Kill Devil Guyana Uitvlugt 16 ans pot still was distilled using the double pot still transferred from the Uitvlugt distillery (pronounced "aot-floute", after the village at the mouth of the Demerara River where the now-closed distillery was located) to the huge Diamond distillery in the late 1990s.
This wooden alembic has the particularity of producing highly aromatic distillates, with floral and fruity accents.
This rum was distilled in 1999, then aged in a single barrel for 16 years before being bottled without reduction.
Only 370 bottles were made from this single cask.
Nico's tasting notes
In brief: fresh - smoky - moderately peaty - fruit - sweet spices - wood - animal
On the nose, the rum is quick to give us plenty of freshness. Behind this refreshing curtain lies a slightly industrial register of metal, smoke and solvent. Fruit makes its way through, fresh or even watery.
Aeration confirms the slightly hard, metallic notes, but these are always well surrounded, this time by spices, especially pepper and nutmeg. Finally, the fruit joins with the wood to clearly evoke whisky.
On the palate, the nod to whisky is very strong. There are even some frankly smoky, almost peaty notes, as well as heavier aromas of smoked meat and leather. There's a hint of spice on the mid-palate, but the texture remains soft.
The finish is long, with a hint of agave joining the whisky. It's the smokiness that provides the intermediary.
"It's a historic whisky selector who's behind this bottling, it seems he wanted to get back to his first love..."
serge keller
Good mid-range product