Ron Millonario Reserva Especial 15

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Ron Millonario 15 is Millonario’s standard rum, and is the most easily accessible of their line. It is said to be an hommage to the way Zacapa 23 used to be in the 90s/2000s when it was winning awards and Diageos paws were nowhere to be seen. This is very apparent when you compare the packaging of Millonario 15 and early Zacapa 23. There’s no real use comparing the age statements of these rums, because Solera age statements mean next to nothing anyway. Millionario have taken most of their cues from Zacapa, bottling it at basement proof and backsweetening. Mercifully it is only backsweetened about a quarter as much as Zacapa 23 (5g/L vs 21.3g/L). Let’s see how it tastes.

Other reviews of Ron Millonario:

Distiller: Ron Millonario
ABV: 40%
Age: NAS
Cask type: American Oak.
Source: Pour at Statsraaden Bar, Bergen, Norway
Setting: Unblind

Nose: Cinnamon, porridge, spicy wood, a mild perfume and tropical fruit note.
Palate: Coconut, tropical fruit, custard apple. Full and round, despite the proof. A little sweet.
Finish: Sweetness continues with coconut, cinnamon and pineapple.
Overall: A really interesting fruitiness, but I preferred the 10 which tasted a little less sweet to me.
Rank: 5