Hampden 15 y.o. - Pure Single Jamaican Rum

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 50% | Chill filtration: No | Colouring: No

Special Features:

Hampden Fifteen centres on prolonged maturation at its place of origin: the rum spent all 15 years in ex-bourbon casks in Jamaica's tropical climate. At its launch, Fifteen was Hampden Estate's oldest bottling matured entirely in Jamaica's tropical climate. The distillery began ageing rum in casks in Trelawny in 2010. The warm, humid warehouse conditions encourage intensive maturation and a concentration of aromas.

This small-batch bottling is based on a historic distillate type first produced in 1952. Its ester content at distillation is 200 to 400 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol. After its long cask maturation, the rum combines fruity and oily impressions with oxidative and delicately powdery notes. It is bottled at 50% alcohol without colouring or chill filtration and comes in gift packaging.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: The nose is rich and soft, with delicate pepper and jam. Figs, almond paste and toasted walnuts gradually develop. Currants introduce an increasingly oxidative note, joined by burnt sugar cane and incense. Honeyed accents, geranium and an intense iris fragrance gradually emerge.
• Palate: On the palate, liveliness combines with a creamy, delicately oily texture. Pronounced notes of macerated mango and guava, diesel and candied ginger shift the emphasis away from the nose. Cocoa has a powdery quality, while almonds add a milky impression. Ground cinnamon appears as the palate develops.
• Finish: The concentrated finish is silky and tannic. Initially, it recalls cane sugar scented with iris. On exhaling, powdery cocoa and ginger notes emerge alongside mango, mignonette, carnation flowers and liquorice. Later, the empty glass reveals medicinal and terpene-like aromas.

Distillery/Bottler:

Hampden Estate is located in Trelawny, Jamaica, and has produced rum since 1753. The distillery is known for its aromatically expressive pot-still distillates. Alongside molasses, sugar-cane vinegar, dunder and muck are used to produce Fifteen. Distillation takes place in double-retort pot stills: batch-operated stills with two retorts connected downstream.

In 2009, Everglades Farms Ltd., owned by the Hussey family, acquired the estate. A year later, Hampden began ageing rum at the distillery itself in the tropical climate. The first official bottlings followed in 2018. Fifteen continues this development with 15 years of maturation on site.

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