Review #102: Vizcaya VXOP "Cuban Formula" Cask #21 Rum, Dominican Republic, 40% abv

last gasp of summer

There's a bunch of stuff I've been meaning to try, but right now it's hot. Still. So one last rum, until next summer.

I like the website on this one, mostly because it just asks if you were born >21yrs ago, not what day you were born on. It also suggests that this is an agricole and aged in oak (ex-bourbon). I saw somewhere else that it's at least 8yrs old, but that's not on the label or the website. Nice bottle. I don't know who makes it or who owns the brand.

nose: like the Zaya, curiously enough -- a lot of cream soda and sasparilla flavors. not quite as intense or sweet as the Zaya, and a little more interesting, too: there's some fruit (apricot), and a little sharp, almost smoky grassiness. but then buckets of vanilla overwhelm everything. I thought there was a (nice) violet in there for a second, but it's all molasses now.

palate: nice woody body for 40%. like a grassier, but just as sweet, version of the Zaya.

finish: vanilla, molasses, vanilla, vanilla, vanilla.


this is a pleasant, enjoyable dessert that I like slightly better than the Zaya.


score: 73