Ron Zacapa Royal

Full body with long aftertaste! tested against XO and it is huge difference and bottle is super exclusive. Highly priced (250 Euros) but still must have👍🏻 the best rum for me so far. Zacapa deliver strongly with this bottle.

virgin cane honey. half dry.
it is a 30 years solera rum. it was finished in french limousin oak.
the first thing I mentioned is the low amount of sugar. and thats great! I think less then 15g/l (its more dry then the limitada 13)
vanilla. cherry. peach. caramel. leather. almond. bitterness. woody. very long aftertaste. not a crowd pleaser. for a sweetend rum it is very good. much too expensive.
if you like sweet rums, thats not for you!
8/10.

We tasted the Zacapa Royal against the white and black label, the XO Anos as well as the Eldorado 25 1986 and Eldorado 1980. The Zacapa scores only in one: with the exceptionally beautiful bottle, the content for this price a joke, he is Spicy and strong though the Zacapa typical flavors harmonize with a pleasant not exaggerated sweetness. The my view after predominant young years dominate and let the Royal in the ratio look quite old. Absolute No. 1 at both testers was the black label, then the Eldorado 1980, then the white label, the Eldorado 1986 and then still the old XO Anos. Only in comparison with an XO Solera is the Royal one tick beser and at a 3 times price, simply ridiculous.Sorry for my perhaps bad english--))

Collecting bottles of Zacapa to enjoy them in good times

Colour: very nice, powerful amber
Nose: Light smoky notes, wood, chocolate, vanilla
Taste: harmonious, long finish, chocolate, complex sweetness, but also sharpness
The Zacapa Royal is a consistently successful composition.
I tasted against the zacapa XO. The zacapa Royal won the tasting.

Farbe: sehr schönes, kräftiges Bernstein
Nase: Leichte Rauchnote, Holz, Schokolade, Vanille
Geschmack: harmonisch, langer Abgang, Schokolade, komplexe Süsse, aber auch Schärfe
Der Zacapa Royal ist eine durchweg gelungene Komposition.
Ich habe ihn gegen den Zacapa XO geschmeckt.
Der Royal ist der klare Sieger.

A bit like the Zacapa 23 but sharper with an oily roundness.
Pineapple, banana and fudge.
Good stuff!

Jeg blev noget skuffet over denne rom med et prisskilt på 2200 kr. Jeg vil til enhver tid vælge XO over Royal til en tredjedel af prisen.

Only the best is good enough!
Only the best is good enough!

Selve rommen smager udemærket, men blev virkelig skuffet ift hvad jeg havde forventet. Har ikke tidligere givet karakter ud fra prisen, men bliver nød til at tage det med i denne vurdering. Der findes langt bedre rom derude ift pris/kvalitet

A bit hard - ok nice rum but too expensive. The XO is a fine alternative.