Romdeluxe Dark Navy Blend Selected Series Rum No.3

Dark Navy Blend Selected Series No.3 is a blended rum from Danish bottler RomDeluxe, a multi country marriage of pot and column still molasses distillate bottled at 40.6%. RomDeluxe is best known for its high ester Wild Series, but this Selected Series entry sits at the budget, accessible end of its range, where some dosage is in play.

Despite the navy billing, the profile leans sweet and soft rather than fierce. The nose brings orange, sweetness, coconut and vanilla, the palate turns to caramel, orange and cola, and the finish carries overripe plum, fermented notes and a touch of kiwi. The sweetness and overripe plum give it a slightly artificial, fruitless rum pot character, and several drinkers feel the strength sits lower than a true navy style would suggest. It works best as an easy, sweet aperitif style sipper for those who like a soft, dosed rum, rather than as the bold navy strength bottle the name implies.