Magnum rum 3° Hampden HGML 2018 7 yo Vol.60% Cl.70

Magnum Hampden HGML 7 Y.O. 2018: the Magnum series continues, reaching its third edition in 2025.

This 7-year-old Hampden is part of the third edition of the now legendary Magnum series, created in 2021 from an idea by Luca Gargano, with the aim of bringing together the great masters of rum with the great photographers of the Magnum agency, founded in 1947 by legends such as Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

For its third edition, the Magnum range stops in Jamaica, specifically in Trelawny, in the heart of the Hampden distillery. This year, Cristina De Middel, a Spanish photographer and Magnum Photos member, was invited by La Maison du Whisky and its Italian partner Velier to immerse herself in the world of Hampden for a week.

The Magnum Hampden HGML 7-Year-Old is accompanied by an image Cristina de Middel called "Junjo": a Jamaican slang word referring to the mold or fungi that grow on surfaces such as fabrics, floors, and walls.

The humid darkness of the fermentation room, the labyrinth of pipes, the overgrown facades, the iridescent peacocks, the dusty, humid rooms... Through her lens and unexpected shots, Cristina De Middel imbues the places with a cinematic dimension, sometimes tinged with surrealism.

Four photographs taken during his journey were selected to illustrate the bottlings of this new series of rums from various brands, distilled between 2016 and 2021.

For its third edition, the collection arrives in the Trelawny region of Jamaica, in the heart of the Hampden distillery, famous since 1753 for its aromatic and complex rums, produced using ancestral fermentation and distillation methods.

In 2009, ownership passed to the Hussey family, who began a new chapter in the distillery's history by aging rum on site for the first time, in Jamaica's tropical climate.

This rum was distilled in 2018 and comes from the HGML mark, the most intense in terms of esters and aromas.

Tasting Notes:

Color: A beautiful dark golden color.

Nose: The nose is sweet, typical of rums aged in ex-bourbon barrels. But high quality. Floral notes of wildflowers, lavender, and violet. Young with its 7 years of aging, but still very interesting.

Flavors: Delicately caramelized, with hints of honey and pear, and a touch of spice. The wood from the barrels lends a vanilla finish.