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Reliable Spanish-style Cuban: woody, spicy and lightly sweet with tobacco and caramel. RumX users see it as a well-balanced, everyday sipper that also shines in Cuba Libre and Old Cuban cocktails.
Spanish-style fans and cocktail lovers wanting a more characterful Havana than the standard range, with extra oak, spice and tobacco but still easy to drink.
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How does this rum taste?
Balanced, woody Cuban allrounder
If you enjoy Havana 7 or other Spanish-style rums and want more oak, spice and ABV without going full cask strength, this is the logical next rung up.
Those chasing deep complexity, very sweet dessert rums, or ultra-smooth 40% sippers—some alcohol bite and dryness may feel a bit sharp.
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About the Havana Club distillery
The Havana Club distillery is located in Cuba. Rums from Havana Club have been reviewed 1,731 times with an average of 6.8/10.
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For me in the Havana Club range, a really nicely balanced but still typically Cuban racy rum. Very pleasant smell, which is clearly more fruity than the taste. In the finish short but rough. From the price-performance ratio for me the best of the Havanas. And this was tried from 10 to 190 € some from the house Havana Club.
Auto-translatedAlmost all Havana Club rums are overpriced in my opinion even if they taste good, but this one is much more price worthy than the 15yo. The nose is woody and smoky with an aroma of vanilla. At the palate and during the medium long finish it’s woody, spicy with some sweetness and flavors of fruits and vanilla.
Sehr gut. Solider Rum.
The rum is too thin and meaningless for me, you're not doing yourself any favors. It's better to go for the HC 15 años if you have the opportunity, even if it's three times as expensive. Update 2024-12-25: Surprisingly, today, three years after the first tasting, I find the rum much better than at the time, when I only gave it 64 points. Unmistakably Cuban, beautifully woody, vanilla and dry, with an appealing level of alcoholic power. I would have expected a lower rating for this re-tasting, as my tastes have moved a long way away from such standard Spanish-style bottlings - but no, this rum turns out to be a rock-solid all-rounder that can definitely satisfy everyone on a relaxed evening in an average small-town bar with rum newbies (and on top of that outclasses the much sweeter Havana Club Barrel Proof). The fact that it has virtually no finish - no problem. Just pour it again right away. 😉
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