Ron Zacapa Centenario 23 Sistema Solera Rum | 40% vol | 70cl | Intricate & Honeyed Butterscotch | Spiced & Raisined Fruit | Crafted in Guatemala | Award-Winning Aged Rum | with Gift Box

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Combine that with the gentler aging process (see “Star Wars” below), and you start to see where the aspirational finesse of the Ron Z flavor profile comes from. Zacapa 23 is a super-premium rum made from a blend of rums aged between 6 and 23 years old, Zacapa has been awarded first place five times in a row at the International Rum Contest *- the only luxury rum in the Rum Hall of Fame, Warm and smooth on the nose with sweet hints of vanilla, honey, dried fruits, smoke and orange peel. Made from sugar cane honey under the watchful eye of Lorena Vasquez, Zacapa is great as a sipper or cocktail ingredient. A favourite here at Master of Malt, this is a truly superb Guatemalan rum, blended using the solera system, and including rums aged between six and 23 years. There are rum’s in my cabinet which I rate very highly and I do not actually know how “aged” they are.

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A particularly decadent rum from Ron Zacapa, long-aged in a Solera system and allowed a finishing period in French oak casks from Le Bois du Roy - the wood comes from four French forests, protected since the 13th century when the King imposed strict restrictions on the harvest. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.currently) equally as good for a sipping rum but I accept that taste is highly subjective and fans of Zacapa will, no doubt, disagree with me. This is the original bottling of the 23 years old and isn't SOLERA method, but the old method, only 23 years oaks ( same method used for whisky) is out of production by many years.

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Most rums use molasses, a by-product of the sugar making process, as their base; Zacapa, however, is different. It’s bouquet is very flowery and fruit laden and it’s finish is a good 5 minuets or so but over all it’s a dangerous Rum because it’s very easy to get lost in the complexity and over do it and get really drunk.Due to the fertile, acidic soil and year-round sunshine, no other place in the world is better suited to the cultivation of sugar cane. Tried this rum 2-3 years ago and it had a thick mouthfeel with slow legs down the side of the glass.