Swell de Spirits T.D.L Private Garden No.1 Clos des Spiritueux 2000

Un nez exhuberanr, avec des fruits exotiques, banane, sur un lit de cacao, et une menthe profonde (pas la menthe fraîche). Il semble également y avoir du miel d’acacia (merci Philipp j’avais pas mis le doigt dessus). En bouche, la texture crémeuse est poussée au maximum, on dirait presque un sirop ! Un bon cacao, une explosion de fruits, à mon sens le maracuja, beaucoup de menthe, et toujours ce miel en fond. Finale plus herbacé, mentholée, et fruits jaunes, un peu plus courte et un peu moins longue que sont compère d’avant. Léger poivre blanc à la longue. Bref, nez plus ouvert, du cacao en plus. bouche plus crémeuse, moins d’épices, et finale un peu plus courte peut être. Difficile de les départager au niveau des points, c’est 2 cuvées extraordinaires.

Mint, red fruit jelly and baby bananas and other tropical fruits on the nose. Also some smoke and acacia honey. Smoke, honey, mint and tropical fruits again on the palate, a little lime zest and bitter cocoa nibs. Again passion fruit bananas from Madeira. Reminds me somehow discreetly both in taste and on the nose of an 86, only with a lot of fruit! An extremely positive surprise! An absolute exception TDL. Chapeau to swell de spirits for another excellent cask selection! 😍

A fabulous nose, I've rarely taken such a slap at a rum keel. Fruit all over the place, flowers, harlequin candy, a hint of vanilla and menthol. The palate is beautiful, well-integrated but much more spicy, woody and mentholated. Tropical fruit completes the picture, but it's not similar to the nose, where the fruit took over. Like everyone else, I think this rum is sublime.

Les jus embouteillés par swell sont vraiment magnifiques dans l’ensemble et celui la ne déroge pas à la règle. C’est un superbe tdl, avec les marqueurs habituels de cette provenance mais vraiment subtile, belle complexité, belle longueur, bref une belle bombe en bouche. J’adore 😍🤩😍

The nose starts with plum liqueur and black currant. The alcohol stings a bit on the nose. Very complex and not so easy to pin down. Palate: Wow, what a surprising fruitiness! Black currant in incredible intensity, goes over to cassis. Not so easy to perceive anything else next to it!Finish: continued black currant, spice and mint. This is really a special T.D.L , very good choice and very fair price!

Very complex, I can't even distinguish one by one from the daily aromas, rich fruit (especially tropical) and spice notes, very interesting. It's a bit more woody on the palate, unique, because you can barely smell it, very fruity, slightly less complex than smelling, but still very consistent. It smells really good and fresh! I've tasted a lot of good T.D.L over the past year, and this one is no exception. Smooth. not only a bottle to be savoured, but also a good choice to sip when relaxing at leisure. At a reasonable price, this bottle and Plantation 2001(antipodes of LMDW) would be one of my repeat purchases.

What an extraordinary rum...On the nose initially a lot of fruit, especially black currant , the longer it lingers in the glass appears an intense cocoa note! The palate is intense and quite complex! Reminds me of an alcoholic praline (cassis and cocoa powder) extremely delicious...The finish continues so, something fresh and light mead join it!A top rum, chapeau

Au nez, c'est très gourmand. On sent le fruits exotiques, l'ananas et la mangue,mais également le cassis, la vanille. Des notes de cacao et de fruits secs grillés ( noisettes, noix du Brésil). Une note mentholée vient doucement caresser les narines. En bouche les fruits exotiques resortentes puis le cassis explose. Un petit côté poivré vient perturber les papilles et le boisé vient prolonger la dégustation et amène une belle longueur. L'alcool est bien intégré et ça reste très gourmand. Un rhum bluffant que j'ai hâte de regouter dans quelques temps pour voir l'évolution.

Super fruchtiger T.D.L

Very fruity and inspiring floral nose. Incredibly intense and almost perfume-like. Creamy and multi-layered on the palate. The typical mint is added on the finish. Perfectly integrated alcohol. Excellent T.D.L!

first incredulous amazement 😳What are these notes? It goes towards dusty cocoa powder and black currants. Then again more familiar TDL markers like tobacco, red fermented fruits, vanilla, but also iodine and marshmallows (?). On the palate red fruit jelly, chewy tobacco, a few hints of Caroni auto shop. Quite heavy and complex. Roasty sweet finish. The menthol notes as with the RA TDLs I have here only subtly. A TDL that - especially on the nose - really stands out again from the other good representatives of his trade (2001-2003 TDLs), really exceptional!

Great balanced TDL profile and alcohol is integrated very well. Without any further analysis: I’ve enjoyed this, a lot 😍

La bouche est très évolutive. L'ensemble est réussi. Avec l'Excellence Rhum, ce rhum me convainc de la capacité de TDL à sortir de très bons jus.

I was blown away by the complexity of this rum.