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Cadenhead's DDL Pot Still Guyana PDW 1972
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The surprise here is how little it reads like a heavy Demerara. Several tasters at a blind session guessed agricole from the nose, not a Port Mourant. What you get instead is elegant caramel, vanilla and cocoa from 29 years in oak, with a rounded, gently sweet body and light spice. One member called it "very nice demerara light." Not the most complex PDW, but harmonious and easy to love.
The community says- Elegant and rounded
- Caramel and vanilla
- Balanced at cask strength
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How does Cadenhead's DDL Pot Still Guyana PDW 1972 taste?
Summarized by AI from 18 community reviews.
Elegant, sweet-leaning old Demerara sipper Most find it elegant, round and genuinely sweet-feeling, with lovely caramel and vanilla. A couple say it's a touch too sweet and not the deepest of the PDW bottlings.
People who love old, oak-driven Demerara with a soft sweet edge
Anyone chasing maximum complexity or a bone-dry pour
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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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 Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
14.12.2025 Retasting and I still like it a lot. -------- 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 Mirco
Very old Demerara with a lot of depth and calm presence. On the nose vanilla, caramel and ripe fruits, carried by a fine wood spice. On the palate dense and round with sweet oak, spices and dark fruit. Everything feels very harmonious and complex, without being overloaded. Really strong, classic profile.
Review by zabo
Here too, a really great and very tasty rum, but with the range that Jakob provided us for the blind tasting, a grenade unfortunately can't quite keep up with the other grenades.
Review by Serge
First test of the new blind tasting feature. Jakob has led me up the garden path here. I would have guessed Agricole and never suspected a PM. Especially on the nose. On the palate, the sweetness seemed a little strong to me, but I didn't doubt it - and I was completely wrong. thanks Jakob
Review by Oliver
Extremely balanced and yet intense. First-class Cadenheads!
Review by Christoph H.
A Port Mourant that has a completely different character to other bottlings from the 60s and 70s, which again underlines the huge difference between the colored and uncolored variants, and the obvious influence of the in-house caramel. A very elegant and round rum, which needs some time in the glass at the beginning. However, you are then rewarded with beguiling caramel, cocoa and vanilla notes. This is also quite clear and intense in the mouth, with an elegant sweetness. However, that's pretty much it, because it's definitely not the most complex. And despite all the praise, I have to say that I can't quite understand the hype among connoisseurs for all PDW bottlings. For me, it's good and tasty, but nothing more. At today's prices, I wouldn't even dream of opening such a bottle
Review by Johannes
Beautifully round, marzipan, vanilla, ester, cinnamon, very special. Atypical Guyana.
Review by Jarek
Franconian Rum Tasting Gang & Jakob, 2023-07-27 Part 2: I was probably quite wrong, from the nose I also guessed a very good Agricole. Very tasty drop, although on the palate almost too sweet for my taste.
Review by Piddusan
similar to his brother 28, very nice demerara light
Review by Pavel Spacek
Semi sweet integrated. Taste like blend of PM and Skeldon, minimum molases
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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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