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Ron Zacapa XO Rum is produced in the highlands of Guatemala where it is distillled from fresh cane juice. The rum is then aged from 6 to 23 years at 7544 feet above sea level at 62 °F (17 °C) using the solera process. The solera aging process incorporates barrels that previously held American whiskeys, sherries, wines and Cognac
The unique Ron Zacapa XO glass decantur features an impression of a woven band around the middle, which is in reference to the original hand woven palm leaf petate bottle cover that covered the bottle
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Love this sipper and is one of my go-tos when available at the bar; the only problem is most every day bars around me do not stock this. I always make it a point to tell them THEY NEED TO!
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3 months ago
This is an excellent rum without a doubt but for the price, I would take Zafra any time. It has a nice balance of sweetness and a smooth burn and is very easy to drink.
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4 months ago
Very good rum at 8.5 points. The taste is good, the finish is slightly sharp. It has a lot of competition in its price category. I know better rums for that money.
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4 months ago
I enjoyed it but it is not worth the price. I was hoping for something better.
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4 months ago
Really nice and rounded rum, smooth feeling and perfect sweetness
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4 months ago
Well. I was expecting more. It's not as well rounded as one would be expecting. It's good? Yes. Great? Not really. Worth the money? Doubt so.
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5 months ago
Efter min mening den bedste Zacapa
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Mangler noter
And if I was reviewing this spirit as a Cognac, I would have rated it as a 9!
But I am reviewing this as a Rum, since that is what it is represented to be. And on that score it fails miserably! Indeed, I would have rated it even lower than a 6, but it is a fine quality spirit, to be sure, so my final rating reflects that.
But if you are wishing to drink a fine Rum, this is not it! You can barely taste the Rum, so overpowering was the effect of the Cognac Barrel, at the last of the aging process.
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5 months ago
Its a good rum however you can get plenty of other bottles much cheaper.
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6 months ago
scent: first note is banana, followed by cofee and spices.
Taste: First comes very sweet aromas of some kind of sugar. Later the flavours develops into a mixture of spices, banana and licourice.
Personal score: 8.5-8.8
This is an amazing rum, medium+ in taste, richness and darkness. I guess it only lacks a small bit of complexity to reach a higher score. In my opinion Zacapa XO is better than the Zacapa Royal.
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I was really excited to bring a bottle of Ron Zacapa XO home. This was the first really premium bottle of rum I ever bought.
Now, having some depth to my palate, I'd absolutely recommend giving XO a shot, but would also recommend doing so alongside a bottle of Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva or Ron Zacapa 23 (which is a nicer rum in my opinion).