Flor de Caña 25-Year

Very declicous single estate rum, very soft and smooth. BUT. In my humble opinion the flavour and aroma disappear far too quickly, a pity because again, it's a very tasteful rum!

40% ABV molasses rum from Nicaragua, aged for 25 years in American oak barrels. It is one of the top products of this distillery (except for the special limited editions).

Bottle: Beautiful, angular and exclusive looking. It comes in a nice opening box.
Colour: Dark copper to mahogany

Nose: A little more alcoholic at first. There is vanilla, caramel, molasses, oak barrel and dark chocolate. A little inharmonious for a premium rum.
Taste: It's better than the aroma, although it's a bit more pungent here too. There's bitter cocoa, dark chocolate, almonds, wood and pepper. The palate is dry at first without a hint of sweetness, then it mellows slightly into an unsweet nougat.
Finish: Long and sharper.

Conclusion: This is a good dry rum, but I expected a richer and more harmonious aroma and flavour from a 25 year old rum.

Overall rating: 8 out of 10

Nice Rum, the first Impression was the strong smell of Alkohol.
First Taste was .....whow, not much Sugar.

I like it.

Un ron delicioso con aroma perfecto para disfrutarlo puro.
El mejor logro de Flor de Caña

Presentation: Beautiful box with engraved history and brief description of its origins.
Bottle: Better than other younger rums from Flor de Caña. I do not like it looks too close to the 12y
Color-Aspect: Dark cooper, looks heavy in the glass with thick, strong, slow moving legs. This part is impressive! The legs will disappear after a while but several large drops will stay attached to the glass forever
Aroma: Esters, asfalt, definitely NOT a sweet aroma. Heavy alcohol at first. After multiple small breaths there are spices and a hint of chocolate.
Palate: Very easy in the tongue, maybe too simple from what I expected after that nice smell. Not to sweet, spices again. Mild sherry.
Finish: very poor, almost none. It was gone after few seconds. I was hoping for more but I felt it clear too fast. It felt almost all in the tongue but nothing impressive in the palate (anatomically speaking😎)
Overall: Just an 8 from a rum that I expected to shock me but I will definitely give another try in a few weeks!

Good one to start the tasting session with. Very discrete, dry and smooth, yet complex. Some days I love it, some I'm undecided.

A bit bitter. Tastes of tabacco, wood with a buttery finish

N- Notice they have actually TM the term "Slow Aged", and would be great it does meant to reflect the actual years spent in the barrel. The bouquet of this highly acclaimed bottling does open up well with solid presents of austere woody notes, spiky spices lurking with sweet chrysanthemum tea. Late coming warm waves of cocoa drift on the emerging sweet smokes. Quite flawless and balanced. (22/25)

P- Elegant oak with notable expensive waxy orange, as well the nutty almonds and cashew oil. Soft sweet spice added dimensions. Calm with ocean of depth but short on waves for the width. (21/25)

F- Short-medium, like what derive from the palate, plenty of body with fine oak, a very good charming bottling for most palate. (20/25)

Balanced:- The fine waxy orange feel a bit lonely here. (20/25)

Weighted Rate:- 83pt

I was a bit disappointed by the taste if this rum. The package and bottling are exquisite as you would expect from this $150 bottle, but alas, the easy is not quite on par (with me). I share this with people who find most rums to be too sweet and they love it! I find Zacapa XO to be the most balanced rum and in the middle of Flor de Cana on the left and Optimus 25 to the right, as it is the sweetest, most delicious of them all~

Väldigt len och fin rom som inte är jättesöt. Egentligen skulle jag vilja ge den 8,5 men eftersom det inte går att ge halva poäng här så fick det bli 8

Deep dark and slightly sweet. I enjoyed this with a nice Perdomo 20 year anniversary cigar. At $16 a pour I could only sample one. It was my birthday so why not. I would do it again next year. They also had the 4 year which wasn't as dark and flavorful but went better with the cigar.