La Gloria Anejo

This is an excellent solera system rum from Veracruz, México, soft on the palate and with contained sweetness. Traces of vanilla, wood and caramel. It seems to me a very well balanced rum and with an excellent value for money.

I like to drink it neat or on the rocks There is always a bottle at home

Great aromas, no added sugars, sweet but just right. I recommend it neat!!

I didn’t expect too much from this one, but it’s quite drinkable.

This rum is really a surprise for me, good color, delicious aftertaste with a tastes of with flavors of fruit and vanilla!

This one has all the marks of a sipping aged rum, but there's a smokiness that just doesn't sit right with the balance of flavors here. It's clear they sweeten it (a touch - this ain't Kraken), and the coloring may be added... their website is a little unclear, and for a mass-marketing rum which appears in Mexican big box stores, I'm not so sure how purely represented the diamante cane is showcased here. All that said, it makes for a great aged rum in a tiki cocktail or punch, and is OK on the rocks. At 40%, you're not going to feel a lot of heat, but the flavor is good, with slight reminders of Mexico's volcanic landscape as a signature of the terrior's fertile grounds.

The bottle design and marketing - overall brand - are pretty good, if not a little aspirational, but if it's going to attempt to make a bigger dent in the rum market we'd like to know a little more about the process and integrity of the rum.