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Montanya Oro Dark rum

Montanya Oro Dark

United States | Gold | 40% ABV

Montanya Oro Dark rum, a version of the base used in their Platino rum thatโ€™s aged for one year in American white oak barrels that previously only held Colorado whiskey. A small amount of caramelized Colorado wildflower honey is added before itโ€™s bottled at 80 proof.

via American Rum Report
6.4/10
15 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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15 Montanya Oro Dark Ratings

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Yuichiro Shimura (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต | 5 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

Tastes like young whiskey. Not bad if you do not expect aged smoothness.

Rick The Rum Runner (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 34 ratings
Posted over 10 years ago

Immediately upon pulling the cork - the butterscotch is wafting up from the glass. A much more pronounced vanilla is in the air. The initial taste, vanilla for sure, a sweetness that lasts longer. Almost a honey flavor that marries with the smokiness of the Oak. This is a real sipping rum, although I can think of one or two drinks that would benefit from it as a mixer. This is not going to last long behind my bar.

Cool Breeze (PREMIUM) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 550 ratings
Posted over 1 year ago

Bottle gifted to me by King Kahuna. Light gold color. Interesting aroma of acorn squash. Mildly doughy. A faint licorice flavor. White grapes. Medium body. Slight evergreen finish. Thereโ€™s some stuff going on with this one. Not too shabby.

kheiligh (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 64 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

It has a lot of chocolate... more like eating chocolate than baking, sweet and syrupy almost.

Kieron wood (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง | 621 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

What is fascinating with this rum is that the production in Colorado which location definitely does not favour rum production.

The rum tasted of burnt charcoal and liquorice ...barrel notes due to the year but still felt like it was lacking any real depth ...

gdtrfb (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 32 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Decent but grossly overpriced vs alteratives. Fairly balanced, not too sweet and worth a try with a cube or 2.

James Worthington (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 6 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Recently saw that this took a medal at SF World Spirits so bought a bottle. It is not sweet, which I love. Aged 12 months with no sugar caramel to sweeten, so surprisingly smooth and complex. Love the finish of spice. All around a great American rum.

Hawkeye821 (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 17 ratings
Posted almost 6 years ago

Had a bottle and it went very fast!! Loved it and found myself getting lost in the moment while drinking. My bottle looked different so I might have had a different blend. I will be buying another bottle soon and will upload some pics.

piratejabez (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 322 ratings
Posted almost 7 years ago

This rum is very interesting! (And also somewhat polarizing, based on the ratings.)

It starts with a very unusual nose. Immediately spicy, but not at all like a "spiced" rum. I really struggle to describe it... mountain spices (?), pine, red pepper, juniper. Woody despite its young age (new oak?), and slightly funky thanks to the pot-still production. All in all, very complex, with a flavor to match. Slightly bitter finish. Did I mention the spice?

Super interesting, and not at all unpleasant. This would be a fun one to share with friends. If you had access to other American craft rums (which I think tend to be on the young, oaky, and expensive side), this would be a fantastic addition to a side-by-side comparison. I have no idea how much this bottle goes for, but I think this would be very interesting to mix with, if you're one to craft your own cocktails.

As a side-note, while I was tasting this and remarking on how unusual I thought it was, there happened to be a fellow next to me who had tasted over 700 rums. Despite this great number, he remembered Montanya Oro; it's among the relatively few that left an impression. It may not be super premium, but it's certainly a stand-out.

7+ on its own, but because it's so interesting, and Montanya is really blazing their own trail, I'm upping my rating to an 8- :)

Mo McGurk (BASIC) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ | 250 ratings
Posted 7 years ago

I tried to keep an open mind for a rum from the Rockies, but like another reviewer, this one tasted like dirt to me.




Brand Details

Company: Montanya
Name: Oro Dark
ABV: 40%
Type: Gold
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Unknown
Distillation: Unknown