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Guatemala | Aged | 40% ABV | Column Still (1-4) Distilled
Ron Zacapa 23 Solera Rum was created in 1976 in the highlands of Guatemala, where it is distilled in a copper-lined column still from fresh cane juice before solera aging.
The 500 year-old Spanish Sistema Solera method is used to age Ron Zacapa 23 in white oak casks. This results in a combination of rums aged between 6 and 23 years.
The current Ron Zacapa 23 bottle features a woven band around the middle, which is in reference to the original hand woven palm leaf petate bottle cover that covered the bottle.
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The colour is golden brown.
The nose offers burned butter and caramel sweetness indicative of crème brûlée.
The mouth feel is thick, oily and mouth coating.
On the palate there’s caramel sweetness with citrus, burnt butter, some fruitiness and a warming toasted oak with spiciness, followed by cocoa / dark chocolate. Very rich and intense and quite complex,
The finish is relatively short with sweet oranges and a brandy like fruitiness. Overall it’s very good but although the addition of colouring caramel would have artificially enhanced the mouthfeel, colour and flavour.
Smooth, but oh so sweet. But this one opens rums for me
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almost 10 years ago
A smooth and sweet rum, perfect to introduce people to rum...it´s balanced, sweet and smooth.
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over 6 years ago
Yep this is a great rum. But compared to other great rums I had this one is in the middle of them. It doesn't stand out that it needs to. It have an sweet oak smell of vanilla and spices. The taste is smooth and sweet with vanilla, caramel and toffee. But something is missing. Maybe it needs to age more. But a good rum to a good price.
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over 3 years ago
Bought this on a whim and am impressed. Very smooth but quite sugary. Good starter rum
Nose - 60 (1)
Mouth - 85 (1)
Flavor - 75 (2)
Aftertaste - 70 (2)
Overall - 72.5
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over 1 year ago
Tal vez porque venía de probar el Zacapa XO, esperaba más. Quizás es de esos rones que tienes que darle tiempo para que te enamoren. Se siente muy bien de todos modos, Claro que volvería a tomarlo
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over 1 year ago
Recently tried this while traveling maybe shouldn’t have been highlighted as top shelf but I can understand that this would be popular common rum. I would not go out of my way to purchase but wouldn’t turn down if offered.
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over 1 year ago
Always know what to expect with this one. Slightly too sweet but enjoyable as a sipper none the less.
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I have read other notes in this forum about the production of this rum, and I learned much from those comments. While they heavily influenced my expectations, I did not learn anything from tasting this rum that disagreed with their comments. The nose is sweet lime and banana. The feel of the sip is smooth and sweet. There is no big burst of alcohol at the beginning, but the alcohol burn slowly develops along with butterscotch and artificial bananas; and the finish finish lingers making it nice for recreational sipping. I did try it as the topper for a Mai Tai, and it goes badly. The combined sweetness of the ingredients set one's teeth on edge.