Hampden Estate LROK 10 Year (Habitation Velier)

A rich amber hue. The aroma presents ripe bananas, vanilla bean, allspice, mango, pineapple, dried durian, clarified butter, and a faint hint of cigar ash. It has a velvety texture. The palate features Bananas Foster (seared bananas, vanilla ice cream, caramel), mango, papaya, muscadine grapes, toasted cinnamon, toasted oak, white pepper, undertones of black tea, grated ginger and menthol, with a subtle gasoline note. The finish is long and intense, slightly drying, with lingering tropical fruit and muscadine grapes, burnt sugar and toasted oak, a touch of coffee grounds, and a subtle gasoline note that becomes more noticeable as the other flavors gradually fade. This is excellent, but aside from being slightly sweeter and having more oak influence, it doesn't significantly differ from the standard 8-year old overproof, which costs about half as much.

Fantastic spirit, significantly superior to the 9 Year New York Edition Hampden. Nose: Vanilla, bananas, honey, coconuts, guava, pineapples, papaya, diesel fumes, milk chocolate, cinnamon, tart cherries, sultanas, raisins, mangoes, maple syrup. Palate: Bananas, leather, tobacco, coffee, milk chocolate, honey, guava, pineapples, passion fruit, pepper, nutmeg. Finish: Guava, caramel, tart cherries, milk chocolate, bananas, raisins, coconut.

Nose hits you with apple and a hint of tobacco. Taste notes add apple, papaya, peach. Finishes with melon and tobacco.