Ron Zacapa Royal

Collecting bottles of Zacapa to enjoy them in good times

Full body with long aftertaste! tested against XO and it is huge difference and bottle is super exclusive. Highly priced (250 Euros) but still must have👍🏻 the best rum for me so far. Zacapa deliver strongly with this bottle.

A bit hard - ok nice rum but too expensive. The XO is a fine alternative.

We tasted the Zacapa Royal against the white and black label, the XO Anos as well as the Eldorado 25 1986 and Eldorado 1980. The Zacapa scores only in one: with the exceptionally beautiful bottle, the content for this price a joke, he is Spicy and strong though the Zacapa typical flavors harmonize with a pleasant not exaggerated sweetness. The my view after predominant young years dominate and let the Royal in the ratio look quite old. Absolute No. 1 at both testers was the black label, then the Eldorado 1980, then the white label, the Eldorado 1986 and then still the old XO Anos. Only in comparison with an XO Solera is the Royal one tick beser and at a 3 times price, simply ridiculous.Sorry for my perhaps bad english--))

virgin cane honey. half dry.
it is a 30 years solera rum. it was finished in french limousin oak.
the first thing I mentioned is the low amount of sugar. and thats great! I think less then 15g/l (its more dry then the limitada 13)
vanilla. cherry. peach. caramel. leather. almond. bitterness. woody. very long aftertaste. not a crowd pleaser. for a sweetend rum it is very good. much too expensive.
if you like sweet rums, thats not for you!
8/10.

Enjoyed two glasses of Ron Zacapa Royal in Auckland NZ. Very nice high end bottle and label design. Dark mahogany color. Sweet notes mixed with plenty of oak from French Oak Cask maturation and a massive amount of vanilla to the nose and palate when neat sipped. Mild burn at the end being so sweet. Just ever so slightly smoother than Zacapa XO with 4 times the price.

Pleasure starting with aroma, goeas over complex taste and ending in long aftertaste. But the differences vs XO you can tell only in direct comparison. Royal is a bit sweeter and a bit more comolex with longer aftertaste. But the differences are so small, taht it can't justify the double (or even more) price.
Anyway you should try the sample...

Taste 8/10. This is similar to Zacapa Centenario XO but a little bit less sweet (i would like little more sweetness, this is the limit for me) & same time little smoother-cleaner taste (less additions) than XO, shophisticaded and little bit more aged - intense...overall some better quality than Centenario XO & Limitada 2015. But same time a little less sweet from what i like so for me this is equal taste to XO & Limitada 2015... Any way for this price dont buy it... waste your money. The taste is powerful with nice complexity & smell.... I love the complexity of Zacapa Rums.

Very nice taste indeed. But the price on this rum is a joke. Drank rum that taste better than this for a much better price. Rum for hothots who drives BMWS and has no friends. The bottle shape suits old ladies.

Výsledný rum má krásně plnou vůni i chuť čokolády, pečeného kokosu a mandlí. Závěr je pak správné dlouhý, nasládlý, exotický. Vážně královská lahev.

As all Zacapa's more on the sweet side, but if thats what you are looking for then this is worth of having even with this price.

láhev - obal 10/10 bottle
vůně 17/20 smell
chuť 30/35 taste
jemnost 14/15 smooth
cena/výkon 0/20 much for money
71%

Vyvážená chuť s lehce dřevitou vůní, pije se dobře, bez pachuti, nebo špatné dochuti. Bohužel ničím nezaujme, to je ale u Zacapů tradice. Rozhodně nedoporučuji kupovat celou láhev.

Hvis denne ikke var så dyr, ville jeg give den højere rating, men hvis man sammenligner med Ron Zacapa Centenario XO, så er det en skuffende oplevelse. Ville til enhver tid vælge tre Centenario frem for en Royal. Eftersmagen forsvinder hurtigt.

I tested this one on Birka Cruises rum cruise on the Baltic Sea, and it didn’t catch me. Maybe I’m unfair when I rate the XO higher, but right now I’m very into the English styled rum and there were some really good ones to taste on that cruise.

A very complex rum; rich, oak, vanella, chocolate, very smooth even at the 80 proof.

After dinner, or lunch, with orange, dark chocolate

Marvelous

Without many words, it's a super rum, starting with a very colorful presentation. The rum presents a splendid mahogany color, which when served has sweet, fruity, vanilla and minimally wood aromas. When you try it you realize the great balance obtained, also from the striking density that we can perceive, where we find citrus and dry fruit flavors, wood, vanilla and sweet.

Sin muchas palabras es un super ron, empezando por la presentación muy vistosa. El ron presenta un color caoba esplendido, el cual al servirlo presenta aromas dulces, frutados, vainilla y mínimamente madera. Cuando lo pruebas te das cuenta del gran equilibrio obtenido, también de la llamativa densidad que podemos percibir, donde encontramos sabores frutados cítricos y secos, madera, vainilla y dulce.

Zacapa royal är min bästa zacapa upplevelse. Mycket kakao och väldigt smooth. Eftersmaken sitter i munnen drygt 30 min efteråt, sätter sig i tandköttet. Helt fantastiskt god. Uppgraderar betyget till en 10a men har inte testat den igen efter provningen jag var på så får återkomma. Men upplevelsen då var att denna är den bästa rom jag testat hittills och behöver en 10a för att komma till min första plats i hyllan.

Sammenlignet med Zacapa XO er denne hakket bedre, men ikke helt verdt prisforskjellen.

Absolutt verdt og ha i skapet, nydelig rund smak, litt dyr i Norge
Nice rum , but litle expensiv.

Excelente cuerpo y sabor. Notas de madera y café con caramelo. Recomiendo tomarlo sin hielo y no muy frío. Un poco sobrevalorado en costo

El mejor de los mejores.... no hay mas....
Tomalo y todo queda entre la realeza....

7/10 2017 Stockholm Paladar
Tasted the Royal once before on a Zacapa tasting. Really liked it then. But that was after tasting the whole Zacapa sortiment leading up to the Royal. Anyways, tried it now again as a dessert sipper. N I must say that I was disappointed. There was a to strong fruit taste for me. Its good the don't get me wrong. But not my flavour.

Selve rommen smager udemærket, men blev virkelig skuffet ift hvad jeg havde forventet. Har ikke tidligere givet karakter ud fra prisen, men bliver nød til at tage det med i denne vurdering. Der findes langt bedre rom derude ift pris/kvalitet

Only the best is good enough!
Only the best is good enough!