Santos Dumont XO

I had just a sample for this test, so it’s just a first impression.
Santos Dumont XO is a Brazilian rum produced from freshly pressed sugar cane honey by the Danish company A.H. Riise. It’s distilled in pot stills and then aged in different types of barrels before blended.
Haven’t found any age statement, but they call it XO which probably means that it’s at least 6yo.
The name Santos Dumont comes from a World Famous Aviation pioneer, back in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. His father Henri Dumont was known as the Coffee King of Brazil.
From nose to finish it’s possible to recognize coconut, honey, banana as well as other fruits and of course lots of sweetness (It’s an A.H.Riise).
Even though I’m not a fan of sweetened rum this is quite OK, maybe because it’s produced from sugar cane honey in pot stills and that that gives it another profile.
Picture: My emptied sample.

:-)
Colour is light.
Smell is litle
Taste is ok
Aftertaste is hanging
Tasted at Christmas calendar
;-)

Santos Dumont XO -hutnější sladký ovocný rum. Jsem trochu zklamaný, protože mi prostě chutná příliš sladce a ne moc dobře.

Citrusy. But not like Riise. More like straight lemon. But also sweet. It is different so therefore 7. The aroma is same as taste.

This is recommendable to most people. It is sweet without being cloying and an easy sipper. Try it out.

This rum is so sweet and Nice. Leaves u with good smooth touch of the rum world. It round Well out but doesn’t give u that good special rum feeling at the end.

Z chutě jde poznat, že jde o rum, který zrál v sudech po sherry a portském víně.
Ve vůni jde cítit banán a kokos.

Generally sweet rum. Notes of honey, vanilla, caramel and fruits

God smak men föredrar XO elexir.
Lite för skarp för min smak.

Navoňaný Santos.
Aroma scherry a mandle.
Chuť dřevěného scherry sudu, banán, pralinky, kokos.
Celkem nuda