Gift season: 3 questions to a rum that lands. Open the gift finder3 questions to a rum that lands ›
FF09897C-E522-4862-8E91-84C39CA0F7DDEl Salvador Cihuatán
Cihuatán 12 Years bottle
Bottle
up to 12 years · 40%

Cihuatán 12 Years

The "12 years" on the label points to age, but this drinks younger and simpler than that suggests. Expect creme brulee, milk chocolate, vanilla and a little tropical fruit, all on a light body. A few tasters catch a whiff of alcohol or something faintly medicinal up front, and the finish fades fast. Easygoing and sweet rather than deep.

The community says
  • Milk chocolate note
  • But: Short finish
  • But: Thin body

Offers & prices

No shop currently delivers to Germany.

Auction results: 24–25 € (6 sales in 24 months, incl. buyer's premium, latest 10/2025). How the range is built ›

Buying advice

These ship to you

Similar in style and available now.

The look inside the bottle

How does Cihuatán 12 Years taste?

Summarized by AI from community reviews.

Sweet, chocolatey and easy, short finish Sweet, chocolatey and light, with a short finish. Fine as an easy first sipper, but several members found "not much character beyond that" and wanted more depth.

Perfect for

People who like sweet, soft, easy sippers

Less suitable for

Anyone wanting depth, dryness or a long finish

Experience level · Novice (2/5)

Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertSipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

Relative to this rum's strongest aroma family

17 of 39 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums

Which glass for which rum? The community guide ›

What does the community say?

6.2/10 Pleasant

39 community reviews
7 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

Rate it in the app
Distribution of all 39 ratings
  • 9Excellent 0%
  • 8Very good 3%
  • 7Good 26%
  • 6Pleasant 41%
  • 5Average 18%
  • 4Drinkable 8%
  • Poor or worse 5%

See the full rating guide

Review by w00tAN

w00tAN
Mar 2023395 reviewsGermany
6.9/10

Very chocolatey, rather sweet rum but not too cloying. Nice beginner rum or as a sipper for the first drink.

Review by Stefan Persson

Stefan Persson
May 2025801 reviewsSweden
5.3/10

Can’t recommend this rum! It’s produced in a multi column still and I believe the average age of this Solera rum is quite few years. The aroma is very alcoholic. The flavors on the other hand is quite sweet with flavors of vanilla and caramel. The finish is very short.

Review by Jonas Kofod

Jonas Kofod
Jonas Kofod
Oct 202281 reviewsDenmark
7.2/10

Nice and sweet. Not much character beyond that.

Community shelf

37 bottles logged by 30 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

32% opened, 3 emptied.

25 sealed 9 open 3 emptied

What did the community pay for Cihuatán 12 Years?

Avg. community purchase price 34 €.

What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.

37 purchased · 44 tasted · 8 wishlist · as of

Details about Cihuatán 12 Years

A rum from El Salvador, distilled by Cihuatán, at 40%.

DistilleryCihuatán
Raw materialMolasses
ABV40%
Ageup to 12 years

About the Cihuatán distillery

The Cihuatán distillery is located in El Salvador. Rums from Cihuatán have been reviewed 1,398 times with an average of 7.4/10.

To Cihuatán ›

You may also enjoy

Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:

Zhumir Ron Canuto Superior Rum

Zhumir Ron Canuto Superior Rum
Zhumir
Zhumir Ron Canuto Superior Rum
6.2/10 (44 reviews)
Ecuador · 7 years · 40%

Cihuatán Cinabrio Ron 12 Años

Cihuatán Cinabrio Ron 12 Años
Cihuatán
Cihuatán Cinabrio Ron 12 Años
7.0/10 (189 reviews)
El Salvador · up to 12 years · 40%

Hacienda Coloma 8 Años

Hacienda Coloma 8 Años
Hacienda Coloma
Hacienda Coloma 8 Años
7.0/10 (143 reviews)
Colombia · 8 years · 40%
Price alerts · in the RumX app
Never miss a price drop.

Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.

★ 4.8/5 on App Store & Play Store
Oliver, founder of RumX Oliver · Founder

By rum lovers, for rum lovers

I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.

Oliver, Stuttgart

About RumX ›YouTube channel (German, English subtitles)
As featured in
Stern Stuttgarter Zeitung Rumporter fizzz About Drinks
Rating guide

Every score is the median of members’ ratings, from 0 to 10. A 7 is already a recommendation to buy.

Share of 11,200 rums with at least 4 ratings, calculated on October 22, 2026. Scale and calculation in detail ›