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El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year rum

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year

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Guyana | Aged | 43% ABV

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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958 El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year Ratings

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James Young 🇬🇧 | 21 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

Very smooth and more complex than the 12, I always have a bottle in my collection. A must for rum drinkers!

Wayne Upton 🇺🇸 | 136 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

This probably the best rum available in the $40-$50 class. A go-to favorite for sipping.

Russ 🇺🇸 | 85 ratings
Posted almost 8 years ago

This is a way over priced rum, whiskey, rum, whiskey...let's just call it a rum that wants to be a whiskey but also has sugar added to try to make it taste more like rum than whiskey.

This is a busy little spirit with a variety of heavy fruit flavors which leads me to my next point: It goes well with a frozen drink or with Coke but its not a sipper. And, $50 a bottle for a mixer is just pain silly!

Yes, I'm biased in my review. I just don't think El Dorado makes a real premium rum and the added sugar to an agricole is shameful. Still, this is a good mixer that would be more appropriately priced in the low $30 range (NY prices).

Fred 🇫🇷 | 13 ratings
Posted almost 9 years ago

Voici un rhum d'une très grande qualité, qui m'a vraiment enthousiasmé! Le nez promet des arômes que la bouche confirme: une délicieuse douceur vanillée, des notes de noix, de dates et de fruits secs. La longueur en bouche est très bonne, laissant au palais tout le temps d'apprécier la complexité des arômes délivrés. C'est vraiment l'exemple-type de rhum vieux parfaitement équilibré et balancé! Une réussite totale!

TomL219 🇺🇸 | 4 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

Nice rum to have straight up. Nice balanced flavors

Braeckman 🇧🇪 | 10 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

dans la lignée du 12 mais plus sur l alcool.(évidemment ) les mêmes arômes . Un grand plaisir à goûter .toujours cette sensation de douceur, d épices . Facile à boire .

Justin Paquette 🇺🇸 | 3 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

I am relatively new to higher quality rums but this one blew all my other forays out of the water. I would attempt to describe it but my palate is still somewhat lacking.

RhumsTeq 🇫🇷 | 32 ratings
Posted 11 years ago

I've just received a mini bottle of this rum from RumRatings, so that I had the chance of tasting it: I liked it indeed :) !

The colour is a copper red gold.
The aroma has notes of caramel and banana. There are some notes of wood also but fairly discreet.
Oak flavors are predominant on the palate but the rum remain sweet and very pleasant.
Edit April 25, 2014: Now that I've been able to compare this rum with its older brother 21 yo, I can say that this rum is my favorite one. Note raised to 10.

rumyum 🇺🇸 | 1 rating
Posted 11 months ago

Nice amber color, has good caramel and vanilla tones. Taste has the pleasant bite a whiskey drinker will enjoy, with a pleasing mouth feel and finish. Not overly sweet like many rums. Very enjoyable sipping rum for those who enjoy quality bourbons and scotches.

Hotelecho 🇬🇧 | 17 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

I have only tried once but it did not hit the same spot as the 12 year El Dorado, very nice indeed but something missing in this rum

Markus Lehto 🇫🇮 | 51 ratings
Posted 1 year ago

But only just! Clear notes of toffee. Not really sure if it’s worth the price over 12 year old but definitely nicer.




Brand Details

Name: Special Reserve 15-Year
Years Aged: 15
ABV: 43%
Type: El Dorado
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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