Spirit Name:
Spirit Type:
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Ron Zacapa 23 Solera
Rum
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Score:
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88/100
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ABV:
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40%
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Region:
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Guatemala
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Body:
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Medium-full
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Intensity:
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Medium
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Texture:
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Rich
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Balance:
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Superb
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Best served:
Cask:
Age:
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Neat
Bourbon and sherry casks
6-23 years
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Theme(s):
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Molasses, dried fruit, coffee crystals, brown sugar, chocolate, herbs, hazelnuts, toasted almonds, barley sugar
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Tasting notes:
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Zacapa 23 easily catches the eye with its bottle design, and for the savvy spirits drinker who knows their stuff it also has a bit of prestige - after all, it is celebrated by many as one the world's finest rums. It is not 23 years old in the English sense, but instead it uses the number 23 on its bottle to show that it is comprised of rum aged 6-23 years using the solera system.
Nose: Immediately, the nose is met with candied fruit and brown sugar as the molasses takes hold with coffee sugar crystals. You know the kind, the sugar used for coffee that has the faint aroma of coffee. It is also slightly nutty, like hazelnuts.
Taste: Sweet, the big and bold molasses is energetic and thin at first. The thin layer of sweetness that intensifies as the sugars develop into dried fruit including dates and the inside of dried figs. The slightest hint of chocolate also develops with herbaceous notes of tobacco as the nuts become toasted and fume up with barley sugar.
Finish: The thick rich sugars linger with some cocoa and the twang of tea leaves.
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Price:
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$90 (Aus), $35 (US)
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