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El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year rum is crafted from 15 to 25 year old rums that are then blended and married together in bourbon oak casks. Prior to blending the original batches are distilled using 4 unique stills - the Enmore and Diamond Coffey stills, the Port Mourant double wooden pot still, and the Versailles single wooden pot still.
The bottle of El Dorado Special Reserve 15-year was inspired by the the old hand-blown flasks used by sugar planters on the banks of the Demerara river.
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over 2 years ago
A beautiful full rum with nice wood tones and a little vanilla.
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over 2 years ago
Tyckte mest den smakade sprit och inget annat, är den verkligen så bra som folk säger?
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over 2 years ago
Dlouho jsem se dostával k tomuto rumu než na j došlo. V přímém porovnání je to jemnější a chutnější 12. :) Schválně jsem chtěl přímé porovnání, neb cenový rozdíl není velký. EL Dorado 12 mi dost chutná a považuji jej za etalon mezi podobnými rumy. Dnes jsem konečně měl možnost porovnat nejen tyto dva, ale i El Dorado 21. U 15 cítím daleko méně vůně než u 12 a první doušek mne malinko zaskočil množstvím lihu v chuti. což byl nejspíše ještě vjem vůně ze skleničky. Poté přišla sametově jemná typická sladkost. Musel jsem se napít znovu. Rum je výborný a mohu jej doporučit, nicméně 12 zůstává v srci. ;-)
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over 2 years ago
Light nose, so smooth going down. Nice flavor, well done!
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over 2 years ago
The mixture smells good, tastes sticky, doesn't give pleasure .,.,.,. Аромат быстро разносится вокруг: бисквит, апельсин, бочка, хлебная корка, пробивается резкость. Вкус резкий и сладкий как тёмный квас или напиток Байкал, подкопчёный, маслянистый, тяжёлый, лакричный. Раздражает рот, появляется приторность, голову ненадолго сдавливает. Настроение не поднимает совсем. Читал, что в него смешивают ром с разных производств. Догадываюсь, что в него добавлен сахар для сглаживания неровностей. Посредственный получается ром, несмотря на яркий аромат и выдержку в 15 лет. Повторно бутылку не куплю, но в баре одну рюмку возможно.
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over 2 years ago
Sweet but like a nice desert rather than cloying. Favorite of the range
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over 2 years ago
Not as smooth or sweet as the 12 year. Nose has a strong acetone scent. Strong citrus notes and smooth on the tongue.
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over 2 years ago
Nose: Caramel, brown sugar, light pepperiness, milk chocolate,
Palate: Caramel, Earl grey tea, milk chocolate, tannin bitterness, very oaky, oak vanillin, less sweetness than the ED12 but still definitely sugared, but not to it's detriment.
Finish: Tannins, vanillin, oak and light white pepper spice, leather also emerges, turns to slightly watery in the end.
Disappointing, not very flavourful, quite light, almost more light than ED12 which is disappointing but less sweet which is a good thing.
I was too sweet, to arteficail sweetness, No good one it's one, only in cocktail
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over 2 years ago
Delicious rum with fruity alcohol aroma. Taste of dried fruit with vanilla at the end. Like that one!
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The time finally came for me to plunk down $45 for this bottle since it was still within my $50 limit for sipping rums. For single malt scotches, prices start at $50 and swiftly go up past $100. With fine rums, one can get some really great rums for $50 or less.
At any rate, with the three of these rums side by side in Glencairn glasses that were all allowed to breathe for 30 minutes, my test began. The ED12 is the darkest, followed by the ED15, then the ED8. Color differences between them are subtle except when comparing the lightest ED8 to the darkest ED12. The ED15 had the best nose by far, but maybe because it is a new bottle. As for taste, the ED8 had to be told bye bye on the first round, so then it became a very tight race between the ED15 and the ED12. The only difference is that the ED15 has a strong after burst of bitter flavors over the ED12. Then again, since my bottle of ED15 is new, it just may mellow out until it cannot be told apart from my ED12. Save yourself $14 or more and stick with the El Dorado 12. The ED15 loses a point for slightly bitter after taste and higher price.
Update May 3, 2018:
I have no choice except to downgrade this ED 15 from a rating of 8 to a 6. After sitting in it's bottle and breathing for several months, my ED 12 which had longer breathing time still wins. There is a saying in the distilled spirits world about being too long in the wood. Evidently, 12 years is optimum for taste and then it goes downhill. Fools and their money always part, and they got me on this 15 year old, but never on their 21 year old. The ED 12 is still one of the best rum bargains that one can find. Since it is also a sugar bomb with 35 gpl of added sugar, one can simply add a certain amount of a rather boring dry rum to it to reduce the added sugars per liter without changing the taste very much.