El Dorado 12 Year Old Rum 750ml

An elegant multi-award winning rum, el dorado 12 year old typifies the smooth mellow sweetness of demerara rums. Savor it straight, on the rocks, or in a classic mai tai cocktail.

A great 12 year old Demerara rum from El Dorado. This has won golds at the Caribbean Rum Taste Test in London 7 times in the first 10 years! There are nine stills at the distillery, and this is based around Coffey still rum, and double wooden pot still rum.

El Dorado 12-Year Rum is composed of a blend of aged rums, all at least 12 years old. The rums are distilled using a combination of stills including double wooden pot stills and are aged in bourbon oak casks.

Demerara Distillers of Guyana produces El Dorado 12-year rum and is the country’s last remaining distillery, with origins tracing back to 1670. The name “El Dorado” references the legendary city of gold that is said to be in the country’s Rupununi region.

Awarded the gold medal at the Caribbean Rum Taste Test no fewer than seven times in the first 10 years in which the competition was held!

A blend of specially selected aged rums, the youngest being no less than 12 years old, it is a combination of the Enmore and Diamond Coffey stills and the Port Mourant double wooden pot still, blended to perfection and aged in old bourbon oak casks.

Dark brown rum distilled from sweet molasses. Aged 12 years in used whisky and bourbon barrels for richness and full mouth-feel. Made at the sole rum distillery in Guyana.

Lush tropical fruit and spice nose with hints of honey and dark sugar. Round, mellow, full-bodied palate with rich flavors of fruit and spice. The finish is delightful, elegant, and dry.

Nose:

Sweet, toffee, vanilla, spices, oak. Hints of smoke.

Palate:

Cocoa, caramel, prunes, spices, vanilla.

Finish:

Long, sublimely smooth, hints of smoke on the tail.