Centenario 20-Year

Belle note de vanille et d’orange confite
En bouche.
Au nez on sent bien les fruits mûrs

Tento rum by mohl patřit klidně do řady A.H. Riise. Baví mně jak vymysleli silnou sladkost s mírně štiplavým projevem 40%, hned ale přejde do příjemného zahřátí a pěkným dlouhým závěrem. Přes tu sladkost těžko rozpoznávám jednotlivé chutě, ale řekl bych že jde z karamelu do banánu. Rozhodně žádný kokos a s vanilkou to tam taky přehnáno. Takže za mně o bod lepší než Plantation XO. Prostě mi to bez té vanilky a kokosu chutná víc. Navíc ta banánová sladkost přetrvá. Takže to není jen cukrové jako elixíry. Jak jsem psal na začátku dobře to vymysleli.

One of the best rum i have ever tried. Nice smooth and no after burn. And an amazing smell. Perfect price quality

I picked this one up yesterday for $40. Since my bottles of 12 year old solera and 7 year old solera have been long gone, I had to judge this one based upon memory only, along with my reviews for those two.

When I got it home, the aromas from an ounce of it in a snifter reminded me of El Dorado 12. Wow! Was I about to find another rum that could rival ED12? Upon tasting it, all such fantasies went out the window. All I could taste was pepper and extreme sweetness, with a slightly bitter after taste. If I wanted pepper, I would stick with some of those peppery tequilas. Then after reading fellow reviews, I found out that this one is a sugar bomb. Looks like I have to put some of my bland dry rums to use into toning down the sweetness on this one.

This one is NOT a good buy and I wound up initially rating it as a 7.2 in my spreadsheet. I am so glad that I waited so long to finally try this one because if I had started out with this one, I may have rated it as a 9 or 10. Comparing to my true 9 and 10 ratings, there is no way for this one!

A few days later, I tried it on the rocks. Not even ice cubes made from Ozarka spring water could help it. Then I tried it it in a Cuba Libre, which only fared as average. I then had thoughts about pouring the remainder of the bottle down the toilet, but luckily I had orange juice in the fridge to save it. OJ mixed 50/50 with this rum is the only way to save this stuff. They really goofed with the added sugars on this batch. My rating went down to a 6. I will stick with their 12 year solera.

A great rum for sipping neat. Highly recommend as this is one of the best bangs for your buck.

The taste of wood is normally not something you find in solera-rums, but somehow it hits the back of the palate in this 20-year solera.

Nose: Very sweet and smooth with hints of tropical fruit and raw molasses
Taste: Sweet, but balanced dominated by caramel, tropical fruits and with a hint of wood
Overall: A little sweet, but one of the better 40abv soleras around.

Typical Solera style, but the sweetness is a bit too much, but still miles better than most of the competition.

One of the finest ever. I have always a bottle of it next to my Plantation 20th anniversary

Beautiful color and balanced taste with a touch of sweet taste for enjoying cool moments

Every time I have this rum I end up wondering why I bother to pay more for others! This my go to for parties. Who said you can't sip quality rums on a budget.