Don Papa Small Batch

The aroma is clear and very inviting. First, it's vanilla that dominates, but after it's got a little calm, sweet tin of butter and honey takes over.
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taste very sweet. Vanilla, lots of vanilla. And sweet orange

Note d'oranger très prononcé et peu vanillé. Rhum assez doux et épais en bouche qui plaira au plus grand nombre. Ne fera pas l'unanimité chez les puristes qui le trouveront trop typé liqueur et surtout trop trafiqué (se renseigner sur internet pour constater la fumisterie)! Mis en avant chez les cavistes pour des amateurs débutants tout comme le Diplomatico. Bref du beau marketing pour un produit tendance qui malheureusement fonctionne.

Üble Sache!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I like sweet rums but this one is too sweet for me.

strong smell which bites the nose.
very unplpeasant artifical taste of vanilla and oranges maybe
unnatural spirit
not even a rum

To me this tasted very sweet. Was a lovely taste and I loved the flavour given off by the Woodford reserve bourbon casks. One of my top bourbons and as such this shot to the top end of my rum charts. Needs a sweet tooth...

...but prefer by far more the rums from A. H. Riise.

I bought this for a gift to a friend of mine in London...she loved it...

Rather buy the botucal diplomatico in the same price range though

One of the best rums, a beautiful vanilla scent, a wonderful taste, a pleasantly sweet finish. price 33 eur

I have a handfull of all time favorites and this is one of them.
I love sweet rums and there is always a bottle of Don Papa available at home.

I'm going to sit on the fence with this one and spend some of my time perched in that spot having a sip or two of this, whilst holding a glass of something else in the other hand.

Being honest, when you drink this, it's very moreish, smooth and likeable. In texture, it reminded me of one of those nicer liquid medicines you had when you were a kid - not the foul tasting one, but the ones with added gylcerine. You can taste and feel that added glycerine here, so it slips down your throat. Taste-wise, it's vanilla and caramel, fruit (possibly a sweetish lemon) and, well, rum. It has a light-liqueur quality for sure.

If I was marking this out of 10 for taste and drinkabilty, I'd give it a 9...
But, we're a RUM tasting and rating group, right? And we're not judging soda or liqueur. As a rum, this is not very resonant of what rum is - much less so than nearly any other spiced rum, many of which (despite the purists trashing them) are actually pretty decent rums with a variable kick or slant. So, as a rum, I'd give this 4. It's not harsh or unpleasant and it is still rum/rum-liqueur...albeit of an odd variety... so I can't give it less than that.

So, that takes me to a 7 as an average - I'll take 2 marks off for the fact that they seem to be doing stuff that they are not declaring - though they're not the only ones. I'll add on 1 on for the fact that the bottle and general presentation is 1st class.

So, 6 is my score. Will I buy this frequently?...no, but I would be happy to have a bottle in my cabinet as Christmas present and I will have a sip of it here and there. I also expect that many people who say they "don't like rum," my find it a gateway, and that has its uses.