Hampden Estate

Hampden Great House Edition 2024

Name: Hampden Great House Edition 2024
Brand: Hampden Estate
SKU: HAMPDENgreathouse24
Price: 150.0 USD
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Founded in 1753, Hampden Estate has been distilling rum for almost three centuries in the Trelawny Parish, historically known as the grand cru of Jamaican rum. This particularly expressive 2023 Distillery Edition sets the tone right from the start for a tasting that explores a huge diversity of fruity registers, right to the empty glass. Medicinal notes guide its flavour and aroma palette to a decidedly empyreumatic profile.

Hampden Great House, a blend renewed every year since 2019, is the sixth opus in this exclusive series. This bottling is a tribute to the distillery’s Great House, still standing in its original form. Built in 1779 by the Stirling family, the first floor was used for rum storage (barrels waiting to be transferred to port) until the 20th century. Today, it has become the house of representation and reception for guests and visitors. Made from a blend of several marks of three different vintages, this 2024 edition perfectly embodies the distinctive style of this iconic Jamaican rum.

Nose: Full with a lot of tension. Mint, ripe mango and dry earth form a subtle and precise first sequence of aromas. Quince jelly, bramble jam and orange marmalade then set a richer tone.

Palate: Clear and lively. The flavour palette is at first abundantly tropical (coconut, mango, passion fruit) and matches the nose perfectly. Alternating between warm and refreshing sequences, it offers a taste of chocolate drops, fragments of slate and mint tea.

Finish: Rich and invigorating. The intense finish lingers on herbaceous (Havana cigar) and peppery tones. Diverse infusions of red fruits and marshmallow bring freshness. Increasingly rich, the finish ends on cranberry and raisin.

Vibes with:

The Camel Trophy.
Indian green lamb curry.
Smoking cigars to keep the mosquitos away.