Aroma visualization from community tastings
Cadenhead's SLJD 1999
Sour cherry and dried herbs lead, then it turns heavy — roasted wood, leather, a bitter edge and an oily body that coats the glass. At 70.8% this is a brute, but tasters keep calling the alcohol well integrated for the proof. Several regulars rate it the best St. Lucia they've had, proof that a rum doesn't need decades to hit hard.
The community says- Dense and complex
- Integrated alcohol
- Long oily body
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How does Cadenhead's SLJD 1999 taste?
Aggregated from 13 community reviews.
Heavy, herbal cask-strength St. Lucia Consensus is high and unusually warm: dense, powerful, and complex, with the cask-strength heat woven in rather than fighting you. One taster found it strange and bitter — most just wish they'd bought more.
cask-strength fans wanting heavy, herbal pot still
anyone put off by high-proof heat
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How is Cadenhead's SLJD 1999 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.1 sits in the “Excellent” band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
0% rate it between 6 and 8. 4 selected write-ups from 13 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Christoph H.
Heavy, complex, powerful, brute, concentrated. For me, the best St Lucia and a nice impression that good rum does not necessarily have to be old
Review by Oliver
St. Lucia Champions League
Review by Thomas Wille
Finally tried 🥰🙏 outstandingly good
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
10.02.2012 Nice little private tasting with a few friends in the back of this old bar. Notes Medium dark to dark in colour. Nose Fresh, wood, light roasted, fruits, herbs, cherry, vegetal. Palate Oily, round, wood, medium roasted, light caramel, herbs, cherry. Finish Medium long, wood, roasted, fruits, spice, light caramel.
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2 critics scored it, averaging 9.1/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
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Details about Cadenhead's SLJD 1999
A rum from Saint Lucia, bottled by Cadenhead's, at 70,8%.
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