Tamosi “Karaya” Port Mourant 1998 22YO (61,1%): The bottler is Levy Lane and Karaya means moon, according to the back label, which has a nice story that’s too long to repeat here.
Nose: Port Mourant as it is supposed to be. We get a rich and complex mix of licorice, anise, different sorts of tea, soft yet bitter vanilla, dry and wet wood alike, more spices such as pepper or fennel seeds as well as brown autumn leaves.
There’s basically nothing fruity about the nose though. Palate: The integration of the alcohol is second to none and the creamy texture is almost unheard of. Flavourwise, we get bitter oranges, different sorts of wood, anise, fennel seeds and caraway, a few roasting aromas that cannot be pinned down precisely and… well, this is where this Rum kinda stops. The complexity of the nose cannot be matched by the palate and all in all we fall short in quite a few regards. That doesn’t really take anything away from this lovely fella however.
Finish: Long with pears, vanilla, oak, oregano and old tobacco.
Given how few of these 1998s we got so far I have to ask: Where is the freaking rest!? This is excellent!
