El Dorado Diamond Port Mourant 2010 Vert is a blended-in-the-barrel blend from the famous Demerara distillery. This region of Guyana was once home to dozens of distilleries, each producing a different style of rum. These distilleries have all closed today, but some of their stills and recipes have been preserved.
The Diamond distillery has blended rums from Coffey columns and the legendary Port Mourant pot-still before ageing.
These rums were distilled in 2010, placed in old bourbon barrels, then bottled brut de fût in 2019.
Nico's tasting notes
The nose is initially marked by roasting aromas. At first, a little sweet coffee, then a rather strongly burnt wood. Notes of roasted nuts emerge, reminiscent of fresher wood as they shed their charred envelope.
On aeration, the intensely caramelized nutty notes that give Demerara rums their charm come through. Here, they are tenderly coated and gently spiced.
The palate is gripped by a strongly toasted oak barrel, whose burnt surface brings an almost mineral sensation of charcoal. From this darkness emerge notes of licorice, with a juicy stick of concentrated juices. Intense-core nuts are present on the mid-palate, abundantly caramelized and coated.
The finish offers a hint of smoke and roast, but above all, plenty of roundness.
"A simple, effective Demerara, with the usual roundness of the range's rums..."
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