SelvaRey Owner's Reserve Rum

In a blind tasting against Zacapa XO, everyone picked the SelvaRey — that's a Rum Ratings reviewer, and another prefers it to Panamonte XXV and Zafra 30. Owner's Reserve is the super-premium top of the SelvaRey range: the Panamanian rum brand co-owned by Bruno Mars and made in Pesé, Herrera province, by Francisco "Don Pancho" Fernández, the Cuban-born former minister of rum who's the most revered blender in Central America. It's a blend of rums fifteen to twenty-five years old, hand-selected by Don Pancho from the finest vintages at the Las Cabras distillery — aged in ex-bourbon oak in the Panamanian heat — bottled at 40% ABV in a dark, weighty bottle and a gift box marked from the owner's private collection. Paste found it delicate and nuanced on the nose, far more so than the White or Chocolate, and a fair trade-off at the proof. Rum Ratings: caramel, brown sugar, spice, oak, raisin, toffee, and vanilla, remarkably smooth and easy for its price and proof, sweet liquid nectar with a lingering finish, and, for one taster who'd shrugged it off as a celebrity spirit, redeemed entirely by two words — Don Pancho. Honest note: it's a soft, 40% Spanish-style luxury sipper, and some would like it stronger; it's priced as a flagship and sold in limited releases. For a cigar, a slow neat pour, or the gift that beats Zacapa blind. Don Pancho's private stock.

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