TDL 20 Year Old 2003 The Whisky Jury 62.3% 70cl

A stunning bottling of a 20yo Trinidad Distillers single cask. This has received some fantastic scores from leading reviewers and is an essential purchase, possibly a future classic bottling. 

We've borrowed the WhiskyFun tasting note as we could not have put this better ourselves (thanks Serge!). 

Nose: fully on mango liqueur, mango syrup, preserved mangos, fresh mangos and mango jam. You may add a few slices of ripe bananas, papayas and pineapple. This is spectacularly fruity while that's probably an understatement. With water: forgot to mention mango ice cream. These pink bananas too are spectacular, and so are the ripe guavas that are adding touches of wackiness. What a fruit monster!

Mouth (neat): bombastically fruity. Sure it's a little strong but it does remind me of some early-1970s Benriachs, for reasons hard to explain. With water: a little more on peel, skins, barks, pips and stones, but it swims extremely well. Touches of fresh mint and liquorice, which often pop out of very fruity spirits in my experience.

Finish: long, incredibly fresh and fruity. And mango-y.

Comments: when AI will have taken over, this is the kind of 'fruity rum' it'll produce for us. Hopefully. It is extremely spectacular, while I'm sure no 'additives' have ever been added and so no corners ever cut. Madness.