Dear fellow Rum-addicts,
I am currently thinking about buying one or two of the above mentioned. Precisely the following types:
Ron Varadero Gran Reserva 15 Years Old
Millonario Solera Reserva Especial 15 Anos
Does anyone here have any experience regarding those guys? I am quite amazed by MGXO, FdC 12, Seales 10 and lately Bermudez Anniversario which is a Cuban Style Rum. Havana Club 15 Anos is too expensive... so I hope to get some insight from you
Ron Varadero & Ron Millonario
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Found this review at Cigar Afficianado:
Found this review at Cigar Afficianado:
Never tried Milonario as it was reported to be a sugar bomb in the ED/Zee category."Varadero seven-year-old rum again shows well, characteristically light and clean, with pretty butterscotch and ripe fruit flavors, not too sweet, and a silky texture. Havana Club seven year old is outstanding; full-bodied and dry, its well-integrated flavors range from honey to walnut and cedar. But the best of the group is Matusalem Anejo Superior. It, too, comes from Santiago, and shows a distinctive Scotch whisky-like character, with peaty and smoky aromas and flavors accented by orange-peel notes, dry on the palate and long in the finish...
...We finish with two even older rums, our favorites of the entire tasting. Ron Santiago 45 Aniversario sells for $20 in Cuba and its label claims it is in "limited production." It is a big, expressive rum, with round notes of walnuts and honey that are sweet on the palate; the flavors smack of long aging (we estimated 12 to 15 years), not artificial additives. It is topped only by Havana Club Gran Reserva, aged for 15 years, priced at a stratospheric $80 a bottle (enough for a Cuban family to live on for a month). It is a spectacular rum, intensely flavored yet elegant, with complex fruit, spice, tobacco and honey flavors and a long finish. While maintaining the essential molasses-tinged character of rum, it has the refinement and harmony of fine Cognac."