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Matusalem Gran Reserva Solera 23 Años
Newcomers and anyone after an easy evening pour will get on with this Dominican solera. Expect caramel, vanilla, honey and toasted wood, with a surprisingly dry, peppery edge on the finish. Most call it a smooth daily sipper that's a clear step up from the 15-year, though several note it stays gentle and never gets very complex for its age.
The community says- Smooth and easy
- Caramel-vanilla warmth
- But: Short finish
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How does Matusalem Gran Reserva Solera 23 Años taste?
Aggregated from 167 community reviews.
Easy, sweet caramel-vanilla daily sipper A comfortable, sweetish everyday sipper most people enjoy — caramel, vanilla and wood throughout. The common gripe: not much depth or evolution for 23 years, and the finish runs short.
People who like soft, sweet, easy-going sippers
Anyone chasing fruit, funk, or real complexity
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.5 sits in the “Good” band. 65% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
63% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 167 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8:On the nose, this rum begins with light caramel, butterscotch. Molasses and toasted wood then descend to deeper notes. Then tobacco and vanilla add a little variety to the profile. On the nose it is a very sweet, light rum, smooth and velvety. Aeration won't alter this profile, and the rum remains soft, like a tender caramel. The vanilla, too, is delicate. There's also a certain sweetness that leads us towards caramel candy. Resting gives the caramelized nuts and coconut time to spice things up a little. 8:On the palate entry is surprising, gripping the taste buds like a piece of toasted wood and later coconut.The rum is much less round than expected at first, for although the sensation is sweet, the caramel aromas are quite dry and dark. Then the rum softens again, with honey and vanilla and hints of roasted nuts and becomes very round. 8:The finish is soft and sweet, with burnt and roasted notes that linger on the tongue.. Edit:9.3.25-a tasty easy sipper
Review by JonasTh
Most helpful critical review
Iets te zoet.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
They have added this big brother to the 15 year old and it's much better. They're still not there yet though they hav managed to make this one heavier in the taste. I think the idea with this version was to try and challenge Zacapa and El Dorado, but they still have some way to go. For the price though, this is a good rum.
Review by Galli33
This is a good daily driver. Nothing special on the palate. The finish is quite short.
Review by w00tAN
Nice daily sipper and in terms of complexity a clear further development to the 15 year old evergreen. This is a solid rum that is also suitable for beginners due to its mild appearance. I think the price-performance ratio is decent.
Review by Godspeed
Update: You will probably not be too impressed with this ron the first time you sip it but when you actually buy the bottle and use it as a sipper the relative lack of added sugar compared to the more crowd-pleasing expressions from e.g. O&O will really start to be appreciated. I now like it more than my Quorhum 30 year even though I was sure of the opposite when I first got the two. There is a confidence to letting a rum stand on its own with less additives and I enjoy and appreciate that more and more each day with this rum compared to the Quorhum which serves as my other current Dominican easy sipper. Let yourself go through at least a third of this bottle and watch it grow as your favorite relaxed ron sip. Original review: I currently have a thing for Dominicans as my easy sippers. Pronounced vanilla note, goes down so easy you barely notice it (making it work well as background sip material while doing something else). But please, do not pay more than 65€ tops for this thing, and even that is pushing it in my opinion.
Review by Oscar Fernandez
Good Rum. It took me a while to finish the bottle, it didn't appeal to me. With ice it feels better. Salu! 🥃
Review by BTHHo 🥃
The taste is of licorice and roasted almonds and notes of hazelnut. This fresh and fruity flavor changes to a more sherry-like aftertaste
Review by Gerbes
I would like to compare it with the Unhiq and I was kind of surprised that that it was not better. Still very pleasant and round experience with little bit more warm and rough aspects. I would like to compare it directly against its 15 years old variant. I think that the it not so big improvement after all with respect to the price.
Review by Thunderbird
An artisan rum
Review by Vincent D
Not very interesting. Vanilla, caramel and wood from start to finish. No depth. No evolution. Nothing really interesting.
Review by Daniel
Pleases with even more nuances and increased mildness on the nose and palate in contrast to the 15YO. Unfortunately, however, quite reserved on the nose, which costs it points. Pleasant, not too complex sipper.
Review by Manuel
Guter und solider Rum für den Einstieg. Sehr süßlich und weich im Abgang. Wurde bei der zweiten Verkostung aber etwas runtergestuft, da er im Vergleich zu anderen Rums im Abgang etwas flach wirkt.
Review by Tom K
fine, sharper aftertaste but short
Review by Business Liner Ralf
Great product! Beginners to experienced users will love it.
Review by Rum mit Carlos
Der Geruch erinnert sehr an Melasse, Karamell, Holz und einem Hauch von Vanille. Der Geschmack kommt dem Geruch sehr ähnlich. Am Anfang ist Melasse zu schmecken welche dann in Hölzige Töne übergehen und in Karamell sowie Vanille enden. Wenn man ihn etwas atmen lässt reduzieren sich die Holztöne und das Karamell und die Vanille werden etwas intensiver zusätzlich lässt sich dann ein Hauch von Nuss erahnen. Der Rum hat eine gute Qualität ist aber nicht wirklich etwas Besonderes. Er hat einen gleichbleibenden Geschmack/Geruch über den ganzen Schluck hinweg. Auch das Solera verfahren lässt sich schwer erahnen. Ich würde ihn nicht als sehr Mild aber erst recht nicht als beißend bezeichnen. Er ist sehr ausgewogen ohne viel Alkoholschärfe. Wer Frucht sucht ist hier auf jeden Fall am falschen Platz aber für jemanden der einen Guten Rum mit Charakter und ohne viel Schnickschnack sucht hat hier auf jeden Fall Spaß.
Review by Rumclub Latvia
Good value for money
Review by Petter Carlsson
Vældig god.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
The nose is rather restrained, we find mainly molasses with a touch of toasted touches. The nose is light and sweet on the caramel candy. And despite the 40%, it is a little alcoholic. The nose is rather pleasant. The attack in mouth is on the toasted woody. This nose is not too sweet as the nose foreshadowed, it is rather dry on the caramel. With touches of honey and vanilla. The finish is again sweet on burnt maple syrup and spices. At about sixty euro, it is an easy and pleasant ron to drink that should please neophytes.
Review by Émile Shevek
Note di cioccolato e caffè, un finale medio, ma avvolgente
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Auction results 36 € – 47 €
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Avg. community purchase price 49 €
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Details about Matusalem Gran Reserva Solera 23 Años
A Column Still Rum from Dominican Republic, at 40%.
Community purchases
419 bottles logged by 392 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
35% opened, 48 emptied and repurchased.
What does Matusalem Gran Reserva Solera 23 Años cost?
Community paid 40–77 €.
Current best price: 47.90 € – within the typical community range.
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+13 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
419 purchased · 180 tasted · 131 wishlist · as of
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