Swell De Spirits TDL 2009 12 Year

Review #1213; Rum #527

This bottling of rum was bottled by independent bottler Swell De Spirits, an independent bottler run by a family in France. This rum was distilled from molasses at Trinidad Distillers Limited in 2009. It aged for 5 years in Trinidad and 7 Years in the UK in an ex-bourbon cask. It was bottled in 2022 at cask strength with no additives or filtering.


Distillery: Trinidad Distillers Limited

Bottler: Swell de Spirits

Region: Trinidad

Still: Column

Cask: Ex-Bourbon

ABV: 64.5%


Nose: Baking spices, Nutmeg, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Toasted Coconut

Palate:   Medium oily mouthfeel, Nutmeg, Vanilla, Raspberry, Dark Chocolate, Toasted Coconut

Finish:  Medium length finish, Nutmeg, Raspberry, Vanilla, Dark Chocolate, Toasted Coconut

This is a very good rum. Nice flavors, good balance, but it lacks some of the more interesting industrial notes and complexity the TDL rums I hold in higher regard tend to have.

Rating: 6/10


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