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Guatemala | Aged | 40% ABV | Column Still (1-4)
Ron Zacapa 23 Solera Rum was created in 1976 in the highlands of Guatemala, where it is distilled in a copper-lined column still from fresh cane juice before solera aging.
The 500 year-old Spanish Sistema Solera method is used to age Ron Zacapa 23 in white oak casks. This results in a combination of rums aged between 6 and 23 years.
The current Ron Zacapa 23 bottle features a woven band around the middle, which is in reference to the original hand woven palm leaf petate bottle cover that covered the bottle.
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This has a ton of dosage and I'd never recommend it to anyone even as a "starter rum". Having said that, when smoking a cigar I tend to enjoy them with a cocktail so I do like the sweetness of this and the smoke of a cigar.
Lots of dark chocolate and vanilla.
Oaky finish. Great with a less sweet dark chocolate.
The alcohol is noticeable at the beginning (I let it in the glas for 10 minutes before drinking), very pleasant and fruity/herbal sweetness in the smell.
The taste is not too sweet, but dark with caramel, raisins and typical Zacapa herbs.
I like the herbs with caramel, that's typical Zacapa for me.
Smell: caramel, vanilla, cinnamon, banana, raisins, herbs/plants, orange, oak
Taste: caramel, herbs, raisins, cognac
Middel: burned sugar, dried fruits, raisins, banana, wet barrel (earth)
Finish: spice, burned sugar and raisins, middle long, sweet, spicy
Sweetness: 3/5
Spice: 2/5
Fruit: 3/5
Mildness: 3/5
Value (37€): 4/5
Country: Guatemala
Production: Blend, solera
Material: Virgin Sugar Cane Honey
Barrel: Bourbon and sherry
Age: 6-23
Master Blender: Lorena Vásquez
What's special:
"Zacapa adds a yeast strain called Saccharomyces cerevisae which is extracted from pineapples."
Aged and blended in the 'House Above the Clouds', 2300m above sea level at 17° degree.
Virgin sugarcane honey is produced from the first press of ripened sugarcane.
What means virgin? naturally-occurring sugars have not been extracted from the cane stalks."
Expensive expensive for what really is....no quality blend solera Fancy merchandicing...
with a can of Coca-Cola, lots of ice and a lemon in a disco you can enjoy ... hangover assured .. no doubt ..
Som fanúšik solera metódy a pri tomto rume sa master blender trafil úplne do mojej chute.
Söt men inte sliskig. Vanilj och frukt. Lite kryddig. Överlag en riktigt bra rom.
Great color and aroma. A bit pricey, but worth it.
Well what a let down. Months waiting to get a chance to try this much lauded rum only to feel a bit *nah!. First try neat, then with Ice, and finally mixed. All a bit similar to other stuff I've tried before, with little for me to set it apart. I was wary of the sugar content, but didn't find it too sweet for my own taste. I will happily drink more because its a good rum but after reading so much I feel it may be overhyped. or perhaps my taste is unsophisticated? yep that's it!
En god rom.
Härlig flaska, fina färg och ljuv arom.
God smak, men lite besviken. Tycker den kan vara bättre...
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This was one of my first 50 euro plus bottles so I was stoked to get into it - and I got really disappointed. Absolutely not worth the price. For 50 bucks there are way better rums to be had.