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Posted
over 1 year ago
A bit stronger that the basic Zacapa, a very pleasant and balanced taste with full body and a bit of sweetness. The price is very steep but the content is delicious
Posted
almost 2 years ago
It’s an easy drink. Perfect for a good and chill glass with a friend
Posted
almost 2 years ago
Sabor y color perfecto, tiene un olor espectacular.
Posted
2 years ago
Warm and rounded notes of caramel and fruits.
Recommended to most
Posted
2 years ago
Worth the money, simply because the final touch is smooth and does not burn your skull with alcohol. Would definitely recommend.
Posted
over 2 years ago
Len, inte så spritig. Dyr som katten, men värd det. Det är lyx i en flaska!
Posted
over 2 years ago
Pre mňa veľké sklamanie, lebo Royal má nezaujal ani toľko čo verzia XO. Pri danej cene som čakal ďaleko viac. Zvláštna chuť, nie harmonická, skutočne krátky zaver. Uff...jedine čo má na rume upútalo je krásna fľaša.
Posted
over 2 years ago
I'd say it's a very good rum, quite smooth to drink. It would be highly recommanded at a more reasonable price. You can have better for cheaper.
Posted
almost 3 years ago
Dark and a very smooth master. Vanilla and caramel taste
Posted
almost 3 years ago
Tesko je ovo rijecima opisati. Savrsenstvo u kratko. Al stvarno...sta god da se napise suvisno je...
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Old and matured Zacapa, very balanced
9
/10
out of 10
First of all: you need a Glencairn glas for tasting. The nose is much better in this glas.
In a rum tumbler it's not concentrated. And it needs 30min in the glas.
If you drink Zacapas take your time.
Tasted the Royal in comparison with 2019, Aniversario 30 and 2014 edition.
It tastes like the old zacapas. Intensiv, sweet and fruity, with wooden aromas.
It's not as good as the Aniversario 30. The 30 is more mature, more wooden and more fruity in the taste.
It's not as fresh as the XO. XO has a very nice balance between the matured and the young rums.
But Royal is more intensive and heavy.
It starts with caramel, burned sugar and dry fruits. The herbs are less present (same in Zacapa 30). The taste is not as heavy as 30 or Negra, but it's quite elegant. In the middle as it became warm I thought at some point, it's a little bit too sweet. From the sweetness I would say it's at the tip of the iceberg. Then I get some heavy flavours of the toasted cask (wood), but not as much as in the 30th.
I notice also a hint of cherries, this goes in another direction than other Zacapas.
The finish is not very spicy and sweet with caramel, barrel (wood) and dark fruits (not much herbs left).
A elegant and sweet Zacapa but too expensive for me.
2019 is more younger and also heavy, but has more mandarine in the taste. I think it's a good alternative. Buy the 2019 edition now, some years later it will be as expensive as royal I think.
Would rate it with 92 points.
Smell: caramel, herbs, sweet wood, dry fruits (raisins, plums, date), fig
Taste: caramel, burned sugar, herbs, sweet and toasted cask (wood), cherries, dry fruits (date), some, spice
Finish: long, sweet, caramel with barrel and dark fruits
Sweetness: 3.5/5
Fruits: 3/5
Spice: 2.5/5
Mildness: 4/5
Intensity: 3.5/5
Value (180€): 2/5
Experience level: professional
Aged: 8 to 30 years
Casks: Le Bois du Roy oak barrels
My favourite Zacapas Top 10 (I never tasted the old black label, Platino, straight from the cask and 2013, 2015 edition):
1. Aniversario 30
2. Royal
3. XO
4. Edicion Negra
5. Limitada 2019
6. Limitada 2014
7. Centenario 23
8. Ambar 12