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Ron Zacapa Royal rum

Ron Zacapa Royal

Guatemala | Aged

8.5/10
63 ratings
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63 Ron Zacapa Royal Ratings

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vomi1011 🇩🇪 | 403 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

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

Hedlund 🇸🇪 | 45 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Den här är riktigt god men inte så pass mycket godare än XO så att det motiverar det dyrare priset.

Brian Casali 🇮🇹 | 15 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

A total and complete rhum. Extra-dark colour and a sweet, balanced taste

Foglialuce 🇮🇹 | 281 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Good but nothing special, is too similar to XO, not complex, lightness in deep. For delicate palates

pocasi 🇨🇿 | 21 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

Zatim nejlepsi zacapa co jsem pil. Plna a dlouho trvajici chut. 10/10

Janne68 🇸🇪 | 15 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

Säger inget mer om den mer än att den är kunglig. Sen att Zacapa XO är snäppet godare, men båda får en 10:a

xCorporalx 🇩🇪 | 98 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

...due to the fact I have bought the bottle, yet not have tried.

Will review my posts once I have.

Cheers :)

Dimitris 🇬🇷 | 87 ratings
Posted 5 years ago

It has similarities with Zacapa XO old version but further than age it is also a bit sweeter & more fruity surprisingly!! It has the best complexity compared to other similar with long aging rums as Quorhum 30, Malteco 1987, Diplomatico Ambassador & El Dorado 21. It is aged in bourbon, charred Whiskey, wine, cognac & cherry barrels and all this makes it very unique, rich & round!! The scent is close to Metaxa Private Reserve (new version). Roayal is a touch better but with 4 times up the price thats ridiculous expensive!! In conclusion it is my favorite rum together with El Dorado 25 which is spicier, sweeter and a bit less complex.

Josef Janicek 🇨🇿 | 1 rating
Posted 5 years ago

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

Peter 🇪🇪 | 92 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

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.

Tom 🇨🇿 | 40 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

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.