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Villa Rica 23-Year rum

Villa Rica 23-Year

Mexico | Aged | 40% ABV

5.6/10
43 ratings
Easily consumable in a bind
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43 Villa Rica 23-Year Ratings

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Nazri85 πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ͺ | 1 rating
Posted over 3 years ago

Not for old schools... I love STRONG flavored rums but this wishky is gonna change the path of luxury Rums.

You can taste and identify all the flavors and notes all the time, A great Rum for the new generations

Raquel πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ | 2 ratings
Posted almost 6 years ago

This is a truly delicious aged rum with great complexity and spice. Its
aging has created a smooth integrated alcohol that supports the flavours
without dominating them
Beautiful appearance appealing smell, nice flavour profile with a nice
long finish.Very well- crafted rum revealing the qualities of the making. Top class
product, stimulates all sense, Packaging could be improved.

Raquel πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ | 1 rating
Posted over 8 years ago

Mahogany color with amber glints and golden glints. Clean, crystalline, shiny, of strong body and slow drip. Interesting on the nose where the aroma of the barrel predominates. Then delicate notes of vanilla, almond and hazelnut. Fine touches of chocolate, coffee and tobacco, decorated with fine notes of caramel.
Taste: Congruence between aroma and flavor, balance between acidity and alcoholic grade, of kind character and refined to the palate.

QchingonRon πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | 1 rating
Posted 10 months ago

8 times quality winner with the highest score in a blind tasting, Villa Rica Rum is considered the best Mexican Rum in the world, more than 122 sommeliers and chefs agree with the same criteria.

A single barrel system rum that reposed 23 years in the same barrel, its just well made.

Love it!.

Wandel πŸ‡©πŸ‡° | 1 rating
Posted over 6 years ago

Smooth and nice, my wifes new favorit rum, difficult to find in Europe....

Alas πŸ‡΅πŸ‡· | 499 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

Cocoa finish but maybe it’s overly vanilla, smooth finish solid rum to sip near, not overly sweet

Tom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | 230 ratings
Posted over 6 years ago

This is a smooth rum made with sugar cane juice in charred oak barrels. It's got a nice array of enticing notes that work together well. Leather, tobacco, vanilla, chocolate and dried fruit. Rather dry rum that goes down nicely with little heat. Another rum which is a staple at Total Wine and More stores.
Enjoyed straight or mixed...price is about $40

Uvaldez πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ | 15 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

Este Ron a sido galardonado en europa y a mi parecer tiene una muy buena aroma de vainilla, miel y tabaco, asi como un sabor delicioso aunque corto en la boca bueno en las rocas asi como bueno para mezclar, no creo que tenga 23 aΓ±os en una barrica pero esta rico.

Ken πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | 71 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

A Very Nice Dark Spiced Rum, better than my favorite Jonas Curse. I like many of the comments about the β€œage” question. That is, is this rum really aged for 23 years? To me, it does not taste like many of the fine, aged rums I have tried. The rum is nicely bottled but I do not wish to pay for fancy packaging and this rum is not a good value. If given the choice, I will most likely try something else in the future.

Beukeboom πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ | 304 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

Although listed here as "Villa Rica 23-Year" there is nothing on the bottle indicating the "23" is indicating years aging. All it says is "23 years" and "superior aged rum". Ambiguous. I hope some day there will be standards for labeling rum. The tag attached to the label doesn't clear things up. In part it reads "created with distilled sugar cane juice and aged since the 20th century in ancient European white oak toasted barrels". I want to know what they consider "ancient". Did they dig up the barrels at some archaeological site in France or Britain? The tag also reveals it originates from Veracruz, Mexico. My bottle was identified (handwritten) as "Bottle: 128/240 Barrel No. VR49". The bottle is rather elegant. Tall and slender...a little taller than typical rum bottles with gold leaf lettering.

The rum itself is a nice amber color and has a sweet, fruity aroma in the snifter. The flavor starts off sweet which is unusual for rum made from cane juice...I expected something a little drier...which makes me wonder if this rum has been sugared and by how much. I get hints of prunes and raisins in the flavor along with a bit of pepperiness and a decent burn which fades swiftly leaving a drier finish but lingering raisin flavor remains. The oak barrels have imparted their flavor in the rum giving it a slight bitterness from the tannins.

I have to disagree with some of the reviewers saying it's a terrible rum. It's not. It's a fairly decent rum that seems to have been sugared somewhat apparently to ease some of the harshness. It doesn't have the character nor smoothness of a rum aged for 23-years in single oak barrels so I am of the opinion the labeling is misleading. I would expect a legitimate 23-year-old single-barrel rum would be far more expensive than the $30 USD I paid.

It's not as smooth of a rum as one would expect from an aged rum but it's not overly harsh either. It's on the borderline of sipper/mixer. Personally I would prefer it as a mixer rather than a sipper but I can see it being enjoyed by some neat or on the rocks. Definitely worth a try. Don't let the very negative reviews here keep you from at least trying it. I've had some incredibly bad rums (see my reviews at the "1" level for examples) but this is far from being one of them.




Brand Details

Name: 23-Year
Years Aged: 23
ABV: 40%
Type: Villa Rica
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led Rum: No