El Dorado 12-Year

Not bad, but nothing great ........................

On the sweet side, nice Demerara, hints of vanilla, caramel and fruit.

Dommage qu'on ne puisse pas en boire tous les jours

A nicely balanced rum that is sublimely smooth, my go-to rum in a pinch.

Versatile taste and smell. I do prefer a bit more smooth taste, though.

Mon nouveau préféré dans la game abordable. Très smooth, fruité et épicé. Possède quand même une bonne épaisseur et reste longtemps en bouche pour un rhum de ce prix. Certainement à essayer pour les gens du Québec (36$ à la SAQ et disponible presque partout).

Really good product for the range of price. Fruity smooth and a touch of spice. The taste remain in mouth just like a good pricey sipper. Definitly worth trying.

This rum is so smooth. Love it on the rocks!. A affordable rum that has the taste and finish of a premium priced rum.
Enjoy!

Good taste. Good flavour. Good colour. Pretty good rum.

Sweet, cheap, easy drinkable and you can drink it as an everyday rum

It took me enough time to rate this rum.. Because of it's quality and the glorious sense of sipping satisfaction ..
Till today that I decided to directly blind compare it with Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva that I have rated with 9..

So the story started, two liquor glasses, marked behind the base with the two competitors.. I Served, I asked from my wife to rotate and I tasted.. Then something strange was happened.. the first rum in turn was much upper in the nose, the spices and the aromas, a fantastic combination with vanilla, chocolate, molases, butter, a trully aroma paradisso!!

But, when I tasted the second one was greater in mouth, smoothness, and aftertaste.. I tried again and again till both glasses became empty, then I raised them to see the labels.. To my surprise, the first was the El Dorado 12-Year, I was really fooled, I strongly believed that was Diplomatico!! So, there was no winner from the blind comparison, both rums were great in some points, with the one greater from the other in some different areas..

So, I refilled the El Dorado 12-Year glass, I put a Verve original black vinyl record of the master Oscar Peterson on my turntable, I lighted a cigar and I started to write those lines..

As a conclusion I would like to say that El Dorado 12-Year is a great rum with excellent combination of aromas, aged quality, with body and richness of taste.. It is rated 9 from me as succeded to compete equally with the master of this gategory, Diplomatico..