Ron Zacapa El Alma Soul Heavenly Cask Collection

Really enjoyed it, thought I would have it for a month or more but 6 days after there was a empty bottle.

Too easy to just sip, with a Davidof - just amazing

This one was straight forward losing the RZ23 sweetness. Nice dark color full body flavor from first sip with medium lingering nitty toffee flavors.

My friend got it as a reward. I hadn't had it before and didn't know the price. We planned to drink it as a cocktail, but I also tasted it neat and it was a big surprise. Since the plan was to drink a rum cocktail, that's what we did. Unfortunately, I didn't like it that much as a cocktail, I would prefer to use a cocktail Plantation or Morgan. Later I bought a bottle to drink neat. Good aromatic, slightly thick but not sweet.

God smag af bl.a vanilje og træ fra fadet. Bedre end 23´eren. Aftappet i 2021.

Toffee, vanilla, herbs and a little smokey. You still recognize the 23 Solera but there is a little more complexity to it. What surprised me was the very short aftertaste.

Mycket god, lite starkare smaker och inte så söt. Passar bra in i Zacapa familjen.

Compared to baseline Zacapa it has strong black pepper tones.

It's a good rum, but I would expect it to be much better than the 23 Solera, which this rum is not.

I had a great opportunity to purchase and taste it on a Zacapa-dedicated prof. rum degustation and introduction in Antigua, Guatemala - homeland of this famous brand. They did not offer a direct comparison to model XO (that I did know already from the past, just forgot the "small nuances") but to 23 Solera and Edicion Negra. And I liked "El Alma" the most from this trio (though it was a close race). This rum is: sweet, very smooth, fruity, vanilla and little bit herbal. For me the "darker" tones (bitterness, chocolate, coffee, smoke...) are almost nonpresent in this rum. I truly enjoyed the bottle (and shared with some fella travellers ontheroad who all praised it) but it started to feel a little boring near the end of the bottle.