Ron Zacapa 23 Solera

23 g of added sugar per litre and a very young rum with lots of caramel. Totally uninteresting and highly overrated.

This has a ton of dosage and I'd never recommend it to anyone even as a "starter rum". Having said that, when smoking a cigar I tend to enjoy them with a cocktail so I do like the sweetness of this and the smoke of a cigar.

Weak, Over reated, low ABV, too much sweetness, artificial sweetness

After years of drinking Captain Morgan's, I decided to step up my game and try Diplomatico. Wow, what a dramatic difference. Having had my eyes (and palate) opened, I opted to try Ron Zacapa. After all, it's being plugged all over the internet. So it must be wonderful, right?

OMG, what a letdown. Sugar-water, anyone? Everything I loved about Diplomatico is missing. The gloriously complex bouquet, the graduated flavors, the satisfying finish . . . gone. And if the other comments are to be believed, this distiller uses additives. Are you kidding? If you're distilling with honor and tradition, why would you ever need additives?

And to add insult to injury, the bottle I purchased cost ten dollars more than the Diplomatico. Sure, the box and bottle are both handsome. But that doesn't compensate for the underwhelming lack of sophistication known as Ron Zacapa 23 Solera.

I only wish I had discovered this website BEFORE I made my purchase. In fact, I was so angry once I read the other reviews I decided to join just so I could enhance the negative rating of this disappointing pollution pretending to be a premium rum. Don't believe the major news outlets that hype Ron Zacapa. THIS is the website that tells it like it is: Ron Zacapa 23 Solera is HIGHLY OVERRATED.

Sugar, sugar, sugar - if this is your first real rum experience no wonder people associate one-legged pirates with rum. Sugar overload, not an authentic rum. Made for masses and it sells. Buy some real Jamaican, Barbadian or an agricole instead :)

Ein wahnsinnig überbewerteter Rum, der mit seinem zugesetzten Zucker, seiner Färbung und der missverständlichen Altersangabe ein falsches Spiel mit dem Kunden spielt.

An insanely overrated rum that plays a false game with the customer with its added sugar, coloring and misleading age statement.

zacapa is so famous last years, but sooo sweet, better try botran, same distillery but no sugar added

Neck pour was decent. After that a sickly sweetness developed. Didn’t like drinking this much sugar without knowing.

Price, packaging, botte all is made to attract the eye. But don't open it!
How deceiving is the rum !
In my mind, the greasy note of coconut is the most disapointing taste offre this rum.
Overall, I don't understand the 23 years old, it's a blend not a single barrel ! Time is lost.
The bottle is now empty, the secret is soda, large amounts of the well known soda!

It tooks me 1 year to finish the bottle and i finish it in a cocktail with some Kahlúa (coffee liquor). The problem about this ron there is no amazing flavor or complexity it is very simple and by definition may be easy to drink. Final is very short, not a memorable one for sure. Definitly not buy anymore will go instead for the Botran 18 from Guatelema too but much more complex and well worked.