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El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year rum is crafted from 15 to 25 year old rums that are then blended and married together in bourbon oak casks. Prior to blending the original batches are distilled using 4 unique stills - the Enmore and Diamond Coffey stills, the Port Mourant double wooden pot still, and the Versailles single wooden pot still.
The bottle of El Dorado Special Reserve 15-year was inspired by the the old hand-blown flasks used by sugar planters on the banks of the Demerara river.
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When speaking with my local signature store rep, contemplating either the 15 or the 12, I figured I would try the 15, thinking if it was good, the step down would be acceptable. I did not enjoy the El Dorado as a sipping rum nearly as much as others I have tried, especially at the price point (+/- $10). High alcohol on the palette really blocked the true flavours I have come to expect from this range. Proving to me that going down to the 12 won't happen, it will be a while before I venture up to the 21.
Perhaps a good choice for mixing high end cocktails deserving of an overproof quality (zombie?).
Nose: Caramel, brown sugar, light pepperiness, milk chocolate,
Palate: Caramel, Earl grey tea, milk chocolate, tannin bitterness, very oaky, oak vanillin, less sweetness than the ED12 but still definitely sugared, but not to it's detriment.
Finish: Tannins, vanillin, oak and light white pepper spice, leather also emerges, turns to slightly watery in the end.
Disappointing, not very flavourful, quite light, almost more light than ED12 which is disappointing but less sweet which is a good thing.
Den 12åriga är bättre..........
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Based on the reviews I recently purchased at bottle of the El Dorado 15 and all I can say is ...... bleh! It is very astringent.. little on the nose and a very sharp finish.. am currently tasting it against a Diplomatico Reserva.. £ 20 cheaper and there is no comparison... very disappointing
El Dorado is not my favorite rum. I find the 12 year is smoother (12 year still has a bite!) than the 15 year.
This is definitely a dosage bottle but I'd say 15 > 21 > 12. I sip it or occasionally use in a cocktail
I had some of this around a fire last night we were comparing this one and zacapa 23. I preferred the zacapa but everyone else liked this one. It’s good and has a great oaky flavour but has that alcohol bite the zacapa 23 doesn’t.
Update, although it's not as sweet as before it now seems watered down. Are they running low on stock. OK, I just received another gift bottle. I was real ready for disappointment. I couldn't believe it. It's back to normal so I upgraded it to 5 stars. But I still suspect somethings not right here. I'm still reluctant to spend my own money on it. This may be a good thing because now I'm back in the playing field trying different rums. Hey, you never know!
I just have to update this downgraded rum. Like, what happened? This is not what I had many times before. Someone is screwing this up in an enormous way. They must think they have us, well think again. This just hit the bottom of my list with a very distinctive blast! The bite is so hard (like tiny sharks feasting in my mouth with notes of cheap wood) it makes me think they don't
care what they bottle because they have the buyers. Or, they ran out of the real stuff and need to bottle anything they can get their hands on just to use the labels they over ordered. Stay away!
Wie sein kleiner Bruder, der zwölfjährige, trifft dieser Rum auch nicht mein Geschmack. Der Rum ist mir zu rau, zu scharf und zu würzig. Ich bin davon ausgegangen dass dieser Rum süsser ist, was leider nicht der Fall ist. Sicherlich eine gute Wahl für die Rumgeniesser welche die süssen Rums nicht bevorzugen.
Full nose packed with dark coffee, candied orange, almonds, dark chocolate...
"El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year rum review by Mike at Ultimate Rum Guide"
Has more oak and chocolate notes.
"It is initially very sweet, apples, bananas and rum soaked raisins but there are also some bittersweet plum like notes. The finish is spicy and fruity and long lasting."
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Very sweet
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I actually liked it, but not much. I honestly cannot understand all the hype. I managed to find an old bottle of 43% somehow, which had a better "bite" and a bolder profile overall. Smell partially masked, generic taste with dominant sugar. 40% sampled it at a bar and it was very unimportant? Insignificant? Maybe in a local coctail with tropical ice cream, or with something sour mixed in to bring some balance, it would be much more entertaining. Would actually consider restocking on the old, 43% iteration of it, but that is already extinct. Not the 40%, though...