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West Indies Rum Artesanal Barbados Rum Rockley Style BBR 1986
You'd never guess this is Barbados — it drinks more like a fine old whisky than any Bajan rum you know. Intense honey and beeswax lead, wrapped in soft smoke, mango and papaya, with a medicinal, waxy edge and pine resin underneath. At nearly 35 years the alcohol vanishes completely; body's oily and creamy. Tasters keep calling it a honey monster, and mean it as high praise.
The community says- Intense honey
- Alcohol vanishes
- Deeply complex nose
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How does West Indies Rum Artesanal Barbados Rum Rockley Style BBR 1986 taste?
Aggregated from 95 community reviews.
Honeyed, smoky old Rockley, whisky-like and complex Close to a desert-island bottle for most who try it — deep honey, smoke and tropical fruit with flawless integration. If you want loud ester funk, this stays elegant instead.
collectors chasing rare, whisky-like Rockley rum
anyone wanting loud Jamaican-style ester funk
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.3 sits in the “Excellent” band. 96% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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94% rate it 8 or higher. 15 selected write-ups from 95 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Jakob Mmmmhhh
Super hart zu bewerten wegen dem Preis: Super einzigartig „fein“ für einen Rum, fast wie ein sehr alter Speyside, tolle Honig und Waldaromen die ich so noch nie in Rum wahrgenommen habe. Super entspannt und trotzdem außergewöhnlich spannend. Hätte ich ihn damals zu dem Ausgabepreis bekommen wäre ich sagen wegen der Neuheit und der Feinheit 90+. Aber: das Profil ist nicht mein Liebling. Es ist eben nicht ausdrucksstark wie andere. Die Story um die Rockley Still ist auch viel BS. Und der Preis von 2k heute für 0,5l … naja :) Also versuchen wir mal ne faire Bewertung. Ich sehe ihn bei starken 88-89; für die entspannte Laune toll. Aber ich würde da auch gerne zu nem Glen Garioch im ex Bourbon greifen, fast sogar lieber weil noch zusätzlich Nuss da ist.
Review by Christoph H.
One of the world's best rums fällig? For me, this applies to this one in many respects, even objectively considered. Because what the perfectly selected barrel in fasst 35 perfect years here with the rum has organized, is just madness and definitely liquid gold.After about three quarters of an hour, you get here in the form of intense honey, beeswax, pine needles, resin, mango, vanilla and smoke Rockley essence presented...and in its most intense form. Not an ounce of alcohol here tangents this outstanding aroma package. The palate is incredibly oily, sweet, velvety, warm and not a trace of alcohol. The only thing that keeps me here from 100 points, are the perhaps 4% too little ABV and that the world's best PMs according to my gusto are again somewhat more complete
Review by tojo
So, jetzt ist er dran, der hochgelobte RA Rockley. Zurecht? Ja! Schon mit der ersten Geruchsprobr kommt einem die volle Bandbreite an süßen Früchten entgegen: Litschi, Orange, Mango, allerlei gelbe Früchte. Zudem tolle Noten von Honig und Bienenwach. Angenehme Holznoten. Im Geschmack ein ähnlich guter Eindruck. Tropische Früchte, Mirabellen, Kaffee, Gewürze. Auch hier eine angenehme Süße mit Honig und Bienenwabe. Kleiner Wermutstropfen: Der Abgang ist eher kurz. Hier geht auch ein Danke an Oliver für das 30DoR-Sample!👍
Review by Émile Shevek
The nose is magnificent, sweet, smoky, delicate with some pineapple, rubber, wood and some ester notes. The palate is warm, intense and enveloping, with smoky notes, ripe tropical fruit, esters, some wood and a faint background note of honey. On the finish some savory notes and in the empty glass roasted, esters and ripe fruit. Absolutely round and complex, abv more than perfectly integrated. What a gem, thanks to Johannes for the opportunity! The rating ranges from 91-92
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
by far the most complex of the 8 1986 Rockleys I know. incredibly creamy, drinkable & harmonious. For me, on a par with the silver Seal, even if it is stylistically somewhat different. but this combination of mango, papaya, allspice, olives, vanilla and fresh acacia honey with creme brulee, sandalwood and tonka/vanilla is simply gigantic! Hammer! absolutely brilliant stuff, chapeau to RA, you delivered great cinema here back then!🙏🇧🇧💥💣
Review by Tschusikowsky
Als erstes leicht rauchig, dezent süss, etwas erdiges auch. Weisser Pfeffer, Ingwer, cremig, medizinal, gelbe Früchte und natürlich Honig und Rauch. Alkohol nicht schmeckbar. Sehr langer Abgang, wenn auch nicht mega kraftvoll, sehr elegant. Braucht Zeit im Glas. Insgesamt bleibt er für mich etwas hinter den Erwartungen…im Vergleich auch zu anderen heute probierte Hochkarätern.
Review by Lukas Jäger
Online tasting from Rum Depot: Brutally good stuff that is difficult to describe. In particular, the nose is so horny and complex that I digressed again and again while sniffing and did not get what Dominik Marwede actually tells. Even the finish develops first and becomes more intense. A rum with a great name, which he rightly carries!
Review by Jakob
Head-to-head with the Silver Seal and for me a nose ahead - although this can turn out the other way around at the next comparison. Here, too, smoke, honey, fresh fruitiness, plus green notes - the all-round pampering program for aficionados, which makes every tasting a star hour of rum. Always a pleasure!
Review by Sebastian Kornett
Not at all recognizable as Barbados on the nose. You can taste that it has been matured continentally. The nose is very complex. I don't know many others that have so much to offer. Very floral, soft and elegant in the mouth. Finishes slightly sweet with some saltwater olive and young wood. Would love to try one that has been tropically matured.
Review by mto75
der RA 86er im Vergleich mit dem Nobilis 86er. Beide mit dieser einzigartigen kräutrigen, medizinischen, blumigen Rauch-Honig-Note an der Nase. Beim Nobilis habe ich noch Orangenschale. Der RA wirkt etwas kantiger bzw. ausdrucksstärker, und das obwohl der Nobilis etwas höher beim ABV ist. Am Gaumen beide getoastes Fass, Grapefruit.
Review by Master P
Intensivem Honig, Bienenwachs, Tannennadeln, Harz, Mango, Vanille und Rauch Rockley Essenz präsentiert...und das in seiner intensivsten Form. Kein Fünkchen Alkohol tangiert hier dieses überragende Aromenpaket. Im Gaumen unfassbar Ölig, süß, samtig, warm und nicht die Spur von Alkohol.
Review by SaibotZtar
What a grenade ... words fail me ! A rum for the whole evening ... enjoyment and amazement in the glass! Incredibly complex mango, papaya and honey with a hint of smoke. One of the best bottlings from the master Dominik Marwede... too bad that this chapter is over.
Review by DaveLamb
sth very worth feel/perceiving. very surprise and startle, it could be called a miracle, I am too lack in experience to appreciate and insight it. it brings more and more… than the Silver Seal. Now I'm looking forward to the Plantation extreme No.5.
Review by Johannes
Benchmark Rockley! ❤️A liquid dream!Compared to the SS, Nobilis and Plantation, it has both the best nose and the best palate. Very nice roundness, alcohol top integrated, some smoke, but overall a honey monster!
Review by Pavel Spacek
Sweet vanilla, floral woody on tongue that I have tasted never before EDIT: soo technical and fruity on nose. Glue, peaches, flowers, vanilla, wood on tounge. And sooo fresh! This one is the best WIRD 86 among all I have tasted.
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Auction results 921 € – 947 €
from 2 sales, latest 02/2025
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Avg. community purchase price 919 €
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Details about West Indies Rum Artesanal Barbados Rum Rockley Style BBR 1986
A Pot Still Rum from Barbados, bottled by Heinz Eggert GmbH, at 53,7%.
Community purchases
138 bottles logged by 39 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
5% opened, 4 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for West Indies Rum Artesanal Barbados Rum Rockley Style BBR 1986?
Community paid 321–1,040 €.
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138 purchased · 96 tasted · 130 wishlist · as of
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