Bumbu XO

XO was more harsh, needed ice. Original was smooth, very vanilla heavy.

6,5:The nose opens on a roasted register, with strongly toasted oak, coffee, charcoal and roasted nuts. A little vanilla sweetness gradually coats all this, along with a slightly fruity cane syrup.
With aeration, the nuts become increasingly concentrated and roasted, the coffee even tighter. It's easy to imagine a truly charred barrel.
7,3:The palate is round and very caramelized. The sweet rum has licked the toasted wood and taken all its vanilla with it. The coffee and roasted nuts are generously coated, so that their burnt side is totally melted.
7,3:The finish unfolds on the same roasted notes.
It s more rigid on the nose, it opens on palate. Quite nice.

Almost same color as original, nice mahogany brown. Vanilla, pear and banana on the nose mostly, some hardwood also. Nice strong taste of bourbonbarrel and warm ethanol. Turns into nuts, ryebread and light oak. Fullbodied experience, truly enjoyable as is. A bit on the sweet side, but that's just the way I like my rums.

Smooth and robust rum. Rum has definitely a body. Bit oaky flavour. Very nice rum.

Nice frosted black bottle usual shape for the brand. Gentle mixed aromas of pepper, vanilla & mango. Lovely flavour in the mouth but doesn't last long. Not enough fire for me but a lot of people will find this a great sipping rum.

XO rums are my favourite and this did not disappoint. Very different from the other Bumbu.

On the nose it's a dry, woody with a hint of chocolate or coffee.

Taste wise it's dry and woody. However the taste really varied for me, sometimes a slight orange flavour, other times a chocolate or coffee flavour.

Either way best with 2 blocks of ice, when mixed it was 50/50 with gingerale.

Never really appreciated rum outside of cocktails abs bought this because I've heard good things. I don't care for it neat but i thought it was good on ice and fantastic with coke.

One of my favorites, it was kinda sweet but not in a bad way, very smooth and had tons of earthy flavors. I really enjoyed this one

Easy drinking with a bit if burn in the back of the throat. Mostly I get a coffee flavour with a bit off wood.

Drahší a podľa údajov výrobcu aj odležanejší variant Bumbu XO je znova balený v štýlovej, tentokrát matnej čiernej fľaši, uzavretej masívnym korkom. Farba je medeno jantárová, vôňa už nerazí tak extrémne umelo. Má síce dosť etanolový základ, ale cítiť aj drevo, kožu a koreniny. A tiež akúsi medicínsku chémiu, no nie v negatívnom zmysle. Chuťovo je rum príjemne nasládly, popravde o dosť lepší, ako som pôvodne čakal. Je tu prítomný karamel, med a vanilka, vcelku v obstojnom mixe. Od XO by som čakal predsa o čosi jemnejšie a dlhšie drevené tóny, v závere však na povrch vystupuje ostrý a štipľavý burn, typický skôr pre lacnejšie druhy. Ak by sa jednalo o rum tesne nad hranicu 20€, hodnotil by som možno o stupeň vyššie. Nie je vyložene zlý, oproti známejšiemu súrodencovi bez debaty "štandardnejší", ale za tú cenu nájdem určite viacero chutnejších a jemnejších kúskov. Subjektívne silnejších 6.
31,50€