This was rated the best rum in the world at the International Wine and Spirit Competition four years running. This is pot-distilled and matured in bourbon barrels.
Nose: Dark brown sugar and thick, gooey toffee, notes of stewed stone fruits, prunes and molasses.
Palate: Sweet and syrupy with notes of sweet spices, thick notes of dark brown sugar and molasses, treacle, toffee and prunes.
Finish: Long, creamy and thick, dark spices.
A bit of a girlie rum! Not worth its price and no real rum flavour.
It is one of the smoothest but least tasting rums I have every had the experience of in my 50 years. There was a run above all others, one called Corni 90. Disappeared from the market never to return. I have been seeking something equal to but nothig has ever come close. I would not buy this one again. Very disappointing considering its write up.
For me this was misleading but perhaps it is just personal taste.
Worthy of all its accolades.
Having carried out an aged rum blind tasting this evening, this had the least nice nose out of the rums I tasted. Despite its harsh smell, the taste is on a different planet to the rest. I fully understand how it has won so many awards. This won hands down, for a truly clean cane sugar flavour. Fabulous.
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Wow! Tried this with my best friend who prefers spiced rum (which is not my thing!) and came to an agreement... This is the Best rum we have tasted in a very long time! The nose caused a debate on whether caramel or chocolate was present! Who cares? Top notch! 5 stars!!!!!
Possibly one of the best affordable sipping rums, this has a full rich complexity that lingers and ends in again one of the roundest endings. Perfect sipped without any accompanyment other than a warm log fire. Once tried your collection will always include a bottle or two. Great at winter time. Or any time!
Phew...this is one sweet rum. Apart from added sugar, if compared to many independently bottled Demeraras it fails to deliver the real taste of Guyana. Quite weak, and obviously made mainly for the American market were sweet stuff is da bomb. I was disappointed.
A tad of sultry, molassas sweetness presents itself, as with any rum, but overall a lovely body and flavor. El Dorado 15 is the reason I started to enjoy rum at all.
A lovely drink but not one I would come back to with the 12 yo still around.
This rum has all the potential of a great Demerara, but with some 40 grams of sugar added per litre, the sweetness destroys its character quite badly, unless you love aspartame. A pity.
Simply one of the best tasting substances known to man. Gold standard in rum.
The 12 year old is simply a better tasting Rum.
I bought this to stop me drinking vodka in my Mojito's as I am not a great rum fan. Well this stuff has me completely converted. A smooth palette, with a nice spice and a sweet syrup finish. Love this and will be buying again. Enjoy!
Tried this along with the 12 year old and the 21 year old and let me just say, this 15YO is simply stunning. Smoother and slightly sweeter (to my palate) with a greater depth when compared to the 12YO. Although I wouldn't moan if someone gave me a bottle of 21 or even 25YO, the 15YO is where the quality and price point match.
The taste of the Caribbean.
Liquid gold with more than a hint of vanilla .Silky smooth very warm finish ,wish I had more than one bottle but I can dream.
Dark gold, almost coppery. Quite a fresh, leafy-fruity nose. Really syrupy mouthfeel, but quite drying. Fiery finish. Marvellous.
This is simply the best tasting rum in the world.
So very smooth when you first taste it..neat.. then later u feel the rum, not b'cause i hail from that country, which is by the way GUYANA and not as spelt above..I know all about the sugarcane and how this rum is made. Highly recommended.