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F78DFDA4-7C60-498D-AAE4-CE629C8A9828Guyana Demerara Distillers Ltd
DDL El Dorado 21 Vintage 75cl bottle
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Aged rum · 21 years · 43%

DDL El Dorado 21 Vintage

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How does DDL El Dorado 21 Vintage taste?

Aggregated from 9 community reviews.

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How is DDL El Dorado 21 Vintage rated?

RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.5 sits in the “Good” band. 77% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →

Community voices

What does the community say?

67% rate it between 6 and 8. 3 selected write-ups from 9 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.

Review by elias

elias
elias
Nov 202027 reviews
6.0/10

Round rum with a strong finish of wood and pepper but still very sweet of taste.

Review by Émile Shevek

Émile Shevek
Jan 2023380 reviewsItaly
8.5/10

Pulito, preciso, delicato, rotondo, equilibrato, finale aromatico. Un vero dolcetto che prende il meglio dal 15 e dal 12 e lo evolve ancora oltre abbracciando con una raffinatezza e dolcezza tipica della distilleria

Review by Jarek

Jarek
Feb 2023684 reviewsGermany
8.0/10

Etwas weniger Zucker und etwas mehr Prozente würden dem Rum gut tun. Ansonsten lecker und erinnert an den Rare Casc Skeldon.

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Market value

Avg. community purchase price 70 €

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Details about DDL El Dorado 21 Vintage

A rum from Guyana, distilled by Demerara Distillers Ltd, at 43%.

CountryGuyana
ABV43%
Volume75cl
Age21 years

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Community purchases

10 bottles logged by 8 collectors.

A drinker's rum.

50% opened, 4 emptied and repurchased.

5 sealed 1 open 4 emptied

10 purchased · 9 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of

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Demerara Distillers Ltd

Distillery

Demerara Distillers Ltd 

Avg Rating 7.8/10 over 250 Rums

Demerara Distillers is the company that ended up holding everything. As Guyana's only surviving rum maker, its Diamond plant runs the world's last wooden pot stills and the last wooden Coffey still alongside modern columns, draws 24 different marks from them, and blends them into El Dorado. It is also the reason most Demerara on the shelf comes from one address.

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