Full Review

Don Q

Don Q
Reserva 7 Year Aged Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Puerto Rico
Alcohol: 40%
92 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$24
Best Buy

Don Q
Reserva 7 Year Aged Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Puerto Rico
Alcohol: 40%
Gold color. Aromas and flavors of caramelized nuts and tropical fruits, chocolate buttercream pastry, lacquered wood, and chicory coffee and buttery caramel corn with a velvety, bright, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and a warming, amusing, medium-long finish manifesting notes of creme brulee with pepper jelly, strawberry short cake, salt water taffy, and white clay and tobacco. A dry and silky, wood-aged Rum that will be very versatile.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Fruity, Rich & Spicy
Aroma Aroma: caramelized nuts and tropical fruits, chocolate buttercream pastry, lacquered wood, and chicory coffee and buttery caramel corn
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of creme brulee with pepper jelly, strawberry short cake, salt water taffy, and white clay and tobacco
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, with cigars and on the rocks
Cocktail Cocktails: Cuba Libre, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A dry and silky, wood-aged Rum that will be very versatile.

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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