El Dorado
21 Year Old Special Reserve
(0.7l, 43%)
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Over 300 Guyanese sugar cane producers got a bit carried away and formed a co-operative.
El Dorado Rum is also known as the ‘Liquid Gold of Guyana’. Demerara Distillers started in 1670 when every sugar estate in Guyana had its own Rum still and a group of sugar cane producers formed an exporting co-operative. This early production of Rum for sailors was the beginning of the Demerara. Guyana had as many as 300 producers at any given time over the years.
El Dorado (the name of an Indian chief who founded the golden city, according to the legend) 21 Year Old Rum uses a selected blend of Rums from their World-famous stills, two of them – the Enmore (wooden Coffey still) and the Versailles (single wooden pot still) – are the World’s only functioning wooden stills. The El Dorado range is so distinctive because of this heritage.
All the Rums in the blend have been aged at temperatures of 30°C-34°C in oak at least 21 years, making this one of the oldest production Rums in the world. This age statement is quite different to those Rums which feature a solera style age statement which highlights the oldest Rum in the blend and usually includes a high percentage of Rum which is much younger in the blend. That makes a big difference!
El Dorado Rum is also known as the ‘Liquid Gold of Guyana’. Demerara Distillers started in 1670 when every sugar estate in Guyana had its own Rum still and a group of sugar cane producers formed an exporting co-operative. This early production of Rum for sailors was the beginning of the Demerara. Guyana had as many as 300 producers at any given time over the years.
El Dorado (the name of an Indian chief who founded the golden city, according to the legend) 21 Year Old Rum uses a selected blend of Rums from their World-famous stills, two of them – the Enmore (wooden Coffey still) and the Versailles (single wooden pot still) – are the World’s only functioning wooden stills. The El Dorado range is so distinctive because of this heritage.
All the Rums in the blend have been aged at temperatures of 30°C-34°C in oak at least 21 years, making this one of the oldest production Rums in the world. This age statement is quite different to those Rums which feature a solera style age statement which highlights the oldest Rum in the blend and usually includes a high percentage of Rum which is much younger in the blend. That makes a big difference!
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StyleDark Rum
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RegionGuyana
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CountryGuayana
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Alcohol43%
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DistilleryDemarara Distillers Limited
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BottlerDemarara Distillers Limited
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Age21 Year Old
Flavour Spiral™
About The Flavour Spiral
tobacco
dark chocolate
brown sugar
caramel
pepper
coffee
candied
orange
leather
What does El Dorado 21 Year Old Special Reserve taste like?
The Flavour Spiral™ shows the most common flavours that you'll taste in El Dorado 21 Year Old Special Reserve and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavour Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
The Flavour Spiral™ shows the most common flavours that you'll taste in El Dorado 21 Year Old Special Reserve and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavour Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
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Rum used to be accepted as form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
Tasting Notes
Appearance / Colour
Coppery rich gold.
Smell / Nose / Aroma
Nose packed with brown sugar, espresso, dark chocolate, candied orange, pipe tobacco, toffee, leather, pepper and vanilla.
Flavour / Taste / Palate
Super mellow, dry, full-bodied palate with rich flavours of fruit, toffee, coffee, smoke and brown spice on the palate.
Finish
Sweet, long, drying and nutty aromas fade with evolving layers of tobacco, chocolate and spice.
Comment
One of the World’s greatest Rums! Period.
Coppery rich gold.
Smell / Nose / Aroma
Nose packed with brown sugar, espresso, dark chocolate, candied orange, pipe tobacco, toffee, leather, pepper and vanilla.
Flavour / Taste / Palate
Super mellow, dry, full-bodied palate with rich flavours of fruit, toffee, coffee, smoke and brown spice on the palate.
Finish
Sweet, long, drying and nutty aromas fade with evolving layers of tobacco, chocolate and spice.
Comment
One of the World’s greatest Rums! Period.
Ratings & Reviews
Sean,
Sweet and smooth. Flavor lingers a long time.
Brian,
Will be purchasing a bottle! Absolutely delicious!
Michael,
Delicious! Smooth slightly sweet, very drinkable! Best rum I have ever had the pleasure of drinking!
Joseph,
Hands down the best Rum I've ever tried. Neat all the way.
Pierce,
Sweet, smooth, and very, very dark. Has a little burn going down almost reminiscent of a whiskey, but the brown sugar sweetness of a truly great rum.
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