El Pasador de Oro Gran Reserva

This is a very good rum in this price range. This is my second review as I noted I had the ratings of XO & Gran Reserve reversed. The XO is a nice golden rum sweet and smooth, but the Gran Reserve packs a bit more depth. Similar in color and flavor, but the finish of the GR keeps going. Guatemalan rums continue to surprise me. This batch has slight corky flavor not sure if that’s an oddity or part of the profile.

I had this one's younger brother in Las Vegas about 16 months ago and was not all that impressed. That one was like listening to a lite rock radio station. Good, but nothing at all to get excited about. Well, it's older brother here suffers from the same dilemma. If you hate burn and strong flavors, then you will love this one. With me having tried more than 300 rums in less than 3 years, this one is just rather boring. The added sugar makes it semi-dry, which does not help it at all. This one is a wannbe Plantation XO and fails miserably at this, since it is a Guatemalan dry rum with final aging in cognac casks in France. A good rum, but a colossal yawn for me. This one is great for newbies to rum.

El Pasador has two wonderful products- the XO and the Grand Reserva.
The XO is smooth and well balanced, where as the Grand Reserva imparts more body and character. Both products are in my best buy category~

I picked this up at my local Total Wines & More for only $44.99, but to me it tastes more like an $80 rum!

Smells and tastes of a really nice spice (I can't place it), oak (with sherry aging?), caramel, and tobacco. Has a very nice hint of sweetness and is really nice. Just shy of a '9' to me.

This is an excellent rum, quite smooth (not 100%), but so tasty, exotic, sweet...
Perfect with ice.

Lovely and smooth with a little heat at first and then a long lingering warmth and flavour as it makes its wat through your body, just wonderful

This is an easy drinking, smooth, flavorful rum. One of my favorites

Fruit and vanilla flavors. A bit of a solvent bite. Spicey finish.

Very well balanced. Smooth, taste of nuts some vanilla, a lot of oak barrel and cognaqs notes. It's a good variant to spend evening.

Nice nose with notes of caramel, fruitiness, hint of oak, and some burn. The flavor is nice with similar notes and additional vanilla and toffee notes. The finish is smooth and long lasting. This is one I could proudly display on my shelf and share with likeminded friends.