Hampden Estate 8 Year Old Rum (70cl, 46%)

A Jamaican rum from the Hampden Distillery, this true 8-year-old is a blend of 100% traditional pot still rums, characterised by a high ester profile and tropical notes. It is made using the same techniques as in the 18th century. Although complex and full-bodied enough for sipping, the flavours still stand up when mixed. The nose shows pineapple, passion fruit and new-car leather, developing into candied and jellied fruit notes of papaya, guava, lime, Seville orange, blood orange and nectarine, with banana and toasted spice, especially clove. The palate leads with spice and banana, then apples and pineapples, with dark, weighty oily notes behind. The finish fades from cinnamon spice and sweet banana to apple jam and mint.