Attempts a fine balance, but topples ever so slightly at both beginning and end.
(#144. 66/100)
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Feb 082013
Sep 212012
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A low proof rum that is impressive right out of the gate, suggests quality and subtlety past compare, and then gives up and runs full tilt into the wall. What this rum might have been with some extra strength….
(First posted 6th January 2012)(#96. 54/100)
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Aug 302012
Rum Review – Juan Santos Añejo 9 Year Old (First posted 20 February 2011)
A rum that doesn’t seem to be trying, and yet, when you’re done and you try to analyze your experience, you unexpectedly find yourself admiring it more and more, surprised by its overall quality. (52/100)
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Aug 302012
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Rum Review – Juan Santos Anejo 12 year old (First posted 25 April 2011)
Smooth, soft and unprepossessing, this may be one of the best 12 year old you never heard about. Coming from a maker formed less than two decades ago, it’s quite an achivement to create a rum of such overall worth. (56/100)
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Aug 302012
Rum Review – Juan Santos 7 yr Old Cafe (First posted 16 April 2011)
A homunculus of a rum, this – it’s got all the hallmarks of a rum – the background taste, the nose, a bit of bite; but at end, you’ll either think it’s a strong liqueur or a weak rum, and in either case it works better as a dessert drink than a true sipper in your glass.
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Aug 302012
A steal at the price, the 21 holds its own against rums costing twice as much, and might be better known and sell more if the tag was higher. I think of it like I do a Nissan GT-R – too cheap to be taken seriously as a supercar, but a performer that can give any of the top dogs a run for their money. If you see it and you have the cash to spare, my recommendation is to get it. (First posted 06 August 2011)
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Jul 142012
Too light for a five year old, and almost too delicate to be a rum at all.
(#115. 48/100)
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