El Dorado 15-Year Special Reserve among the most popular rums

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Nieves Rojas

A highly appreciated rum among RumRatings enthusiasts.

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year is an excellent rum, ranked eighth among RumRatings.com‘s most popular rums, the world’s largest rum community with over 75,000 users who contributed rum reviews across 6,800 rums from 67 countries.

This rum has the merit of obtaining the Wray & Nephew Trophy for the Best Rum in the World at the International Wine & Spirits Challenge for four consecutive years.

This rum community has given it a score of 8.1/10 with 789 reviews.

El Dorado Special Reserve 15-Year has a reddish-brown color, with a caramel and panela aroma. In this spirit, notes of brown sugar, coffee, oak, and dried apricot are perceived, evoking the flavors of an agricultural rum with a touch of spice.

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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.

Seven years ago Steven James from the United Kingdom placed the following post:

“I can instantly smell brown sugar, dark fruit (prunes and dates), vanilla, a little spice, and what can only be described as licorice. To taste, the licorice shows itself along with a dark treacle which provides a little bitterness. Dark fruit is present and I can taste the dates and prunes which add a chewy toffee flavor and feel. I can taste a slight orange flavor and then the licorice returns to round out quite a dry finish. The finish is not too long but does leave your mouth with an almost leathery and tobacco warmth. Winner”

Fred from France said:
“Here is a very high-quality rum, which really excited me! The nose promises aromas that the mouth confirms: a delicious vanilla sweetness, notes of nuts, dates, and dried fruits. The length in the mouth is very good, leaving the palate plenty of time to appreciate the complexity of the aromas delivered. This is really the typical example of a perfectly balanced and balanced old rum! A total success!”

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Nieves Rojas

Nieves Rojas is an intern at TheRumLab. She's currently studying at the University in Caracas.

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