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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
8 years ago
Le rhum el dorado 12 est excellent et j avais envie de gouter son grand frere.le premier est plus sucre et semble convenir au plus grand nombre.mais le 15 ans une fois aere 15 minutes revele toute sa complexite.il ressemble un peu a un whisky mais avec plus de douceur.des notes legeres de reglisse une bonne longueur en bouche en font un rhum excellent.En regoutant les 2 je prefere le 15 ans qui est tres doux.note 8.8.
Posted
8 years ago
Not so sweet, so not my top choice. No aftertaste. Very weird...
Posted
8 years ago
Nose: Big, deep, full. Bigger than the 12 year old. Cut oak, aniseed, brown sugar, molasses, a bit of engine oil and some tar. A little smoke creeps in, slightly burnt and smoky toffee. Definately related to the 12 year old but beefed up, more brooding and deeper. Complex and murky. Yum.
Palate: Sweet delivery and quite a viscous mouth-feel. A mirror of the nose with aniseed again and black liqcourice, plenty of oak and some char/soot. The savouries are holding the sweets off, just about. Some slightly sour fruits, stone fruit and prunes in juice.
Finish: Medium to long. Spicy and sweet at the same time. The sugar coats your mouth and carries the sweetness to the finish but the oaky spices buzz around your mouth and dry up with that liqcourice and aniseed. Right at the end there are some more lively fruits like pineapples and oranges and a lasting note of leather/tobacco.
Same score as the 12, although I like this better. It's more of a 7.5.
More here:
https://rumtastic.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/el-dorado-15-year-old-review/
Posted
8 years ago
Incredible balance and taste Not as sweet as the 12 yr
Posted
8 years ago
I not found big different from El Dorado 12. Just little bit smoother. I thing is more better rums for that price.
Posted
8 years ago
This rum is a pretty good one on the rocks! The smell make me buy it and... I'm quite satisfied ! I can't say if I prefer this one too the El Dorado 12 but, for sure, it's not a bad choice ! To try !
Posted
8 years ago
Der 15er El Dorado wurde mir von mehreren Seiten als günstige, jedoch ebenbürtige Alternative zum 21er empfohlen (der ja im gehobenen Preissegment angesiedelt ist). Der Rum ist wirklich gut - aber mit seinem grossen Bruder kommt er halt nicht mit - er kann (fast) alles, aber eben nicht ganz so gut. Angenehm süss, cremig und sanft mit leichter Alkoholschärfe. Der Rum bietet jedoch ein Top Preis-Leistungsverhältnis.
I bought this one based on the recommendations of users from this site.
I was pretty disappointed. I don't like Whiskey and I find this one tastes like it. Not sure what part of it does.
I can tell there are a lot of flavors, but the biggest one is that Whiskey like one.
Not for me, too bad especially considering the price.
Posted
over 8 years ago
très équilibrés et très abouti, c'est un rhum de connaisseur qui ne déçois pas!
il a tout pour lui, le nez, le gout, les aromes, et un prix abordable!
il faut l'avoir dans sa cave...
Posted
over 8 years ago
A dark thick liquor with a sweet taste and strong in alcohol. The age really comes through and is a really good drink.
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I had a shitty day today, but the first sip of my beloved El Dorado 15 years turned it all around. For me, on of the best rums you can get for such a modest price (€38 in Holland).
It starts with a great sweet smell that brings you to a tropical place of relaxation. Then it gets even better with the taste: sweet but round, a little burn but nothing too overwhelming. Well balanced. The only con that I can think of is the lack of a long aftertaste. Which results in taking a sip again quite swiftly. Which starts the whole great experience over again.
I tend to try out as many good rums as possible and this is one of the spare ones that I keep coming back to. Cant go wrong with this one, cheers!