Zacapa Centenario XO 40°

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8,57  Sample Glass 3 cl

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Zacapa Centenario XO 40°: Description and customer reviews

Zacapa Centenario XO is a Central American rum that is the result of a solera aging method. This process is equivalent to a blend of several rums that have spent between 6 and 25 years in barrels that previously contained bourbon, sherry, or Pedro Ximénez wine.
The whole then benefited from additional aging in French oak barrels that had once contained cognac.

All these operations were carried out at an altitude of 2,300 metres, to ensure long ageing without too much loss through evaporation (the famous "angels' share"...).

Laurent's tasting notes

Its color is caramel.

On the nose, a powerful impression of butterscotch clearly dominates. Nuts and orange aromas follow. Wood completes the profile. The whole is greedy and sweet. At times, it also takes on fleeting accents of English candy.

On the palate, the attack confirms this impression of sweetness (without being syrupy) and greediness. Caramel is still present, but combined with chocolate.

The medium-long finish is still dominated by milk chocolate (at first), then caramel and finally vanilla.

On video

This rum is part of the Rhums Doux discovery pack which we tasted live with Latin rum specialist Marc Goubert in a video on our Youtube channel.

5 visitor(s) opinion and 20 opinion

  1. Laurent

    Excellent rum

  2. david ligavant

    Exceptional softness

  3. GBR

    An exceptional rum with magnificent length on the palate. A rum where sugar does not prevail and a beautiful complexity.

  4. Stephane Coucke

    These rums are excellent

  5. Christelle DESBOIS

    Very good product

  6. Valcoco

    An excellent rum!

  7. Christophe Kauffmann

    Whisky nose too strong for my taste

  8. Marie Miers

    Fast delivery, perfect condition and very good rum.

  9. Leticia Vera Sánchez

    Everything was perfect!

  10. felix giloux

    very good, chestnut flavour, but too expensive

  11. Brice Touchard

    Excellent rum for those who love fullness

  12. Bertrand

    Excellent, round & soft

  13. Pearly Azalya Kataléya

    Top, a delight in the mouth

  14. M. MIESCH Jean-Marc

    Excellent. Top site, I highly recommend it.

  15. Lorraine Assohoun

    One of the best Rum I've ever tasted

  16. Grégory Carreno

    Pleasant, very easy to drink, hence its success. Excellent at 4 p.m. for a snack, but not for a spirit.

  17. Julien MEISS

    Top quality and exceptional rum

  18. guillaume deniau

    very well packaged but not yet tasted

  19. Fabien Cormenier

    A delightful rum

  20. Savarese Robert

    I expected better

  21. MICHEL LAURENT

    Very good rum, well worth the price. Tasted before and always a pleasure to come back to.

  22. Raphael

    Very well-balanced rum....sweet but not too sweet, dry but not too dry either.
    A delight that still costs over 100 euros!

  23. Jean-Louis

    Magnificent. The first bottle I've ever bought in this price range, and obviously it wasn't blind that I went for this elixir.

    There aren't enough superlatives to describe such an enchanting, sweet, suave, ambery brown sugar.

    A true delight from A to Z, perhaps a little short on the finale, but that's just an invitation to fill your glass?

    Impeccable service from rhumattitude, I highly recommend it!

  24. Louison

    An incredibly smooth rum! Smooth and light on the palate. Arguably Zacapa's finest! A rich bouquet of aromas. Excellent length on the palate. I highly recommend this product.

  25. Almudena

    I discovered Zacapa through their 15 ans, which is quite dry, and then I had the chance to taste the 23 ans at a friend's house. I was won over. After tasting the XO at a trade show, I had no choice but to buy a bottle. A real treat!

    Special mention for the speed of shipment and the ridiculously low postage costs.

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