Versailles El Dorado Rare Collection VSG
Dark fruits, wood, and licorice with a spicy, lingering warmth.
Woody, dried fruits and licorice shape both the complex aroma and palate, with caramel and oak adding depth. Widely praised for its depth and distinctive style, though the high ABV is noticeable—community-favored for those seeking bold Demerara character.
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El Dorado Rare Collection VSG opens with deep notes of prunes, licorice, and robust wood, delivering a complex, dark Demerara profile. Dried fruits, caramel, oak, and an undercurrent of spice define both aroma and palate, with a long, warming finish. While the 63% ABV can show its strength, fans of bold, tannic Guyanese rums will find impressive layers to explore here. Worth a try for lovers of intense, woody rums.
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About the Versailles distillery
The Versailles distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Versailles have been reviewed 533 times with an average of 8.4/10.
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A rum decried by the RumX community and praised by Serge Valentin. So I had to buy it and taste it. I was rather disappointed when I opened the bottle, but I'm familiar with the phenomenon... A nose of old leather, flambéed banana, brown sugar and tea, with good concentration. A slightly peaty palate with fat and brown sugar. The finish is abrupt, but honey and cask reappear after a while. The empty glass is splendid with previously hidden aromas. Apart from the fact that this rum is too lively when opened, I find nothing but good in it. It's perfectly balanced and deep. It could have a slightly broader aromatic palette, but then it would be one of the great Demerara rums. Buy it before it disappears from the shelves.
Nose and finish come with intense citrus notes. Palate dominated by dried fruits. Not very heavy on „classic“ Versialles notes you would expect from a VSG ie somewhat of a weird animal. Nevertheless a nice expression. Oxidation changes the profile quite noticabley. Less citrus and more dried fruits as well as Versailles notes on the nose. Also nice in it’s „evolved“ form.
An intense, full-bodied Versailles on the nose, with a changing profile: there's the dark side, with baked caramel and Demerara sugar, spicy wood on licorice, pepper and vanilla, cocoa and coffee, prunes, raisins and orange. A touch of alcohol is noticeable and disturbs the nostrils a little. Aeration does it good and gives it freshness. The palate reveals another facet of the Versailles alembic: the heavy, herbaceous fruity notes are replaced by citrus notes of orange, dark wood, milk chocolate, spices and bitter notes of licorice, aniseed and leather. Caramel, molasses and burnt sugar add a little roundness to this warm profile, unfortunately rather marked by alcohol. A special mention for the pleasant saline note. The finish is long, dark, spicy, woody and bitter, tannic and caffeinated. The aromas are not as strong as expected. Spices, caramel and molasses are present on the finish, accompanied by raisins, prunes and orange. An unusual profile, not unpleasant, but a little unbalanced, especially when compared with other Versailles or the other rums in the Rare Collection range.
I have the entire series in more than one copy and I really like them because the releases are good in general. Love the citrus note from nose to finish and the wood and tannins with other fruits in the mix. Lightly dry on the palate. The flavours are still in the glass the day after 😊