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Zaya Grande Reserva 16-Year rum

Zaya Grande Reserva 16-Year

Trinidad and Tobago | Aged | 40% ABV

6.0/10
116 ratings
Tasty, but not quite great
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116 Zaya Grande Reserva 16-Year Ratings

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TroyB 🇨🇦 | 26 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

I’ll admit, I wasn’t a big Zaya fan to start with but I received this bottle as a gift, and decided to take it with me on vacation. Some acquaintances I know really enjoy Zaya and I was determined to challenge my preconceptions, while I was away. Alas, I confirmed that Zaya does not dance with my pallet. It is a smooth rum, but the taste is just “off”, and I lack the ability to effectively describe just how bad this rum tastes. Good thing I brought the Mt Gay XO with me as well!

AC 🇺🇸 | 54 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

Vanilla and caramel notes with a smooth sweet taste. Overall better than I expected. It was a nice sip.

Peter 🇸🇪 | 94 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

Lite spritig smak först men får den vila lite så är den söt och len i smaken. Mycket god.

Kent 🇨🇦 | 3 ratings
Posted over 2 years ago

To me, this rum tastes like cough medicine but with a delightful pine-sol after taste.
I believe that it was once a much better tasting rum.

Noname 🇫🇷 | 117 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

Très bon rhum.
Arome de vanille et de caramel.
Léger pas trop puissant Petites notes sucrées. Finale Pas très longue en bouche

Nerdmiami 🇺🇸 | 3 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

I'm fairly new to the game, but I have tasted a few rums prior to trying this, and although it was "satisfying" to drink, with its caramel-toffee flavor and its sweetness, it did not hit the mark for what I have come to appreciate as aged rum. However, I do see why some people swear by it. Keep in mind this is the "new" version of Zaya, unfortunately I was never able to try the original.

Falcon91Wolvrn03 (PREMIUM) 🇺🇸 | 563 ratings
Posted almost 4 years ago

I tried this 16 year Zaya side by side with the 12 year old, and I found them to be quite similar. In fact, I really struggled to pick a winner.

Like the 12 year, this is fairly sweet with a good amount of vanilla and some butterscotch, which I actually find quite good. But those are the dominant flavors, and it's difficult to taste the underlying rum.

A very good smooth sweet taste. Not bad at all, but not worth seeking out if you can more easily find the 12 year.

je_farley 🇺🇸 | 106 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

Very nice nose with a good body. Close to being a sipper but shines as a mixer with the right level of sweetness. This is not a rum that is sweet with that heavy aftertaste, it adds to the drink and I look forward to trying it in the blender. This is not for you if all you want is a dry sipper more like a whiskey, this is for the occasional sweet tooth

James 🇺🇸 | 19 ratings
Posted almost 5 years ago

The older version (Zaya 12) was a sugar bomb too, but this one is even sweeter. Like liquid candy.
I jumped on it because of a significant price reduction... now I know why.

ErikV12 🇺🇸 | 63 ratings
Posted 13 days ago

The packaging looks nice. At least they finally removed the false age statement. If you like making rum & coke, that’s the only way you consume rum, and you want a nicer looking(and costing) bottle than say, Captain, or Kraken, then this is the bottle for you. I wish it was good enough to sip so I could feel like I got my money’s worth, but you live and you learn

Anthony C 🇺🇸 | 236 ratings
Posted 3 months ago

I cannot get into any zaya product so far. Mostly artificial tasting.




Brand Details

Name: Grande Reserva 16-Year
Years Aged: 16
ABV: 40%
Type: Zaya
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led Rum: No