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Velier Privateer Warren Khong Villa Paradisetto 1988/2020 2017
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Sipped neat, this drinks like a rum built for bourbon lovers: vanilla, caramel and toffee up front, a bourbon-glue note on the nose, and wood, baking spice and a bit of apple underneath. Several tasters call it "so round, fruity, sweet" with the 54.2% tucked in nicely. Not the most complex pour, but everything hangs together and the young age barely shows.
The community says- Integrated alcohol
- Vanilla and toffee
- But: Not very complex
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How does Velier Privateer Warren Khong Villa Paradisetto 1988/2020 2017 taste?
Summarized by AI from community reviews.
Bourbon-leaning, sweet vanilla-toffee sipper Most people enjoy it as an easy cask-strength sipper with well-integrated alcohol. The honest catch: it reads more like a bourbon than a rum, and it isn't especially complex.
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Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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What does the community say?
54 community reviews
15 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
A very nice release and they did really well when it comes to integration of the ABV. I'd say it comes of as a mild rum with nice fruity flavours complemented by spice, wood and lovely toffee.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful mixed review
Intense apple note, tasty but more reminiscent of bourbon
Review by Serge
Sample taken from the Kursch stand at the Pueblo del Ron in Nuremberg. Nice bourbon sticky nose with caramel. No further surprises on the palate, but everything is very solid. If you like bourbon, you'll like this too.
Review by w00tAN
In the nose first of all inconspicuous. Clearly fruity spicy it goes off. In the mouth then strong spicy with nicely integrated alcohol. I also imagine an apple impact. Crass surprise honestly.
Review by Galli33
Very delicious rum. It‘s a sweet one with some impact of the barrel and roasted nuts. The alcohol is integrated very well.
Review by Pavel Spacek
Wow! So round, fruity, sweet, caramel...
Review by Oliver
Relaxed, vanilla. Easy sipping.
Review by Roman Lelek
What a pleasant kind of rum - for someone who likes bourbons. And I do. The nose - something between vanilla sweet caramel toffee and wood with spice. Mix together and let sweet dominate. The color - dark gold, not brown The taste - everything promised in nose - caramel, toffee, vanilla, fruit and wood and spices. It’s not over complicated, but alcohol is really well integrated and it makes quite a good sipper from that.
Review by Michal Slávik
It's not my kind of rum, but I love the intense baking spice profile about it.
Review by Dr.Django
Total bubble gum!
Review by Michal S
A very pleasant rum with well-integrated alcohol. Vanilla, caramel, confectionery, a little wood and burnt sugar in the aroma and taste. Not the most interesting rum in the world, but everything works very well together.
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Vintage 1988. With 8.0 out of 10, it’s a very good bottle, though not the top of my ranking.
Review by Filip Šikula
Tasting calendar Pavel Špaček vol. 4
Review by Sebastiaan Linssen
Tasted at German Rum Festival Very good rum. Could have used a few years of extra aging. But despite the short aging it tasted very good.
Review by Tomas Hajlich
Typically privateer, grassy FQ you could say and I really like it
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Community shelf
89 bottles logged by 66 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
7% opened, 4 emptied.
What does Velier Privateer Warren Khong Villa Paradisetto 1988/2020 2017 cost?
Community paid 90–155 €.
Current best price: 121.93 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 106 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
89 purchased · 54 tasted · 13 wishlist · as of
Details about Velier Privateer Warren Khong Villa Paradisetto 1988/2020 2017
A Pot Still Rum from USA, bottled by Velier, at 54,2%.
About the Privateer Rum Distillery distillery
The Privateer Rum Distillery distillery is located in USA. Rums from Privateer Rum Distillery have been reviewed 510 times with an average of 7.9/10.
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