El Dorado Rare Collection Skeldon 2000 58.3°° C

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El Dorado Rare Collection Skeldon 2000 58,3° : Description and customer reviews

El Dorado Rare Collection Skeldon 2000 was created at the Diamond distillery.

After "Continuous Blair Still" distillation in 2000, the rum was aged for 18 years in a tropical climate. It was bottled on site in 2018, "brut de fût".

Skeldon is a small seaside town in northeastern Guyana, close to the border with Suriname. Until 1960, it was home to the sugar distillery of the same name, Skeldon Sugar, which first moved to Uitlvlugt, then in 1999 to Diamond, now the country's only distillery. The Skeldon Sugar Factory still exists, but no longer distills molasses.

This is a very limited edition.

Nico's tasting notes

At first, the nose hides behind a veil of solvent, a privilege of age that augurs well for concentration. The curtain rises on an abyssal rum, with depths so dark you can't make out the end. There's toasted oak, molasses and nuts, but that's not all. You're drawn deeper still.

After a while, the roast kicks in and takes charge, with coffee, charred wood and scorched spices. Molasses and oak are raw, clean, uncompromising. But soon there's a glimmer of cherry, quince or even apricot jam, with a few grains of vanilla crackling over grilled coconut flesh.

The palate is concentrated and sticky, like warm caramel that you've been in too much of a hurry to taste. It doesn't burn, far from it, but it's as sticky as licorice-flavored resin. The burnt wood hangs on for a moment and spreads a little of its dark coffee, but is soon swept away by a completely cooked and melted American oak. The classic notes of vanilla, coconut and tobacco reach an astonishing depth and maturity. This maturity is also a guarantee of balance, as the rum is as deep as it is delicious, as solemn as it is regressive.

The finish is even more seductive, with chocolate and richly caramelized nuts.

"This seemingly dark and serious rum will reveal its intense greed after a little aeration. You'll find everything that makes the Demerara legend... "

1 review

  1. Damien Chatonnet

    Excellent.

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