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Cadenhead‘s DDL Pot Still Guyana PDW 1972
First surprise: several blind tasters guessed agricole, not a Port Mourant — the nose is that different. Give it time in the glass and you get caramel, vanilla and cocoa, with a soft licorice and oak spice underneath. Round, elegant, and on the sweeter side for an old Demerara. Lots of depth, though a couple of tasters note it isn't the most complex PM out there.
- Balanced and rounded
- Caramel-vanilla-cocoa
- Long cask-strength depth
+10
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How does Cadenhead‘s DDL Pot Still Guyana PDW 1972 taste?
Aggregated from 18 community reviews.
Rounded, sweet old Demerara with cocoa-vanilla depth A very well-balanced, sweet-leaning old Demerara that most people love. A few feel the sweetness runs high and that it's not the deepest Port Mourant despite the age.
Demerara and Port Mourant fans who like sweet, rounded old rum
Anyone wanting bone-dry, maximum-complexity PM
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0% rate it between 6 and 8. Selected write-ups from 18 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a masterpiece which comes with a pretty heavy price tag. It's well worth it though, so if you find one I suggest you give it a go. Your first challenge would be to find one though. Bottled in 2002 you will probably have to get it on an auction. A wonderful Cadenhead and in my mind one of the best ones from them.
Review by Oliver
Extremely balanced and yet intense. First-class Cadenheads!
Review by Piddusan
similar to his brother 28, very nice demerara light
Review by Jakob
Slightly more complex than its 28-year-old sister bottling, very balanced, sweet vanilla and caramel notes from the oak, subtle spices and fruit...great cinema.
Review by Johannes
Schön rund, Marzipan, Vanille, Ester, Zimt, ganz speziell. Untypischer Guyana.
Review by Christoph H.
Ein Port Mourant, der einen völlig anderen Charakter als andere Abfüllungen aus den 60ger und 70ger hat, was nochmal den gewaltigen Unterschied zwischen den gefärbten und ungefärbten Varianten, und den offensichtlichen Einfluss vom hauseigenen Zuckerkulör, unterstreicht. Ein sehr eleganter und runder Rum, welcher zu Anfang einige Zeit im Glas braucht. Dann wird man allerdings mit betörenden Karamell, Kakao und Vanille Noten belohnt. Auch im Mund kommt das ziemlich deutlich und intensiv, mit einer eleganten Süße, zum tragen. Allerdings war's das dann auch schon so ziemlich, denn der komplexeste ist er definitiv nicht. Und bei allem Lob muss ich trotz allem sagen, dass ich den Hype unter Kennern bei allen PDW Abfüllungen nicht ganz verstehen kann. Für mich ist er gut und lecker, mehr aber auch nicht. Für heutige Kurse, würde mir eine Öffnung so einer Pulle, nicht einmal im Traum einfallen
Review by zabo
Auch hier, ein wirklich toller und sehr leckerer Rum, aber bei der Range die uns Jakob zur Blindverkostung zur Verfügung gestellt hat, kann eine Grante, leider nicht mit den anderen Granaten nicht ganz mithalten.
Review by Serge
Erster Test des neuen Blindverkostungsfeatures. Hier hat mich Jakob aufs Glatteis geführt. Ich hätte eher auf Agricole getippt und nie einen PM vermutet. Vor allem an der Nase. Am Gaumen kam mir die Süße etwas stark vor aber ich habe nicht gezweifelt – und lag völlig falsch. danke Jakob
Review by Jarek
Franconian Rum Tasting Gang & Jakob, 2023-07-27 Teil 2: Da lag ich wohl ziemlich falsch, von der Nase her habe ich auch auf einen sehr guten Agricole getippt. Sehr leckerer Tropfen, wenn auch am Gaumen fast schon zu süß für meinen Geschmack.
Details about Cadenhead‘s DDL Pot Still Guyana PDW 1972
A rum from Guyana, bottled by Cadenhead‘s, at 60,9%.
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1 bottles logged by 1 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
100% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
1 purchased · 18 tasted · 10 wishlist · as of
About the Demerara Distillers Ltd distillery
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