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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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Beukeboom 🇺🇸 | 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.

O'Neill 🇨🇿 | 62 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Aroma of this rum is very pleasant without disturbing smell of alcohol. Taste is very light with strong tones of wood. My first mexican rum, which surely wasn't disappointment. Not top for me personally, but not bad choice at all.

Neilcranswick 🇩🇪 | 90 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Smells like whisky at first. A bit of a burn. Not really sweet

Noxondra 🇨🇿 | 131 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Pěkná barva.
Vůně - karamel, dřevitá vůně. Ne moc výrazná
Chuť - příjemně hřeje, ale nechutná mi. Čokoláda
54/100

Adrian Adame 🇨🇿 | 700 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

barva nahnědlá
- vůně zajímavá, nasládlá, medová s tropickým ovocem
- chuť nasládlá, 40%, med, zvláštní pachuť s ovocem
závěr zůstává pachuť
Nezajímavý, nudný

Worty 🇨🇿 | 152 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

This rum smells beautifully of raisins. When tasting, there is a bit of chocolate with vanilla and mid strong taste after oak wood. Good stuff.

Pollux 🇨🇦 | 269 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Un ami m'a fait goûter ce rhum qu'il avait reçu en cadeau. J'ai bien aimé le boire seul après un bon souper lors de notre chasse à l'orignal.

fg67 🇫🇷 | 60 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

médaille d'or en 2020, mais je voit pas trop pourquoi???
Pour le prix vous pouvez trouvez 1000x mieux!!

Alas 🇵🇷 | 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

Sez 🇫🇷 | 25 ratings
Posted almost 3 years ago

Bonne bouteille
Mais je m'attendais à mieux pour un rhum de 23ans

Uvaldez 🇲🇽 | 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 años en una barrica pero esta rico.




Brand Details

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