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Dominican Republic | Aged | 38% ABV
Barcelo Imperial rum is produced in the Dominican Republic using column stills before aged in white oak casks for up to 10 years.
Ron Barcelo was founded in 1929 by Spanish entrepreneur Julian Barcelo in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The brand was sold mainly in the Caribbean and North America until a much broader international expansion began in 1992.
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Nice taste, smooth, dark bitter chocolate, little vanilla, not so sweet. Smell is nice, a bit fruity. Like it more than similar (at least for me) Kirk & Sweeney 23
Zapach: Wyraźna beczka, karmel, wanilia, świeże liście tytoniu, ziemistość.
Smak: Wyraźna wanilia, kakao, delikatna kawa oraz skóra. Kandyzowane wiśnie, ananas oraz orzechy włoskie
Zapach i smak jest juz wyraznie na tkz. granicy szlachetności. W drinku jest już dość mocno dominujący i charakterystycznie zarysowany - napoje przyrządzone na jego bazie nie będą lekkie smakowo. Mimo dość często przystępnej promocyjnej ceny (okolice 110-120pln) to jednak sporo osób zdecyduje się pić ten rum saute lub z lodem gdzie świetnie daje sobie radę. Warto zauważyć ze niżej pozycjonowane rumy od Barcelo dziedziczą pewne szczegóły i aromaty którym charakteryzuje się imperial - można znaleźć jego ślady w anejo, gran anejo, dark…
Co do wyglądu: Otóż z reguły spotykam Barcelo Imperial w kartonowym, ozdobnym pudełku często z miłym dodatkiem - np szklankami. Butelka jest porządna, ładna, oraz ciężka. Prezentuje się dumnie.
OCENA 78/100
Cena u nas 20eur!?
:) vynikajuci vtip! Navyse s krasnou flasou!
Tak v pomere cena hodnota je tento rum absolutna svetova spicka.
Rum ma urcite obrovsku fanusikovsku zakladnu kedze je velmi dobre vybalancovany! Nicoho v nom nieje prehnane a nic v nom nechyba. Je absolutne vhodny na ciste pitie. Navyse si udrziava stalu vysoku kvalitu, co niektore rumy v tejto triede nedokazu!
Ak si porovname niektore lacnejsie rumy od BARCELO, tak tu sa rozhodne oplati si priplatit 5-6eur, lebo si priplatite vela muziky :)
A nice box and bottle are fitting for this medium mahogany rum.
On the nose is a good amount of cask with a bit of burnt sugar.
Tasting is good with a lot of oak, caramel and a mild burn.
$45 @ LCBO was a good deal.
Nett, Aroma eher flach und seicht, kann man trinken, muss man aber nicht. Ich habe diesen aus Urlaubsnostagie hier.
I was expecting a more complex taste. It's good for mixing. Not so interesting to drink pure.
Note: I'm a sipper. My opinion is based on sipping characteristics.
There's possibility one might dislike it at first, as it is not newbie friendly. That was my experience the first time, as it was one of my very early bottles and had me unprepared. At 38% vol one thinks the experience should be mild-ish. Rich sweet aromas that go all over the place once you open the bottle contribute to that feeling and it's just the moment you take a sip when you realize this one bites. And it might be quite a shock. Then a couple years later I thought I'd retry it and my experience was entirely different and it was my expectations that let me down back then, rather than its characteristics. So to me now, this is technically on par even with Flor de Caña 12 and the likes.
"ends with a carrot cake ice cream taste"
"Barcelo Imperial rum review by the Ultimate Rum Guide"
The nose is light and gentle.
"It’s quite nicely balanced but just a little bit too nice."
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Another affordable aged rum from the Dominican Republic
7
/10
out of 10
I found this rum and it's younger bother Gran Anejo today. The only way to compare them is side by side. The Imperial was $29 and the Gran Anejo was $17. The Imperial is definitely worth the extra $12 and worth buying again.
The Imperial is an almost reddish orange color while the Gran Anejo is a pale yellow in color. The Gran Anejo is full of burn and not much taste at all. The Imperial has very little burn if allowed to breathe for a while as one should. The Imperial is super smooth and somewhat viscous. I can't pinpoint the simple flavors, but I would say caramel and nutmeg with some cinnamon. There is no oak after taste like it's competition Matusalem Gran Reserva 15. Since this Imperial is a tad better than my beloved affordable sipper from Matusalem, Imperial also gets a rating of 7. And you guessed it, I also did a side by side taste test against my Matusalem Gran Reserva 15.
Update almost six months later: This rum has still retained it's flavor because it is not a sugar bomb. However, it is rated at 16 gpl of added sugar and tastes like it has much more sugar. Maybe this is why I still have most of the bottle left after almost six months. Now it tastes almost disgustingly sweet. My rating still stands at 7, but I won't go out of my way to find another bottle.
Update February 25, 2020: I saw another bottle on the shelf hundreds of miles away from where I live. So I told myself that since it is only $30 and I have not had it in two years, why not buy it. Well, from the looks of the bottle, it looks like a rum that would cost more than $100 US. Basically, this is a rum to impress those that know little or nothing about rum. With all of the added sugar, it qualifies as being semi-dry or sweet. The added sugar disguises the cheap rum underneath. It is not bad, but only needs to be enjoyed on the rocks. If you are on a tight budget and want to impress a first date, then by all means go for this one. If you want to impress rum connoisseurs with this one, you will only be laughed at. And since this one still goes down so smoothly on the rocks, it still maintains my original ranking in my upper 25%. Not bad at all for a doctored rum, but I can only wonder what this company is truly capable of producing without added sugar.