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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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Zacapa 23 Solera
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/10
out of 10
OK, to be clear, I mixed my rums with Diet Dr. Pepper. It's just how I like my rum. Zacapa was my first introduction to the real rum world (outside of Bacardi and Captain Morgans 1.75L typical offerings. I loved it and still do. The flavor is vanilla, molasses, and fruity. I would put this is the more sweet side by just a little bit. It is not a sugary sweet rum, but it has a perfectly blended "natural" sweetness to each and the complex flavors offer one or two changes as you enjoy it. It is not a Clement 6 that changes every sip in a good way, but it is not a Captain Morgan Reserve that is the same all the way through the drink. I have 9 bottles of this in my cabinet, yes 9 in reserve. It is likely my go to rum when I want something fine, yet not over the top.