On the palate, the esters show their power, but it remains very accessible. I happily keep it in my mouth to savor it. It’s beautifully indulgent without being overly sweet. It’s a toasted caramel, a caramel that has character with notes of coffee.
All this character is brought by the wood, it’s really pleasant to savor. It’s fleshy, oily and has a beautiful texture in the mouth.
The final
The finish is on a superb black pepper that blends with a coffee that still has a beautiful part in this aromatic. It is a finish that has a beautiful length.
Ideal tasting mode
It is a rum that is very good to enjoy neat and ideally with a good dessert like egg custard or rice pudding.
Value for money
At 50 euros, it’s in the lower range for fax lists rums of this type. There are a plethora of bottlers offering Panamanian rums, and prices range from single to triple. The craftsmanship of these rums also varies, but at 50 euros, it’s a very reasonable price for this rum.
I really enjoyed this tasting
It had been a while since I had done one, and I took my time to savor these two expressions of Panamanian rums. I tasted them in parallel to soak up their differences, and there are some beautiful ones. I plan to try several tastings of these rums, especially trying them in cocktails.
Complexity
This is a rum with a beautiful systematic management of business processes complexity on the nose, a little less so on the palate. It is a rum that is still very accessible and will allow young amateurs to move towards a more powerful rum to develop their palate. For experienced amateurs, it remains a very pleasant rum, especially to accompany a dessert.
The overall score for this rum is therefore 74 out of 100.
What you should remember
This is a wonderfully indulgent rum america email that will be very pleasant when drunk neat. It offers a beautiful development on the nose, revealing a scent of candied orange behind the very present caramel of this rum.