Santos Dumont XO Elixir

7,5:The nose is quite sweet with scents of vanilla, butterscotch toffee and maple syrup all rising into the breezes. After the glass is allowed to breathe oak spice pushes through the toffee sweetness. I also notice other sweet scents of candied oranges and canned apricots. Coconut as well as some mushy banana finally appear as well.
The scents and smells are enticing, although I am wondering how the overt sweetness will play itself out as as I taste the rum.
7,2:Palate - The rum enters the mouth with a little bite of heated alcohol and wood spice. There is also an overt maple sweetness which is initially quite tasty; but which soon seems out of step with the structure of the rum. Notes of peppery oak spice, maple, honey and apricot jam with a touch of sour pineapple.
When an ice cube added, allowing the dram to cool, the rum seems find new life. I can now sip the spirit quite easily, and the cloying nature of the sweetness has abated. I am actually increasing the score a little now that I have found a suitable way to enjoy it.
6,5:Finish-The rum is full bodied, although I suspect this is more due to added sweetness than to do with the age of the spirit. Sweet butterscotch and maple combined with oak and oak spice tasted. Baking spice and cinnamon linger as does a sort of honeyed sweetness.
This rum looses its appeal if it is sipped neat more than one glass, as the dichotomy of honeyed sweetness with what appears to be more heat from alcohol than spiciness from oak aging.

En let drikkelig Barbados rum med en dejlig en eftersmag.
Let røget.

Takto. Ako rum by si to na slepú degustáciu nedal. Ale nádych kokosu a chuť sušených sliviek pri likérovej sladkosti má svoje čaro. Veľmi zaujímavá skúsenosť.
P.S.
Margotka, fakt, stará margotka...

Smell 9
Taste 8

Aki kedveli az édes rumokat,annak tökéletes választás!

Rum of great taste but way to sweet for my preferences.

Toto mi zahralo na chute, veľmi sladké, ale nie je to prehnané, vanilka výrazná. V našej rodine je to favorit No. 1, aj keď v mojom prípade to úplne neplatí, no širší okruh favoritov to môže byť :)

Ha kóstoláskor nem tudtam volna, hogy mi ez, akkor azt mondtam volna, hogy egy egészen kellemes, rum ízű likőr. De rumként kóstoltam, rumként viszont megbukott...

RO:
cand am gustat prima oara am zis ca e chiar mai licoros decat Riise Danish Navy Naval Cadet si mai dulce, la a doua gustare ma intrebam cum poate fi numit rom .. si am citit pe sticla ca e lichior facut din rom... asta m a cam enervat ca voiam sa mai degust un rom si am dat de cea mai dulce esenta dintre astea.. elixir.. cum de nu m am gandit ..

seamana cu goldul de la riise , in finish pare ca ti ramane miere pe limba efectiv

NU E ROM

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EN:
when I tasted it for the first time I said it was even more liqueuris than Riise Danish Navy Naval Cadet and sweeter, on the second taste I wondered how it can be called rum .. and I read on the bottle that it is a liqueur made from rum... I was a bit annoyed because I wanted to taste another rum and I came across the sweetest essence of these.. elixir.. how come I didn't think of it..

it resembles the gold from Riise, in the finish it seems that honey actually remains on your tongue

IT'S NOT ROM

Rom smagt til whiskymessen 2023 i KIF-hallen i Kolding. Puha ikke meget rom over det, synes mere det minder om noget til opblanding, alt for sød.

Too sweet for me, like you drink honey but when you like sweet rum this is good choice for money