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El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year rum

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year

Guyana | Aged | 43% ABV

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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961 El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year Ratings

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Chris 🇨🇦 | 21 ratings
Posted over 9 years ago

i like this as both a mixer and a sipper. Versatility makes it a must stock for me.

Ian H 🇺🇸 | 13 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Cool bottle, great smell

Neat: complex flavor profile, sweet, mild burn, very nice sipping rum

Mixed: too sweet in a Cuba Libre

P3terK 🇸🇰 | 7 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Okay if there's really not an added sugar in this ron, I'm blown away! What a blast of flavors :O

Chocolate dust covered truffles blended with a beautiful juicy plums on palette, accompanied by almonds with oak-y tones. Also the smoothness of this ron is something hard to describe.

But what's that? Here comes the aftertaste explosion! Cherries, honey, flowers and more. It's all there and it lasts for a good moment.

You definitely know what you're doing if you choose this one.

CaptainGreen (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 93 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Aye, this rum be older than the 12-year, but not by much. She smells amazing! Sweet, fruity, with a bit of caramel to boot. As flavor goes, those carry over, but there also be spice and heat, and unless I am mistook, a tiny bit of chocolate. Compared to the 12-year, this be smoother with less burn goin' down the hatch. Not as busy or as bright in terms of flavors, but still every bit as good. I ain't never had a rum made from cane sugar I didn't love, and this be no exception. Drink up, me hearties!!

Richard 🇸🇪 | 80 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Very spicy and powerful, but at the same time sweet and smooth.

David Kundrt 🇨🇿 | 18 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Tmavá barva, výrazná vůně - švestky, koření, ořechy. Chuť švestek a ořechů. Dlouhý a plný finiš.

Fishyjoe 🇺🇸 | 6 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

ED15 is hands down my favorite daily drinker. It is a very rare day that you can't find a bottle of this in my cabinet. I prefer to sip it over a single ice cube but my wife who is not a fan of rum loves it mixed with a little coke. I've used this in a couple different marinades and found it goes great with grilled fruit.

There are hints of coffee but its not overwhelming which i love as a non coffee drinker. It also has nice hits of allspice and candied orange peel.

Ben 🇺🇸 | 1 rating
Posted almost 4 years ago

I have tried many rums, some of which cost more that El Dorado, but from my tasting experience El Dorado 15 year old Reserve is one of the best!!!

Duckstab 🇨🇿 | 82 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

recenze původního plnění
Zatímco mladší brácha mě věru nijak nedojal, tohle je úplně jiný frťan rumu! Vůně nic moc (pro můj vkus příliš štiplavá, i když dopitá prázdná sklenka voní skvěle), ale ta chuť! Ne každý panák, ale každý lok chutná jinak (a všechny uspokojivě), takže v jediné flašce máte vlastně nějakou stovku různých rumů. A to se i za tu nekřesťanskou tisícovku celkem vyplatí.
Přesto ale můj favorit z toho určitě nebude, jelikož už znám pár lahví za stejné nebo menší peníze, které mi chutnají podstatně líp. Ale dvanáctileté El Dorado byl první karibský rum, který jsem si kdysi koupil, tak jsem toutéž značkou chtěl s rumovými experimenty i skončit - i když znáte tahle předsevzetí...

recenze nového plnění
Předsevzetí vydrželo tři roky, ale letní mlsná mě nakonec přiměla k ještě jedné lahvi. Za tu dobu se změnil obal - původní dryáčnicky žlutou krabici vystřídala seriosní černá, lodička na ní i na etiketě už není barevná, ale zlatá, láhev je dozelena místo dohněda. Stará verze se mi líbila líp, ale to čert vem. Chuť se zpočátku zdála uspokojivá a stále polymorfní, i když podstatně víc vanilková než minule, což není zrovna můj nejoblíbenější odstín. Tak od třetího panáka ale vanilka začala brutálně dominovat až postupně úplně přehlušila všechno ostatní, takže někdejší půvab chuťových variant je ten tam. Možná příznivci produkce pánů Oliverů by tento chuťový vývoj shledali jako pozitivní, mě to však dost otrávilo. A mimochodem - ani ta dopitá sklenka už teď nevoní příjemně. Jinak se to pořád pije docela dobře, ale to mi u rumu této cenové kategorie jako jediné pozitivum fakt nestačí.

Snížil jsem tedy hodnocení ze sedmi na pět, přičemž za cenu, za kterou se prodává dvanáctiletá verze (600-700 Kč), by původní plnění bylo tak na 8-9 flaštiček, tohle tak na 6-7. Ale za tisícovku už opravdu NIKDY!

Keith Brockmiller 🇺🇸 | 27 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Seriously good rum. While I like my Barbados rums, I gave this another try. This was my 2nd choice when my plantation 20th anniversary was sold out. I didn’t expect to get more of what I like the plantation for. This is more dark, sweet and complex, and I like it too.

Mujuru 🇺🇸 | 152 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

This is superior to the 12 year in my opinion by a decent margin. They are different for sure, but this is much more to my liking. In fact it is almost the opposite of the 12 year. The nose is almost overwhelming with heavy Banana and molasses and just a touch of tobacco. Imagine smelling a jar of concentrated molasses made from banana. If you take too deep of a whiff it is overwhelming. It almost made me worry about the taste...but....nope, it is delicious. The first taste is pure nutmeg and honey. Mid palate the banana returns in full force along with butter, butterscotch, nutmeg, rum cake, honey, and just a hint of fine tobacco. The aftertaste is sour cherry, alcohol, and allspice with banana lingering in the background. The only reason this isn’t a full 9 is that there is a slight lingering sourness that remains that I can’t quite place. The nose and palate to this rum are so powerful and complex that they make sipping this a wonderful experience.

*Update* So the more I drink this rum, the more I enjoy it. Further, despite other reviews, 6 months after having opened the bottle, the originals flavors and notes are still present and the rum has not degraded much despite the reported higher sugar level. Therefore given my increased level of enjoyment and shelf life beyond expectation, I am bumping this rum up a point.

Nose: 9
Palate: 9
Aftertaste: 8
Smoothness: 9
Versatility: 9
Price: 9

Total: 8.8




Brand Details

Type: Aged
Company: El Dorado
Country: Guyana
Name: Special Reserve 15-Year
ABV: 43%
Years Aged: 15
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led: No

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