Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

It's an okay rum but what really surprised me is the strong smell and taste of alcohol. The sweetness and the molasses only come through as an aftertaste. I've had rums that were 55% and tasted less of alcohol so that really makes this rum average at best.
Still quite enjoyable though!

Edit; this rum really benefits from being out (how do you say that in English? Tumble?) for a while, it really helps bring out the suppleness of this rum and rids it of the intense alcohol taste

A big name for rum lovers, it's incredibly smooth and pleasant, but...really that's all after 23 years?!

Nose: surprisingly, it seems there Is no alcohol in the glass. Maybe that bottle was opened some times ago, I don't know, but it smells so smooth, sweet, a tons of vanilla and other spices, a minimum touch of citrus. It's really good, but I expected more complexity from a rum aged by 23 years...

Taste: coherent with the nose, starts sweet and smooth immediatly, and again It seems that there is a very small amount of alcohol in, no trace of warmth, and this disappointed me a little bit. Also, Is not that complex (and again, I expected a lot of complexity from a distillate 23 years old): molassess, vanilla, reminding of pastry and butter cookies and rape fruit notes are present, but no traces of oak, woods or other spices... uhm, I drank very very younger rums with infinite more character! The finish is medium, with bitter memories of licorice, a sweet pastry.

Notes: overall, it's a good rum, this is sure. But from 23 years old of aging, I expected a great, that I never found neither to the nose nor to the taste.

Another good rum, seems a bit heavier on the molasses and has a bit of a 'bite'.

Very interesting flavor profile. You can tell that this was made with sugar cane, which makes it too sweet. Could be a decent mixer.

This is with Diplomatico one of the widest known rums and for a lot of people it open the way to premium rums. It could be less sweet and more oaky.

En god rom.
Härlig flaska, fina färg och ljuv arom.
God smak, men lite besviken. Tycker den kan vara bättre...

This is very popular rum in Czech Republic and good for price

Smooth gentle taste, little bit of sweet aroma of caramel, honey . long finish

I tried this one in a bar, they served it rly nice, even heated the glasses. It is probably the smoothess rum i have ever had, but taste is not much intense, i think less sweetness would be better.

The rum is ok, but not special as it is highly rated. I do nit like the aftertaste.