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Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji 2001
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Sip it neat at cask strength and let it breathe — this is where the 2001 Fiji vintage shows off. Honey and tropical fruit up front (papaya, banana), then the dirty side kicks in: glue, rubber, tar, a medicinal iodine note, smoke and pepper. Long, creamy, drying finish. Several tasters call it their Fiji reference, though a couple find it too bitter and medicinal.
The community says- Honey meets funk
- Complex nose
- But: Medicinal for some
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How does Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji 2001 taste?
Summarized by AI from 59 community reviews.
Dirty, honeyed Fiji funk for ester chasers Widely loved as a top-tier 2001 Fiji — honey, fruit and dirty ester funk in fine balance. A few wish the finish ran longer.
Aroma profileFiji and dirty-ester fans who sip neat
anyone put off by medicinal, rubbery notes
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0
Review by Oliver
Most helpful positive review
Typical Fiji profile. Nice mix of dirtiness and sweetness
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful mixed review
Die Nase ist echt schön Fruchtig und intensiv und sehr harmonisch. geschmacklich dann zwar typisch rauchig, medizinisch nach Fiji allerdings mit kaum Frucht und mir persönlich etwas zu bitter, verbrannt, seifig & medizinisch nach Jod (Betaisodona) auch mit einer seltsamen, mich störenden vergorenen Säure, fast schon Kompost & essigartig. ganz zum Schluss kommt etwas Banane & Ananas, aber auch etwas Tabak. ganz solide und lecker aber insgesamt für mich nicht stimmig. da kann der cave Guildive 2001 deutlich mehr!
Review by Serge
Awesome shit, my first Fiji that I like (but I've only had 4 so far). A really cool nose with summer honey, wax, tar, butter, medicinal notes and fruits. Thanks to Buddudharma for the sample 🙌🏽🙏 Update: Fiji 2001 Community Tasting - big thanks to Jakob for organizing this blind tasting. A great vintage and a comparison not without surprise. For me, the two Artesanal rums, neither of which I drank to the end, were the worst. An unpleasant juniper off-note was particularly disturbing (very pronounced in the rx15398, slightly better but still disturbing in the rx7779). Then, for me, the Rum Cask rx479 brought up the rear (i.e. very good / with the right markers), but not as great as the others. Surprisingly, the Isla del Ron, which has had a small reference status in my heart since I tried it, landed in next place for me. But it was overtaken in the blind test by the delicious Whisky Jury (rx13025) and then by the sensational. cave Guildive (rx1717). For me, the Cave Guildive is the winner of the classic Fiji 2002 profile and is really top. I only rated the Flag LMDW Antipodes (rx13440) higher ... this one is much woodier but also ultra-tasty. It was also clearly recognizable blind and made the photo finish millimeters behind the Plantation rx11133, which probably also stood out because it was so un-Fiji2001 and has a great glue-caramel Guyana nose. Verdict: Typical Fiji winners are the Cave Guildive on the fruity-honey-feelgood side and the Flag on the woody. the Plantation is the wildcard winner. The two RA bottlings are the two that remain far below the level of the other two.
Review by zabo
Thanks to Jakob, I had the pleasure of tasting a wide range of the Fiji 2001 bottlings. Although I've had a few in my glass before, the result surprised me again, as my previous favorite ended up in last place. However, it has to be said that I didn't give most of them time to develop due to a time problem. So here is the result of the blind tasting, which differs from the scoring. Corrected downwards Wow, what a great rum from Fiji. I regret having forgotten this one at the Fiji tasting with DomM. From memory, this would definitely have been number 1. Thanks for the sample Mariano56. You really didn't promise too much.
Review by Mirco
RumX Fiji Crosstasting April 2024 Place 4/8 Unfortunately falls short of expectations and only reaches the solid midfield in blind tasting. Is much more complex than the final ranks and expected with more beautiful woody notes.
Review by Joachim Guger
What a great nose. Honey, smoke, fruit etc. Complex, perfectly balanced.In the mouth then the full load of plastic. Warm and strong, again a lot of honey.At the end you suck on a leather bag (real or yet imitation leather?).Geil. Really not my Beuteschema, but has surprised me positively.😄
Review by cigares
RumX Community Tasting Fiji 2001. Un nez vif avec du bois verni, de la corde végétale, de la cementit (colle) et des esters. Des esters très présents en bouche aussi avec des fruits tropicaux, de la pomme et un côté un peu piquant dénotant une intégration de l’alcool imparfaite. La bouche est un peu heurtée mais on ne s’ennuie pas ici. La finale est longue mais limitée au boisé et aux fruits tropicaux. Quelques notes salines tout à la fin. Un rhum sur l’énergie et la vivacité !
Review by Leo Krüper
Great thing.Light sweetness, Light saltiness, nice fruitiness. Not as long finish as the RA, but nice mouthfeel.Super PLV
Review by DomM
RumX Fidji 2001 Cross Tasting: Didn’t quite make it into the top 3 tasted blindly. Nevertheless a. very nice bottling. Well balanced yet powerful and exiting with high complexity and a nice evolution in the palate. 4th place. Cheers to Jakob!
Review by Lukas Jäger
What a bomb! The full load of fruit, plastic, and metal! While other, older releases from Fiji are a bit too tame for me, the IdE has kept the wild Fiji character. Still insanely round and balanced, this one is really fun!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This was a huge surprise and I can only recommend it. The price at release was really good compared to what you get. Fruity rum with some medicinal notes and nice roasted wood. There is a light tar note in there that I like. In the empty glass there is a nice smoky note after a while. Draws really nice curtains.
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
This is so great! The nose is typical Fiji plus an intense honey note that ties everything together. In the mouth incredibly creamy, complex and intense: sage tea with honey, candied Greek sesame sticks and olives in brine. Then in the finish more sage tea and a little more wood, which shows itself in light spice without becoming unpleasantly bitter.alcohol is very well integrated and the finish long and smooth!
Review by TheRhumhoe
A Fijian rum on steroids. The nose is powerful, focused on mineral and metallic notes (copper), but retains a beautiful aromatic expression with lovely medicinal notes (rubber, glue, esters, varnish) and fruity notes (apple, papaya, pineapple, banana) that offer relief to the nose. There is a hint of honey that gently caresses the nostrils, subtly. The attack is very beautiful, opulent and creamy. The tropical fruits come first, then smoky notes emerge, a honeyed and spicy side (vanilla, pepper, chili) that gives a lot of roundness. The medicinal notes remain stuck to the palate, with a hint of wood and tar. The profile is warm, powerful and slightly bitter, but the alcohol is very well integrated. The finish is very long, intense and with a wide aromatic palette. The empyreumatic side is very powerful (tobacco, tar, metal, phenolic notes) but the fruity and herbal notes bring a bit of freshness to this finish, both dry and very aromatic. A superb representative of the Fiji islands, the very essence of what the 2001 Vintage represents.
Review by Thunderbird
A great rum.... Complex on the nose, on the palate...almost perfect...if the finish would follow that, yes then , it would be absolute reference!
Review by Tschusikowsky
Compared to the younger vintages completely different. Very complex in flavor. Alcohol top integrated. Super rum.
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Great sweetness and absolutely smooth.
Review by mto75
The immediately flexes its muscles 💪 On the nose, citrus, honey, coriander, fermented and milk cream. On the palate leather, toasty notes, papaya, acacia honey that goes far into the finish. Here we are in the very top Fiji drawer!
Review by Skyfly
Blind, I probably wouldn't have guessed Fiji but rather a younger Clarendon. I really like the taste with a pleasant mix of honey, overripe tropical fruits, tea, and from the palate also wood and spices.
Review by Jarek
RumX Community Cross-Tasting “Fiji 2001” (by Jakob): Before the flag and before the tasting, Isla del Ron was my Fiji reference. I still find it very tasty, but in direct comparison I have to slightly lower the rating.
Review by Frank
Wow, what a nice round nose. Fruity yet somewhat artificially medicinal. It comes after some time an almost buttery yogurt note with banana, papaya and honey. Plus something old, resinous or even a bit earthy. Vanilla and a hint of fresh mint come in.Spicier on the palate and bitter at first with a caramel note. Then come fruity flavors of currant, sour cherry and peach. Again, the old earthy and resinous; old newsprint. Clove and vanilla. Finishes a bit soapy.Tasty and interesting. More rounded than the RA.Great old Fiji.
Review by F.L.O.
Crosstasting mit Jakob und einigen Forummitgliedern am 25.4.2024. Platz 5. Den hatte ich schon mal alleine verkostet. Exakt das gleiche Punkte- Ergebnis wie damals. Toller Fiji, nur der Alkohol war m.e. Nicht so perfekt eingebunden.
Review by Alex1981
Super Fiji, favorite so far this evening. Great mix of fruit and funk. Alcohol very well integrated. Fun to drink, only the finish could be longer. Otherwise a top release that clearly stands out from other Fijis.
Review by SaibotZtar
One of the best Fiji I know!!
Review by Johannes Eisner
Wonderful Fiji, so fine and elegant - almost Rockley-esque. For me, clearly better than the RA, although that one is very good too.
Review by Christoph
Smoky and spicy with a consistent smell and taste of jelly banana.
Review by Domi Mal
The nose - wow - just awesome! Dirty - fruity! Tropical fruit basket, papaya, honey, and then those dirty notes of rubber and a bicycle tube. Damn complex and intense! On the palate it continues like this, slightly salty or metallic, great fruit bouquet, sage, creamy, honey, plastic! Wow, wow, wow! The finish is long, intense, absolutely creamy, falls into a sweet note! Absolute Fiji benchmark - regardless of the 2001 vintage Cross Tasting RA Fiji 2001 - 04/21 - 62.8% - 89 points Isla del Ron 2001/2020 - 57.2% - 92 points Plantation Fiji 2001/2020 - 65.4% - 91 points
Review by Buddudharma
Ausnahmevertreter des tollen 2001er Jahrgangs. Komplexes Profil mit medizinischen Noten, Plastik, etwas Rauch und spürbar Honig, wunderbar ausbalanciert und unverwechselbar. Ein super Rum! Edit 13.1.24: Nach Direktvergleich mit dem Antipodes muss ich hier einen Punkt nach unten korrigieren, wenngleich dieser Rum durch seine wunderbare, über allem schwebende Honignote wirklich ein Erlebnis ist. Edit 08.03.25: Für mich Platz 2 aller verkosteten Fiji Rums aus 2001.
Review by Johannes
Was für ein runder Fiji Rum mit tollen Noten von Ester, Frucht und Honig! Meine neue fiji-Referenz!
Review by tojo
A very successful, rather atypical Fiji.
Review by Joël
The spicy note is just not my thing, I also miss the proof... The 8.9 rating baffles me 😅
Review by Felix Reiber
Great Fiji with a nice interplay of honey, esters, and roasted aromas. On the nose, I get notes of honey, tropical fruits, esters, then spicy medicinal notes, glue, tea, wood, and overripe fruits. On the palate, the entry is spicy roasted notes, honey, and esters present. Pineapple, vanilla, smoke, wood, and banana lead over to tobacco, tropical fruits, and nice cask notes. The short to medium finish offers spicy oak, honey, tobacco, pineapple, herbs, roasted tar, and black tea. The roasted notes linger longer in the mouth and extend the finish again. An exciting change from Hampden, Clarendon, and co. Thanks to @MrRumantic for this great sample 😀
Review by RumTaTa
Second tasting with a few drops of water: definitely does no harm, the alcohol is now not at all disturbing in the nose and there is a buttery note to it.The nose is very fruity and strongly resembles rums from Jamaica. In the taste and finish surprisingly notes appear that I would rather attribute to young rums - especially a strong alcoholic spiciness and a metallicity.
Review by Jakob
Nice representative from Fiji with the classic notes of the South Pacific distillery - but for me it doesn't come close to the great Cave Guildive from the same year.
Review by Wernie
Heute mal eine Fiji-Kreuzverkostung. Es treten an: - Cadenheads 2003er 13yr - Isla Del Ron 2001er 19yr - Cave Guildive 2001er 15yr - The Duchess 2004er 15yr Die 2001er, sind das jetzt die typischen Fijis oder sind sie eine Besonderheit? Auf alle Fälle,stechen sie durch ihre fruchtig lackige und esterlastige Art heraus. Am Gaumen ist mir der Isla zu röstig, viel Holz und medizinisch. In meinem Ranking auf Platz 3.
Review by m8375e
super acidic and industrial Fiji, with an amazing fruity nose. such a robust distillate!
Review by Alexander Rasch
Review after the second tasting. The nose is intense and I like it best straight from the bottle. You get the full fruit and smoke combination. In the glass, more medicinal notes. Everything is rich with great fruit parts. On the palate, first comes that syrupy, honey sweetness and then the cask really hits hard. Smoke, bacon, and pepper. The rum gets drier, woodier with bitter notes. It also feels medicinal and slightly alcoholic. Honestly, the rum loses me a bit towards the end. It doesn't quite reach the RA in feeling. This calls for a direct comparison.
Review by Schnubbii
Nice nose, very harmonious, but quite restrained. On the palate, it then shows what it can do. Very harmonious, low acidity, rather fruity, with the typical Fiji plastic note only subtly in the background. A very nice rum!
Review by Martin Mihaly
A totally different rum, intensely wet but I'm completely lost, so herbal, buttery, dark. Old but very old wood, metallic, copper, a spice I can't identify. On the palate it's the same intense warm herbs, ester, tar very well combined with alcohol but has something different than every rum for me, but no 8.8. In the finish woody, dirty, dry fruits. Maybe a solid leader.
Review by Gregor
Schöne Nase, komplex, vielleicht etwas scharf Gaumen: Komplex, Baumnuss, Tropische Früchte (Ananas, Mango), Etwas Leim, Ölig, Gewürze, Alkohol gut eingebunden
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50 bottles logged by 31 collectors.
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26% opened, 4 emptied.
What did the community pay for Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji 2001?
Community paid 89–122 €.
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Details about Isla del Ron South Pacific Fiji 2001
A Pot Still Rum from Fiji, bottled by Isla del Ron, at 57.2%.
About the South Pacific distillery
The South Pacific distillery is located in Fiji. Rums from South Pacific have been reviewed 3,779 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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