Flor de Caña Gran Reserva 7-Year

Regular rum, no special magic found, but otherwise an average 7 year old rum.

Beautiful mahogany in color. Arrack, figs and sweet ethanol on the nose. Full-bodied, roasted almonds, coconut, warm ethanol, non-sweetened taste of dried tropical fruits. Very long lasting, turns into bourbon-notes in the end.

This one is pretty good neat but really shines as a mixer.

Inte så söt, notiser av fat, nötig och lätt fruktig.

Vanilla and dried fruit on the nose, possibly raisins. Easy to drink with oaky vanilla notes and a dry finish, but somewhat bitter.

On the nose there is furniture polish, wood, nuts and a waft of citrus fruits, on the palate it is a bit simple spicy, nutty, with a grapefruit finish the aftertaste is prolonged, dry, spicy, with cocoa, citrus peels and pepper, and a slight alcoholic afterburn. No problem to drink neat, works quite well as a mixer. Zero sugar added, perfectly reasonable for the price (priced as a mixer, actually), but still lacking some kind of special trait which would nudge me to buy it again.

Starting into this there is a smooth mouth feel with medium throat burn. Sweetness is right where I like my sipping rum (no added sugar!). Pretty light flavors of dry carmel, vanilla, and oak followed by a medium length finish with pleasant aftertaste. It's not a complex one of a kind sipper, but still a good entry level sipping rum.

I have went trough quite some rums by now, and yet this one strikes me with the excellence in execution - it is well built, it has some legend behind, lacks nothing, and has no confusion in ambition delivery. I have dropped drinking, just adventuring into somewhat special festivity on occasion, of which more than decent partner is this sinful, otherwise proper rum.

For being as cheap as this rum is, it’s probably a better quality rum for sipping than most conventional sipping rums are. Give it like 5 minutes sitting in the glass and you’re good to go

Even with the larger size being available, the 12 Year is just so much better. If I want a good cheap rum, I like Kaniche Reserve.