcohol runs a bit hot and not fully tucked in, and the Madeira influence sits heavy for some.
The community says- Warm cocoa palate
- Unusual Madeira cask
- But: Hot alcohol
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How does T.D.L S.B.S Trinidad 2008 taste?
Summarized by AI from 27 community reviews.
Chocolatey Madeira-cask TDL, needs air to open Most rate it well as an unusual, chocolatey TDL — but the Madeira reads dominant and the alcohol isn't fully integrated, so it needs time and air to shine.
fans of cask-finished, cocoa-heavy sipping rums
anyone wanting a classic, easy TDL
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
This weekend was very busy because I've been building a new shelf system for my 250+ bottles so my Saturday and Sunday tastings haven't been added :-) This is not the regular Trinidad style rum and I can only recommend that you try it out because this is a well hidden gem for most.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful mixed review
On the nose riechts hard Artificially after Toffifee, taste in itself solid quaffable nutty chocolaty tdl but somehow a strange metallic and rotten-woody beinote that bothers me. Madeira wine influence is also too dominant for me...
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Much wood in the nose. Alcoholic. Coconut. Very closed too. The alcohol surpresses other smells. It keeps that way. Its nutty. Reminds me of Oloroso sherry maturation. Musty dry and rubbery. Could be interesting but the alcohol is not well integrated. I do like the nuttiness though. Weird weird TDL.
Review by Christoph
The taste is clearly more pleasant than the nose. If the somewhat pungent smell would not be one could better perceive notes of dark chocolate. In the taste then clearly more fruity than in the nose and in addition warm notes of cocoa that condense with time. After a while in the glass clearly chocolate. At the beginning something meaty and cinnamon, which unfortunately does not really fit together. Must breathe in any case.
Review by Morgan Garet
The nose is rather closed on tar and camphor, then after opening, the gourmandise tdl is very present. The palate opens with caramel, citrus, and cinnamon. Then the Madeira cask is discreet but still present, accompanied by beautiful hazelnut notes. Long finish on Madeira wine (spices/grapes).
Review by Jesper Petersen
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Review by Daniel
Conclusion: Pleasant on nose and palate, with typical aromas of a Trinidad rum, loses points because it is not so complex and could taste even more intense.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →I don't think the Madeira has totally masked the rum but it does have quite a big influence on what was likely quite a gentle spirit to begin with. From the nose I though the sulphur like notes might have taken over but they hung back on the sip. A...
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6 bottles logged by 5 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
50% opened, 3 emptied.
6 purchased · 30 tasted · 1 wishlist · as of
Details about T.D.L S.B.S Trinidad 2008
A Column Still Rum from Trinidad, bottled by 1423 World Class Spirits, at 57%.
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