Full Review

Don Q

Don Q
Double Aged Port Cask Finished Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Puerto Rico
Alcohol: 40%
94 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$79

Don Q
Double Aged Port Cask Finished Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Puerto Rico
Alcohol: 40%
Dark amber color. Aromas and flavors of roasted coconut butter, kola nut, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, and all spice with a round, dryish medium body and a long finish conveying notes of gingersnap cookies with fresh coconut shavings, walnut paste and black tea, bitter cocoa, and dates and figs. Smells and tastes of many seasons of extended aging; pour over a single ice cube on a warm summer evening and let this Rum unfold for an hour or so.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: roasted coconut butter, kola nut, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, and all spice
Taste Flavor: gingersnap cookies with fresh coconut shavings, walnut paste and black tea, bitter cocoa, and dates and figs
Smoothness Smoothness:
Finish Finish: Long
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy on its own
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Smells and tastes of many seasons of extended aging; pour over a single ice cube on a warm summer evening and let this Rum unfold for an hour or so.

The Producer

Destileria Serralles

The Producer
3206 Plantation Village
Dorado, PR 00646
USA
1 787-840-1000

Their Portfolio

90 Don Q Cristal Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $13.00.
95 Don Q Reserva de la Familia Serralles 20 Year Old Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $1865.00.
89 Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced Rum 45% (Puerto Rico) $30.00.
92 Don Q Double Aged Cognac Cask Rum 49.6% (Puerto Rico) $50.00.
92 Don Q Reserva 7 Year Aged Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $24.00.
96 Don Q Gran Reserva Anejo XO Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $50.00.
89 Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced Rum 45% (Puerto Rico) $29.00.
88 Don Q Double Aged Cognac Cask Finished Rum 49.5% (Puerto Rico) $79.00.
BR Don Q Naranja Flavored Rum 21% (Puerto Rico) $14.00. - Bronze Medal
94 Don Q Double Aged Port Cask Finished Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $79.00.
88 Don Q Double Aged Zinfandel Cask Finished Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $79.00.
92 Don Q Gran Reserva Añejo XO Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $54.00.

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