Exceptionally smooth with variety of flavors, many of which likely depend on batch. I would normally never spend this much on a rum, especially given my more limited tasting experience with fine rums. However, this is only available in Puerto Rico at the Bacardi distillery so I disregarded the price and brought a bottle home. It puts every other rum I have tried to shame, and I suspect that i will be hunting for another bottle to rival it for some time — hopefully I find it before I pour the last drop of this!