Don Q Reserva 7-Year

Great Aroma, Fine smooth taste that just goes down too easy. Great neat but as a mixer, sometimes I think it gets lost amongst the other added ingredients in my Favorite rum based cocktails. This is my go to and I have a hard time keeping this in my private stock as it only lasts 4 days sometimes!

I picked this up from Total Wine for $27.99 down in Delaware. I love the new bottle designs that Don Q is rolling out. This a a solid rum for the newcomer just getting into aged rums. Good amber color, great taste and decent finish. This should be a good everyday rum to have in your collection.

There is a slightly heavier body to this than the Don Q Añejo and that make sense because the youngest rum in the blend is 7 yrs old vs the former being 3. It has mild bittersweet flavors that are a hint of butter, brown sugar, and cognac. Very good.

The nose is strong, with oak, grapefruit and other citrus fruits, pineaple, notes of cocoa, and a hint of nail polish, I really love it. The taste starts with mildly sweet citrus fruits, pineaple, honey, ends with white oak, the aftertaste is oak, with lasting spicy grapefruit and other citruses, with a slightly bitter twist at the end and a little pleasant afterburn. Overall the rum is nicely crafted, with a fresh feel, giving me much more pleasure than other - allegedly older - competitors. And please - do not try to compare this with Bacardi, this one is a completely different story.

Butter and vanilla. Excellent on a rock with good complexity (7). Disappointed as a mixer. (5)

Just what you'd expect for a Puerto Rican at this price point. Better than Bacardi, okay to drink straight in a bind, but probably best relegated to mixing. When your Spievak zombie asks for Puerto Rican rum, this is a good value choice.

Take this with a grain of salt, as I am very new to drinking rum neat. I'm not a huge fan of the taste of the barrel first and rum second, and this hit it home for me. I did find it hits all the marks of a Spanish style rum.

barva :světlejší zlatava
vune slaba vanilka, smetana, suchost a ovocnost
chut: štiplavost a mladost, rychle vyprchávající chut a přetrvávající pálení
zaver : velmi nudný závěr
hodnoceni 6
koupit ano z 0%
Alcohol 40 %

Smooth rum with wood and vanilla tones, but missing complexity or own character. Aftertasre is weak and short with some pepper tones. O.k. for mixing.

One dimensional on the nose. Some heat on the taste. Taste is ok on its own. I really like this one as a sour.