Santiago de Cuba 500
Loved by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰, Anonymous & 1 more
A newcomer-friendly Cuban-style sipper: light 40% ABV column rum with elegant fruits, tobacco, raisin and soft roasted wood. RumX users enjoy the smooth, long finish, but agree the ultra-premium price is driven mainly by the luxurious bottle.
- Elegant profile
- Long finish
- Luxurious presentation
Details about Santiago de Cuba 500
How does Santiago de Cuba 500 taste?
Aggregated from 11 community reviews.
Elegant but overpriced Cuban showpiece A newcomer-friendly Cuban-style sipper: light 40% ABV column rum with elegant fruits, tobacco, raisin and soft roasted wood. RumX users enjoy the smooth, long finish, but agree the ultra-premium price is driven mainly by the luxurious bottle.
Collectors and Cuban-style fans who like smooth, elegant, low-ABV sippers and care about presentation as much as the liquid.
Value seekers, high-ABV lovers, or anyone wanting big complexity and intensity for the money.
How is Santiago de Cuba 500 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.8 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 90% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4106 Despite the fact that this rum only has 40% ABV it is remarkably complex in its profile. Well rounded and balanced with nice fruits and light roasted wood. On top of that some caramel and tobacco. Draws thick slow moving curtains and the empty glass has the most wonderful notes wit some raisins, smoke and very light honey. The bottle design is amazing to say the least 😊
Review by Johannes
Im Vergleich zu RX1922 weniger komplex, sehr flach. Für den Preis ein Witz!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Für 4000€ natürlich echt happig und definitiv nicht sein Geld wert meiner Meinung nach. Die liquid ist allerdings wirklich lecker für einen Kubaner. Elegant, ölig und fruchtig würzig. Tabak, Rosine, dunkle Schokolade, etwas Lakritz und getrocknete Feige. Aber beim Preis zahlt man natürlich primär die Optik mit 😄
Review by Jo Hoo
Man hätte hier mehr wagen können. Der ABV wie ein Einsteigerrum, warum eigentlich? Der Preis ist absurd hoch, der Rum kann es nicht sein, was den Preis da hochtreibt. 07.02.2026 The Village Nürnberg
Review by Pavel Spacek
The smell is nice, agricole. But after you put it in the mouth - ot is weak. Rounded, but weak..
Review by Anonymous
El mejor ron de cuba sin duda ! Muy complejo,aguardiente fino espectacular !
Community purchases
9 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 4 members.
About the Santiago de Cuba distillery
The Santiago de Cuba distillery is located in Cuba. Rums from Santiago de Cuba have been reviewed 406 times with an average of 7.0/10.
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