Havana Club Selección de Maestros Rum

Alcoholic, spicy, light flavors behind the alcohol!... Perfect to start lunch or dinner!...

This review from the reviewer is spot on

On the nose Orange peel brown sugar crumble topping. The initial sip revealed cinnamon, orange, molasses, with some baking spice. A medium finish with quite a nice balance.

Rating: 16/23 N: It's a bit difficult to pick out smells, bit it's fruity with a funkiness to it. It's sweet, but with a dry maturity keeping it from going overboard. Quite tropical and pretty mellow. Some wood and light smoke, but not a ton. Definitely orange among the fruits. Banana and perhaps mango as well. If I dig real deep I get a faint salty savoriness like soy sauce. A touch of vanilla is here too. P: Dry but rich with an underlying sweetness. Moderate body. Lots of tropical fruit flavors (pineapple, orange, banana, maybe mango) beneath a woody layer with a little bit of fireworks and a surprisingly substantial burn. Vanilla and caramel sweetness. This is complex and fun, but a bit lacking in balance. It's also a tad hot for the proof while also being a bit watery. Holding it on my tongue, the complexity swirls a bit though. F: That dryness and burn remain. The sweetness is more caramel than fruity at this point. Some vanilla. - Conclusion - I wanted to love this, but 8 can't overlook its problems. It's too hot for the proof and it's also watery. There's some nice complexity, but it doesn't really cohere. I'm looking at a 15 to 16. I'll give it a 16 for that fun, funky, swirly complexity. This rum is flawed in many ways, but it still has some really nice elements.

An absolutely wonderful sipping rum. I just barely prefer the 7 over this. Tastes like a good cigar after a long day, but without the burn.