Zacapa Centenario XO is a Central American rum that is the result of a solera aging method. This process is a blend of several rums that have spent between 6 and 25 years in barrels that have previously held bourbon, sherry, or Pedro Ximénez wine.
The blend was then further aged in French oak barrels that had previously contained cognac.
All these operations were carried out at an altitude of 2,300 metres in order to allow for a long ageing period without suffering too much loss through evaporation (the famous "angels' share"...)
Laurent's tasting note
Its colour is caramel.
On the nose, a powerful impression of butterscotch clearly dominates. Then aromas of nuts and orange follow. Wood completes the profile. The whole is greedy and one imagines it to be sweet. It also takes on momentary accents of English candy.
In the mouth the attack confirms this impression of sweetness (without being syrupy) and greediness. The caramel is still present but is associated with chocolate.
The finish is medium long and still dominated by milk chocolate (at first), then caramel and finally vanilla.
On video
This rum is part of the Discovery pack for sweet rums that we tasted live with Marc Goubert, a specialist in Latin rums, in a video to be found on our Youtube channel.
Christelle DESBOIS
Very good product
Valcoco
An excellent rum!
Christophe Kauffmann
Whisky nose too pronounced for my taste
Marie Miers
Fast delivery, in perfect condition and very good rum.
Leticia Vera Sánchez
Everything was perfect!
felix giloux
very good, chestnut flavour, but too expensive
Brice Touchard
Excellent rum for those who like to be plump
Bertrand
Excellent, round & soft
Pearly Azalya Kataleya
Top, a delight in the mouth
Mr MIESCH Jean-Marc
Excellent. Top site, I highly recommend it.
Lorraine Assohoun
One of the best Rum of my tastings
Grégory Carreno
Pleasant, very easy to drink, hence its success. Excellent at 4pm for a snack but not for a spirit.
Julien MEISS
Top quality and exceptional rum
guillaume deniau
very well packaged but not yet tasted
Fabien Cormenier
A treat this rum
Savarese Robert
I expected better
MICHEL LAURENT
Very good rum that is well worth the price. Tasted it before and always a pleasure to come back to it
Raphael
Very well balanced rum....sweet but not too sweet, dry but not too dry either.
A delight that costs more than 100 euros!
Elodie
Exceptional product!!!
CLAIRE
I really liked this rum!
Jean-Louis
Beautiful. The first bottle I've ever bought in this price range and obviously it wasn't blind that I went for this elixir.
There are not enough superlatives to describe such an enchanting, sweet, suave, amber with its brown sugar side.
A real 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 Rumattitude, I highly recommend it!
Antonio
Good but not great
Yann
A rather sweet rum aged in Armagnac barrels with a great richness of flavour.
very good digestive
Louison
An incredibly smooth rum! Smooth and light in the mouth. Without doubt the best of the Zacapa house! The bouquet of aromas is very rich. It has an excellent length in the mouth. I highly recommend this product.
Almudena
I discovered Zacapa through their 15 year old, which is quite dry, and then I had the chance to taste the 23 year old at a friend's house. I was won over. After tasting the XO at a trade fair, I had no choice but to buy a bottle. A real treat!
Special mention to the speed of the shipment and the low shipping costs