Ron Varadero & Ron Millonario

The fifth and last major standard style, the lighter Cuban rums pioneered by Bacardi, who left their facilities and quality, but not their politics, behind when Fidel lit up. Por Cuba Libre!
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Guevara88
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Ron Varadero & Ron Millonario

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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 :)
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Tough one...


Found this review at Cigar Afficianado:
"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."
Never tried Milonario as it was reported to be a sugar bomb in the ED/Zee category.
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