Darsa Plantation Guatemala XO (Moscatel Finish)
An approachable, sweet Guatemalan column-still rum with a strong Moscatel wine influence. Expect vanilla, caramel, sweet fruit and light nuts with a medium, slightly bitter finish. Well-suited to relaxed sipping or sweet cocktails, with mixed but generally decent community feedback from 19 RumX reviews.
- Sweet fruitiness
- Vanilla & caramel
- Easy sipping
Details about Darsa Plantation Guatemala XO (Moscatel Finish)
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How does Darsa Plantation Guatemala XO (Moscatel Finish) taste?
Aggregated from 19 community reviews.
Sweet Moscatel-finish, easy but simple An approachable, sweet Guatemalan column-still rum with a strong Moscatel wine influence. Expect vanilla, caramel, sweet fruit and light nuts with a medium, slightly bitter finish. Well-suited to relaxed sipping or sweet cocktails, with mixed but generally decent community feedback from 19 RumX reviews.
Those who enjoy sweet, dessert-like rums with grape/fruit and vanilla notes and want an easy, affordable sipper or mixer with a noticeable Moscatel wine finish.
Anyone avoiding added sugar, seeking dry/complex rums, or sensitive to light bitterness and alcohol prickle even at a modest 43.3% ABV.
How is Darsa Plantation Guatemala XO (Moscatel Finish) rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.0 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 47% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Filip Heimerle
Doslazovany ale vyjimecne byl good
Review by reina
Maybe this rum really needed some nice finish in the aging not to be only an average rum. But the moscatel finish is all over this one making it a nice sip for an affordable price.
Review by Jarek
Zucker 15 g/l
Review by Michael Janek
voni po vanilce, později oříšky a sušený svestky sladounky, trosicku zapicha na jazyku, prijemny
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
14.02.2023 Relaxing at home with a few samples. Colour Medium dark in colour. Nose Light, sweet, light nutts, light wood, faint chocolate, spice. Palate Light, sweet, fruits, light nutts, light caramel, faint coconut, light spicy, faint chocolate. Finish Medium long, sweet, fruits, light light raisin, light herbal, spice. There is a light bitterness in the profile and the ABV could have been better integrated.
Review by Tom Buteneers
Meh. Sweet and one-dimensional.
Review by Johannes
Trotz der 43% ist der Rum recht alkoholisch.
Review by mto75
nice grape on the nose, but too sweet on the palate
Review by RumTaTa
Sehr leichter Rum. Das Moscatelfass passt gut zum Rum: ausgeprägte Süße! Kräftiger als der Plantation Trinidad 2009 Duvel aber immer noch Recht blass.
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
"Not quite my thing. Initially fruity and a little spicy with delicate chocolate. Then rather sad and sour to slightly bitter. Not a bad rum but not my taste. Alcohol could also be better integrated"
Community purchases
37 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 5 members.
About the Darsa distillery
The Darsa distillery is located in Guatemala. Rums from Darsa have been reviewed 268 times with an average of 7.3/10.
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