Zaya Grande Reserva 16-Year

I thought this was decent. Definitely overpriced for what you get. But it really wasn’t THAT bad. Smelled good and sweet. Bit of a burn.

This rum grabs your throat. A big fan of this. On par with bumbu.

Just not good. Can't imagine there's anything 16 years old about the aging of this. Tastes like a Bacardi mass production. I don't mix and this just is not a sipper in any sense.

The first time I tasted this I loved it. However, have struggled to get through the whole bottle. It's a good rum to share.

Relatively smooth, this rum is exceptionally sweet and heavily spiced.

This is not a "sipping rum" nor is it a mixer...pour a large drink and enjoy...

Not the best, but still very high quity.

I understand where a lot of bad reviews here are coming from, because this rum really is sweet. It's not the rum you pull out for your Whiskey loving friend, but as a wonderful vanilla icecream like desert wine to have after Caribbean food, wonderful.

I characterize this as a sweet sipping rum or an expensive additive to Coke. At first something was peculiar. I couldn't pinpoint it. I thought I had tasted this before, but this tasted better. I eventually figured out it had a sweet strong vanilla (almost astringent) nuttiness that reminded me of the many spiced (party) rums I've had, but this is decent enough for sipping.

The only spiced rum I have at the moment is Kraken. I smelled them back to back and the aroma is very similar.

As a fan of sweet sipping rums it's not my favorite (that's for Kaniche XO). It will remind you of college party rum and cokes, but a bit more tolerable and a different profile than my other sweet sipping rums.

Sweet, smooth rum. I really enjoy this rum got it as a gift for my birthday..

This is the worst Rum I’ve tried to date… yuck. I’m not sure if the 12 year is any better but this is nasty. I poured me some,, tried it, yuck. Let it air a bit and tried more,, yuck,, dumped glass in the sink.

Very vanilla taste, almost a slightly better Whalers rum at twice the price