The naby faces of Zacapa Centenario

[RicoPuro]

The many faces of Zacapa Centenario

A lot has been said about this wonderful Guatemalan rum. These are its different versions. All them worth a try.

Your basic Zacapa is the 15 year. Even by rum standards, aging fit or 15 years is already an exception. Still a little rough around the edges, the Zacapa 15 delivers the sweet brandy-like trademark flavor profile of the line.

Next to it is a bottle of Zacapa 23. Can you tell I am partial to this one? Additional 8 years of aging smoothes out those edges into a silkier, almost syrupy body.

[RicoPuro]

La creme de la creme of the Zacapa Centenario line is the XO. In all honesty, there's not much I can say about this bottle since it just came as a gift last week. The XO is aged for about 25 years.

[RicoPuro]

Last one in my collection is the Zacapa 30 aniversario. This are numbered bottles which come in wooden cases including two sampling Riedel glasses with an engraved Zacapa logo. I have already tried this one and is very similar to the Zacapa 23 but the package makes it more special. My wife gave me this one.

Being from Guatemala, I am naturally biased towards this rum. Still, it is worth remembering it was selected as the best rum in the world back in 1998.

The following link is worth checking out;

www.ronesdeguatemala.com

Jorge

[czartim]

What time should I arrive for a sampling? I doubt I ever find any of those in my area.

[RicoPuro]

As a fellow Texan BOTL, U R more than welcome to show up for a sampling at any time. I don't want to consume these fine spirits without company.

Jorge

[RicoPuro]

BTW, the title of the thread should read "The many faces of Zacapa Centernario". Sometimes, my figners moev too fats at the kyeabaord.

Jorge

[Mark C]

Originally Posted by RicoPuro

BTW, the title of the thread should read "The many faces of Zacapa Centernario". Sometimes, my figners moev too fats at the kyeabaord.

Jorge

I figured the half empty bottle of Zacapa 23 explained the typos

[Che]

Not that ILdG is any more deceptive than other rum producers, but some pretty reliable sources have implied the Ron Z. XO is truthfully a blend of rums as young as 6 years old and as old as 25 years old.

[RicoPuro]

Che:

You are 100% right. It says it clearly on the box. Like I said, that happens to be the only uncorked bottle in my Zacapa collection so I couldn't comment on its flavor.

Cheers to that...

Jorge