A great 12 year old Demerara rum from El Dorado. This has won golds at the Caribbean Rum Taste Test in London 7 times in the first 10 years! There are nine stills at the distillery, and this is based around coffey still rum, and double wooden pot still rum.
Sweet, toffee, vanilla, spices, oak. Hints of smoke.
Cocoa, caramel, prunes, spices, vanilla.
Long, sublimely smooth, hints of smoke on the tail.
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Excellent, best rum under the sun
Has to be in my top 3 rums, a little smokey which I like, it's the same price as diplomatico's exclusiva and and between the two I think I would choose the Eldorado 12
Really disappointed with this bottle. After really enjoying the El Dorado 12 before and savouring it's smooth and smokey flavours. This bottle is just not the same. It takes like a completely different rum and not one that's truly enjoyable to sip over ice.
I agree with "Honestly ... disappointed". Harsher than I expected. The tasting note above: "Long, sublimely smooth" is not true at all, at least for the bottle I have.
Am more of a whiskey drinker, but do appreciate the odd rum. This was my first more premium rum, as before my go to rums were supermarket offerings such as woods and mount gay. Reading the reviews I was really expecting a step up expecting perhaps what Redbreast 12 might be to a standard supermarket offering. However, the rich colour is the only nice thing about it. It does not possess a rich or unctuous mouthfeel, and has a harsh burn with little flavour. The finish is short and although I would not say it’s rough I would compare it to a cheap whyte and mackay like scotch. When this costs 50% more than woods old navy and manages to be harsher despite woods having a nearly 50% higher abv, I knew this was not money well spent. The overriding flavour was burned sugar (not in a good way) and the taste of alcohol. It may just be this batch, but needless to say I was disappointed. I am no expert on rum, however I feel that El Dorado is more preoccupied with chasing impressive age statements than making a well balanced and tasty rum, and I must admit that as a whiskey person I was drawn to the 12 year statement. Having had a look at the science, over a decade in a barrel can actually have a detrimental effect on spirits made in the Caribbean, as rums often reach their peak after 8 years in a cask. Despite all this, this is off one bottle, and I am probably wrong judging by the 4.5 star review on MoM. I will still polish the bottle off although it definitely will not be one to remember.
