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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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Posted
almost 3 years ago
taste - 7.5/10
smell - 8/10
sweetness - 8/10
price/value rating - 7/10
Posted
almost 3 years ago
I received a bottle of this as a Christmas gift and enjoyed it thoroughly over several months.
This was one of the first aged rums I tasted, and it left an impression. Dark molasses flavor, more complexity, slight bitterness, and more of an overt bite compared to others I was drinking at the same time. Frankly, it was probably too good for me at the time, and I'm eager to pick up another bottle of this (or the 12 Year) at some point once I'm more attuned.
Posted
almost 3 years ago
Great rum.Very nice aromas of caramel and vanilla.
Best value.
Posted
almost 3 years ago
Sweet, fruity and sugary. Dried figs and dates, sultana's, vanilla extract, brown sugar, loads of cinnamon, allspice, mild wood notes. The finish has a treaclish quality to it with sticky caramel and some more pronounced slightly bitter wood notes. It's all very "smooth" though. I'm normally not a fan of these engineered type of rums, but this is dangerously drinkable.
Best rum I have ever had! Tasted great on the rocks. Better than most high dollar bourbons. A stable for your collection
Posted
almost 3 years ago
Complex. Maybe too sugary and old to my taste but still a great rum.
Posted
almost 3 years ago
Its a slightly more oak tasting rum than the 12, I prefer the 12 for the price difference
Posted
almost 3 years ago
This rum is the first one I judge other rums against. I consider this a truly classic offering, and one of the best starting points for getting into the world of "good" rum. Even more so than a similar offering, like the 18 year Flor De Cana (which is smoother but has less character than this IMO). Skip the 12 year and go straight for this imo, the price difference isn't much but the taste here is notably better.
Posted
almost 3 years ago
I don’t drink a lot of rum straight, I’m more of a rum and Coke guy, but I tried this neat and then with some ice and I could have it either way. No harsh burn, really I wouldn’t even say it warms the throat. Just a good, smooth rum that isn’t over powering one way or the other.
Posted
almost 3 years ago
tout dépends a quel prix vous payez cette bouteille...
Pour 40€ ok ça sera un bon rhum dans la game des rhums facile à boire.
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Compared side by side to ED 12 and ED8
6
/10
out of 10
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.