Smith & Cross, Traditional Jamaica Rum

I absolutely adore this rum and it saddens me to have witnessed price creep over the past few years into moderately expensive territory. Even so, I still find it hard to pass up when I find it on the shelf. It is a beautiful pastiche of hogo, elegance, and depth. Just delicious.

Dark orange-coppery hue So much powdery vanilla pineapple, and toasted oak off the nose. Intoxicating. Warm to the mouth, and an instant mild belly burn. It's strong. Super intense flavor profile. I get a lot of orange off it. There is a medicinal after taste that lingers, which I don't care for, thus the score. By and large this is a wonderful rum.

I revisited this using up my last couple of drams from a miniature I had set aside. This has to be a 90, but to notice this neat , take only extremely minute sips. The explosion of intensity and complexity is otherwise almost unbearable. BTW, I noticed a rhubarb note that I had overlooked before.

Observed this from July 23rd this year until emptying it the other day. Did a little video on this one (click !) . Nose Intense nose of a strange mix of sweetest confectionary raspberry and old damp dark bread and ever so slightly used socks, orange peel, bergamotte even, a bit chemical like at the dentist's, fluoride or something. They say these Jamaican Rums are “esthery”, but since I wouldn’t know what esthery means otherwise, this would be a rather …