Foursquare 2007 12y - Mark X

Foursquare, Vintage 2007 - 12y
limited release rum - Mark X
59%, ex-bourbon cask
released: march 2019

Score on rumrating.com: 8.5/57 'that's some good stuff'
whiskyfun: 90 points

Foursquare 12 yo 2007/2019 (59%, OB, Barbados, Mark X, Ex-bourbon cask)
A blend of pot and column rums from Foursquare distillery, so a single blend, but the proportions are a well-guarded secret (unless you manage to tie-up one of the Seales and put Céline Dion on eleven on the stereo, ah, that’s an idea, I’ll try that next time!) Colour: amber. Nose: immediate and obvious, which is not always the case with Foursquare, especially when table wine casks have been used. Coffee, tobacco, a little leatherette (so leather for vegans), cane juice, burnt panettone, cigars, liquorice, and a handful of black olives.  Like this rather a lot. With water: more damp earth and olives, humus, pipe tobacco… Mouth (neat): really punchy, full, a little fresher than expected despite this relative heaviness. Truckloads of mint-flavoured liquorice, roasted almonds, Seville oranges, and a lot of proper gingerbread. With water: a drop of muscat (eh?) but the rest is all on tobacco and bitter oranges, plus the expected cinnamon and cloves. Finish: very long, spicy, on more oranges and more tobacco. Comments: a fairly estery Foursquare I would say, at the height of its  talent. Really liked the liquorice.
SGP:462 - 90 points.