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T.D.L Zaya Rum Gran Reserva
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Vanilla, caramel and chocolate pour out thick and sweet — this drinks like dessert in a glass, not a dry sipper. At 40% there's no burn, which is exactly why beginners keep reaching for it. Several members flag it as dosed and one-note, and a few find the body goes thin mid-palate. Coffee and roasted nuts show up if you give it time.
The community says- Chocolate-vanilla nose
- No burn at all
- Keep in mind: Tastes dosed
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How does T.D.L Zaya Rum Gran Reserva taste?
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Sweet vanilla-chocolate dessert sipper for beginners A classic gateway rum: newcomers love the soft chocolate-vanilla sweetness, while seasoned drinkers call it dosed and thin. Most agree it shines as a mixer or easy after-dinner pour.
Aroma profilebeginners and sweet-tooth after-dinner sippers
anyone avoiding sugar or chasing complexity
Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertSipping neatCocktails & mixing
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Is it right for you?
Yes, if you're after sweet, dessert-like rums for sipping neat.
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What does the community say?
90 community reviews
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21 selected written reviews
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Review by Thomas Paine
Most helpful positive review
Nose: Vanilla Coca-cola Taste: Vanilla, coffee, nutty, dark chocolate, tobacco, bitter orange, coca-cola Finish: coca-cola, bitter Just made my first trinidad sour with this, and I’m in love.
Review by Anonymous
Most helpful critical review
Extremely sweet nose and palate. Not very good
Review by Timo Groeger
This rum really knows how to convince. Beautiful and above all pleasant nose consisting of coffee and chocolate. Then really fun on the palate. Goes from dark chocolate and coffee to vanilla and nuts. And above all, not too sweet. Delicious.
Review by abaker-rum
This rum is very sweet. You get confectioners sugar, vanilla, caramel, and chocolate through the nose and palate. This is sweet dessert in a glass. You are left wish a sugary mouthfeel on on the finish.
Review by Cédric C
C’est un rhum que j’ai dégusté lors d’une soirée de dégustation, le premier et de loin le moins extraordinaire. Rhum facile à boire, il n’est pas cher : un bon rhum si l’on veut avoir une bouteille à faire découvrir à des « débutants ». Un peu trop sucré à mon goût. Ce n'est pas un rhum qui me convient mais je pense qu'il m'aurait plu à mes débuts.
Review by tastingfieber
A smooth, sweet rum with pronounced chocolate and vanilla notes. Perfect for connoisseurs looking for an accessible and full-bodied rum with a dessert character.
Review by Tyler L
Nosing is very vanilla forward with orchard fruit, particularly pears. There is also some caramel sweetness. After some time the nose gets much more woody. Initial vanilla bomb with caramel and some chocolate. It gets very thin right after the first wave of flavour and then begins to develop some more interesting flavours of spice and roasted nuts. The thinness is a little off-putting especially considering the richness of everything else. Too bad. After sitting for a while, I will admit that the flavours seem to integrate a little better and the thin impression is lessened. The finish is decent, kind of short with a rather pleasing sweet chocolate and some light barrel notes. Where I live (Vancouver) the price is on the high side so the value isn’t there. Finally, the entry here for this rum claims to be pot still. I can’t see that as being the case.
Review by deanopeez
This is the rum that opened my eyes. I know it's dosed, and I don't care. Some Demerara syrup and angostura with this rum sends me to heaven. Sweet but not sugary, this is the perfect intro rum for a newbie. That said, I still think it's my favorite and I don't think I'll ever have my bar without a bottle.
Review by Brandon Gerling
Very sweet, vanilla and fruity on the nose. I really enjoy the nose on this one. Taste is sweet, slightly woody but not overbearing and the vanilla persists. Really good rum as a beginner sipper for the price.
Review by Jason Toepfer
Really intriguing compare to some my other rums. The chocolate and coffee tons are more pronounce than vanilla. The flavor profile hangs for a long time. A slow sipping rum.
Review by Toník
holy fucking shit this thing lits It feels like lickinkg freshman college girls but you know deep inside that's not wife material but still gooood fucking bitches 10/10 mate
Review by David Eichenlaub
Smooth, creamy, vanilla, spice, not as tingly & spicy as some of the others I like a lot. But, still pretty good
Review by Pavel Spacek
Infused TDL. All the time you feel the infusion, TDL mint profile is visible for a while at the end
Review by Rom-Marre 🇸🇪
Much vanilla flavour!
Review by Micha
Ein schöner Interessanter Rum. Von der Nase her eine schöne Runde Sache mit Noten von Vanille und Schokolade. Im Geschmack ist er eher Herb und man schmeckt das Fass heraus und es geht in eine röstig aromatische richtig. Gekühlt aber nicht auf Eis schmeckt er sehr gut.
Review by jazz8751
Good sipping rum. Same profile as Barcelo Dark. Sweet, no burn and easy to drink.
Review by Solidfunk
Light vanilla on the nose and medium oak in the mouth. Not super interesting but also not unpleasant. If I'd have know this came from the Zacapa line I probably wouldn't have shelled out $35 for it, but choices tonight were limited. Dark copper pour. Short to medium finish. Bottle.
Review by ThatCubanRumGuy
Great dessert room for beginners.
Review by Richard Krupa
Very sweet
Review by JonasTh
Starts okay but doesn't finish. Sweet
Review by Tomas Mileris
Only as mixer.
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T.D.L Zaya Rum Gran Reserva at live auctions
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203 bottles logged by 182 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
34% opened, 31 emptied.
What does T.D.L Zaya Rum Gran Reserva cost?
Community paid 29–77 €.
Current best price: 38.90 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 39 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+7 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
203 purchased · 97 tasted · 64 wishlist · as of
Details about T.D.L Zaya Rum Gran Reserva
A Pot Still Rum from Trinidad, distilled by T.D.L, at 40%.
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