Zacapa Centenario XO is a Central American rum produced using the solera aging method. This process involves blending several rums that have spent between 6 and 25 years in barrels that have previously held bourbon, sherry or Pedro Ximénez wine.
The blend is then further aged in French oak barrels that 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.
Laurent
Excellent rum
david ligavant
Exceptional softness
GBR
An exceptional rum with magnificent length on the palate. A rum where sugar does not prevail and a beautiful complexity.
Stephane Coucke
These rums are excellent
Christelle DESBOIS
Very good product
Valcoco
An excellent rum!
Christophe Kauffmann
Whisky nose too strong for my taste
Marie Miers
Fast delivery, 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 love fullness
Bertrand
Excellent, round & soft
Pearly Azalya Kataléya
Top, a delight in the mouth
M. MIESCH Jean-Marc
Excellent. Top site, I highly recommend it.
Lorraine Assohoun
One of the best Rum I've ever tasted
Grégory Carreno
Pleasant, very easy to drink, hence its success. Excellent at 4 p.m. 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 delightful rum
Savarese Robert
I expected better
MICHEL LAURENT
Very good rum, well worth the price. Tasted before and always a pleasure to come back to.
Raphael
Very well-balanced rum....sweet but not too sweet, dry but not too dry either.
A delight that still costs over 100 euros!
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!
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.
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.