Selvarey Cacao

5 years in a bourbon cask in Panama. Blended with cacao by a master blender. The bottle states: To be sipped and savored, mixed, neat or on the rocks. Yes to all. Have not met a lady, nor many men who refuses. No burn. It is an apertif for me with a good dessert. Have it to pull out when needed.

My highest rated rum yet! Very smooth and practically no alcohol burn. However, the strong cacao smell and flavor would limit this to more of a 'dessert' drink for me. But because it goes down so easy, I'd have a very long dessert...

I was offered this by a bar tender who knew that I liked rum. He said that I'd find it interesting and I did. I wasn't expecting such a chocolatey taste (with a large hinnt of caramel in the background), but you know what, it works. I found that I could drink it neat like a liquer - with a little ice or mix it. A pleasant surprise and certainly one of the better flavoured runs that I have tasted.

Smooth as silk - NO alcohol burn whatsoever. A truly natural light chocolate flavor.Very high quality rum base for a flavored rum.Incredible scent.Created / blended by ex Havana Club rum master.Highly recommend!!!

Definitely a different tasting rum than I have ever had. Not normally a fan of flavored rums but this is a conversation rum for sure.

Tried the Selavrey Cacao while in Savannah GA. Nice aroma of chocolate on the nose, really nice flavor with not too much burn. Very enjoyable straight.

The first time I took a sip (over ice in a whiskey glass) the Coco flavor was over powering and I wasn't sure what to think. Didn't hate it, but wasn't expecting it either. Had one glass, but couldn't get the flavor out of my mind the rest of the night. Next day poured another glass knowing what to expect and fell in love with this stuff. Unique and goes down soooo easy with zero burn. Drinks like wine in that sense and definitely very dangerous as you can find yourself half gone in no time. Quality all around and I highly recommend. Not sweet, not bitter, but like an amazing rum highlighted by a very natural Coco flavor. Great stuff.

I am not a big fan of flavoured spirits. I have always thought that when flavors are added, usually the underlying product is really bad. But when I tried selvarey I noticed it is a whole new concept to flavoring (at least for me). I could not stop having drinks of selva rey. So smooth and delicious. Opened my mind to a whole new spectrum of posible combinations of rum and other flavors.

Immediately prior to sampling this rum I sampled one claiming to be "chocolate coconut" but all I tasted was bad imitation chocolate and no coconut. Selvarey (loose translation: "king of the jungle") is light years ahead of that rubbish. This rum, according to the front and back labels is rum aged 5 years in bourbon casks and infused with natural chocolate flavor. Some describe it as dark chocolate but to me it's more akin to slightly sweetened cocoa or those Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips used in homemade chocolate chip cookies. The aroma both in the bottle and in a snifter is of a definite chocolate/cocoa nature. Fairly smooth too with a little burn to it fading into a more intense sweetened cocoa flavor. This would be a great finish to a wonderful meal and possibly a nice addition to a coffee-based mixed drink. Definitely recommended but it's a bit different.

I have NEVER enjoyed flavored rums, but after trying SelvaRey's White Rum and enjoying it, I thought I would give this a try. I was pleasantly surprised to find that SelvaRey Cacao is not some syrupy nonsense, but an actual high-quality spirit that uses real raw cacao in their infusion process with no other additives. On the nose, the aroma is intense and warm. Cacao, caramel, and maybe some clove. On the palate, it is definitely sweet but not what I was expecting, as it is balanced very nicely and you can tell that you are drinking alcohol. Decided to pour a shot into my coffee and was the furthest thing from disappointed. To any coffee drinkers, thank me later. To rum aficionados, view this as something unique that allows you to step out of your comfort zone!