Zaya Gran Reserva 12-Year

This is a good rum, though the vanilla is a bit dominant. The vanilla is actually quite good, but it's hard to taste the rum over the vanilla (though this is far better than most other vanilla bombs I've tried). Easy drinking and smooth, I'll give this my top score for (what I believe should be) a flavored rum.

Pas de juste milieu, on adore ou on déteste, je suis perplexe face aux arômes de vanille,de chocolat, impossible à mes yeux d'obtenir ce résultat naturellement, une liqueur pas un rhum

Like a more expensive vanilla liqueur. Noticing that recent bottlings of the stuff are especially sweet.

Pomerne drahsi rum oproti pyrat, diplomatico a podobnym rumom. Na prvy krat mi tento rum vobec nechutil, pripominal mi tuzemak a rumove aromy do kolacov. Na druhy krat to uz bolo inak. Vyrazna vona vanilky, velmi tmavy rum. Neviem ale ci sa k nemu este niekedy vratim.

Very pretty bottle, opening it you get a smell of Oak, Caramel, Chocolate and no real alcohol smell. Kinda smells like maple syrup. In the glass its a very deep brown. Sipping neat you are in for a real shocker, its amazingly smooth. Its an amazing balance of heat taste and alcohol. This stuff was MADE to sip. Starts with a vanilla-oaky taste then you get the heat of the rum and the bold chocolate taste, maybe a hint of caramel sweetness in there toward the end. In diet coke it makes a velvet-y rum and coke, smooth flavors balanced in the coke make it easy to have "one too many".

This is great on the rocks. Almost tasted like cream soda but not overly sweet. Loved this one.

This is not a bad rum. It has a bit too much vanilla and a bit too sweet as well. That said, I think it would be great with a desert. The price is too high, I would choose Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva over Zaya anytime.
Will not buy it.

Great flavors including nice vanilla notes. Very smooth. Great sipping rum.

enjoyed this a lot. A little sweet but very enjoyable.

Very smooth rum; on the nose I am overpowered by cocoa.
the taste is the same with some vanilla mixed in there as well.
I could drink this everyday but at the same time I could not drink more then one or two at a time; very rich.