Dos Maderas Luxus has been aged in 3 stages.
First of all, Dos Maderas Luxus is a blend of 2 English-style rums aged for 10 years at their production site in the Caribbean. One comes from Barbados and brings sweetness, the other from Guyana and brings fuller-bodied notes.
The casks are then sent to Williams & Humbert's cellars in southern Spain to be blended and aged for a further 5 years in casks that previously contained Don Guido, a Pedro Ximenez over 20 years old.
The difference with its younger sibling Dos Maderas PX 5+5 lies in the fact that it has been aged for 10 years in the Caribbean rather than 5, and that the last 5 years spent in Andalusia were spent in a cask that contained a Pedro Ximenez Don Guido over 20 years old.
Laurent's tasting notes
Its color is a deep, dark amber.
On the nose, this is a rather unusual rum. It offers us very gourmand aromas: almond, milk chocolate, light cocoa, caramel and a hint of orange and aromatic herbs. A truly atypical and interesting profile.
On the palate, the attack is soft, with little texture. Caramel, light pepper, orange, leather and a hint of menthol. We remain on the original side.
The finish is moderately long, with roasted notes of cocoa and caramel. Prune notes round out the profile.
"A rum that surprised me with its rarely encountered aromas..."
