Dos Maderas PX 5+5

Dark color, sweet aroma and finished in sherry cask. Not my favorite, but definetly worth a try.

Definite alcohol on the first smell. Let it breathe for a few and the sweetness takes over. A bit too sweet for my taste. Didn't get as much sherry notes as I expected, but I'm used to Scotch Sherry bombs.

Thanks to my bad experience with Papas Pilar rums, I have stayed away from rums aged in sherry casks. So I had a WTF moment and this rum was only $40, so I took my chances. When I got home, I also had no idea that it has 36 gpl of added sugar, which qualifies it as a sugar bomb. However, since I like it better than my current top sugar bomb (DRE), this now qualifies this one with a rating of 7. Since it is so hard for me to find, I doubt that I will go hunting for it again.

Oh yes, what about the flavors? Despite having the last 5 years aged in sherry barrels in Spain, the sherry flavors are quite subdued and not in your face (compared to Diplomatico Ambassador). It somehow manages to still taste like a rum, because the type of sherry aging is what counts. Very well done, but I have been staying clear from heavily sugared rums. They don't hold their flavors in the bottle and they are bad for one's health.

After note: I finally found a bottle of this one's younger brother, Dos Maderas 5x3. That one is almost completely dry. But compared to this one, the younger brother is quite uneventful. I would rate it as a low 7 or high 6. This one is still better even though they add dry sherry and sugar to the casks.

Zrání tohoto rumu má 3 fáze: nejprve zraje 5 let v dubových sudech v Karibiku. Poté je převezen do Španělska, kde zraje ve sklepích vinařství Williams & Humbert nejdříve 3 roky v sudech po sherry Dos Cortados a na závěr 2 roky v sudech po sladkém sherry Don Guido z odrůdy Pedro Ximenez.

Aroma: Sherry výluh, rozinky, mokré trouchnivějící dřevo, skořice.
Chuť: Sladké - rozinky v čokoládě a opět vévodící sherry.
Dozvuk: Skořice a odeznívající sherry rozinkovost. Příjemný, středně dlouhý.
Sladkost: 2/3
Celá lahev
Opět přechutnávka jednoho z mých začátečnických rumů. Je to stále dobře pitelný sherry výluh, kde je sladkost na mojí stupnici únosnosti ještě v limitu.

Speciel rom med stor smag. Sprittet i starten, men aftager hurtigt.

Könnyed kis rum, semmi extra, annak ajánlom aki még ismerkedik a rumokkal.

Surprisingly good for a younger rum. Nice flavor combinations.

Very sweet rum, it depends on your drink for the night how well it will be liked. Some will find this rum almost to sweet.
None the less, we enjoyed the bottle. bit different than what we normally drink.

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I can enjoy this rum although I seem to miss Some body in it.

Enjoyable to drink straight.