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Malecon 20 Years - Rare Proof - Small Batch Distilled 1999
Loved by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰, Stefan Persson & 20 more
A solid stepping stone for those building their palate: a 20-year, ~50% Spanish-style sipper with caramel, chocolate, dried fruits and gentle oak. RumX drinkers enjoy its round sweetness and easygoing, relaxed profile.
Aggregated from 30 community reviews.
- Sweet and rounded
- Great value age
- Well-integrated ABV
+10
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Stern Magazine Details about Malecon 20 Years - Rare Proof - Small Batch Distilled 1999
A Column Still Rum from Panama, distilled by Malecon, at 48,4%.
How does Malecon 20 Years - Rare Proof - Small Batch Distilled 1999 taste?
Aggregated from 30 community reviews.
Sweet, relaxed 20-year step-up sipper A solid stepping stone for those building their palate: a 20-year, ~50% Spanish-style sipper with caramel, chocolate, dried fruits and gentle oak. RumX drinkers enjoy its round sweetness and easygoing, relaxed profile.
Those who enjoy sweet, Spanish-style rums and want an affordable, slightly stronger 20-year sipper with caramel, chocolate and gentle oak notes.
Drinkers avoiding sugar-dosed rums or seeking a long, dry, complex finish and high-ester intensity.
How is Malecon 20 Years - Rare Proof - Small Batch Distilled 1999 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.2 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% 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 🇩🇰
Another big surprise. Unfortunately the finish is too short and maybe a tad too sweet for me. A great rum overall.
Review by Stefan Persson
Tastes a lot like the 1996 version, but less powerful flavors and a little sweeter. I prefer the 1996 version. The nose is fruity and woody with aromas of vanilla and oak. At the palate and during the rather long finish it’s complex, sweet, fruity and spicy with flavors of vanilla and oak.
Review by Johannes
I wasn't expecting anything from this rum. The nose is surprisingly good, round, chocolaty with some raisins. Very drinkable on the palate, pleasing, I would guess a sherry finish or the addition of sugar. Finishes a little quickly.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A relatively elaborate profile for a Hispanic-style rum, with quite a few strings to its bow. The nose evokes something fairly sweet but with a modicum of character, including toffee, caramel, spices, a little wood, dried fruit and chocolate on a bourbon influence. A rather engaging nose at first glance. The attack on the palate still shows a kind of sweet roundness with caramel and chocolate, but the spices, oak, coffee, walnuts, chilli and cinnamon give it that peachy edge that suits this type of profile so well. The above-average alcohol level is not at all disturbing, on the contrary. However, the finish shows the limits of this type of profile, with a length that is far too short on the palate. Overall, we find the same archetype, but with slightly more toasted and dried fruit notes. A pleasant rum that allows sugar lovers to make a smooth transition to richer profiles.
Review by RumTaTa
Very pleasing nose, nothing bites - no wonder at just under 50%, very round. No surprises on the palate and again very relaxed. Unfortunately, the rum disappeared quite quickly from our perception in the aftertaste. Nothing is mentioned on the label, but it seems to me that a small amount of sugar is involved. Good Panamarum to get to know rum beyond 40% alcohol
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Not uninteresting. Pleasantly woody, but also perfumed. I could imagine it perfectly with a cigar.
Review by RUMpelstilzchen
Habe mir den Rum geholt weil er sehr gut Bewertet ist und trotzdem günstig. Leider schafft er es bei mir nicht zu einer höheren Bewertung, da er zu süss ist. Für Einsteiger top. Und ein Glässchen als Dessert ist fein. Aber nicht mehr.
Community purchases
66 bottles logged by 59 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
19% opened, 5 emptied and repurchased.
What does Malecon 20 Years - Rare Proof - Small Batch Distilled 1999 cost?
Community paid €57–€82.
Current best price: €72.90 – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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About the Malecon distillery
The Malecon distillery is located in Panama. Rums from Malecon have been reviewed 560 times with an average of 7.3/10.
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