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Dos Maderas Dos Maderas Seleccion
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The surprise here is how much sweetness a 42% rum can carry. Column-still, aged 10 years and finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks, it pours on vanilla, raisin, caramel and sherry — thick and dessert-like. One taster called it a "little bitter, sweet, creamy rum," and most agree the PX sugar runs the show. Many rate the cheaper 5+5 just as highly, so the family style matters more than the step up.
The community says- Rich sherry notes
- Soft, easy sipping
- Keep in mind: Added sugar
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Very sweet, sherry-soaked dessert sipper Loved by sweet-tooth drinkers, dismissed by others as a sugar bomb. Rich sherry, vanilla and raisin, but the sweetness dominates and the alcohol reads a bit diluted.
Aroma profilePeople who enjoy sweet, sherry-driven sippers and easy after-dinner rums
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting dry, high-proof character
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?
144 community reviews
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Review by David Brandes
Most helpful positive review
Besides the DOS Maderas Origin, which I personally found too dry, I was also able to try this rum. I think it's a good, light sipping rum that's also not too bad for mixing. I like it.
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
Most helpful critical review
I received this sample as a "present" with an online order. After tasting it, I wouldn't consider it a present. This is horrible stuff. Crazy artificially sweet. I could't even finish the dram I poured, so I poured it down the drain.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
What bothers me about this rum is the sweetness which dominates far too much. I'd say the 5+5 is better in comparison. The nose is smoky sherry with barrel to it. The palate is sweet, too sweet in my mind, a bit dry with fruit and spices. The finish is rather short with sticky sweetness and barrel topped with a bot of licorice. Too sweet for me.
Review by Christian Rudt
Simply far too sweet for my taste and quickly gone in the end.
Review by rum_sk
Revisiting after a year:Lot of sweetness,sugar added; if you don't mind sugar or if you particularly have at some point taste for something sweet, it is a nice sipping rum. Not sure if it is better than its cheaper 5+5.Taste and smell relates to cocoa,dark chocolate,caramel,vanilla,coffee- sort of sweet cappuccino with addition to more fruitines than 5+5.Higher voltage would make this rum even better cause it feels a bit diluted with almost no alcohol in the taste.Both are very similar but this one is even bit more sweet with hints of tuti fruti in the nose and also fruitier in the taste. Sweets/candies in rhe taste. It depends on what you prefer, I would rank them the same they are good if you are in the mood for something really sweet and full flavour in taste. Gotta try both with cigar.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
The taste of this 10-year-old rum gives the first impression of a rounded, dry rum, then the delicate notes of white oak and the sweetness of the old Pedro Ximenez casks begin. Aftertaste: Very pleasant, long and sweet.
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
Part of a tasting from February 2021. This seems like a good beginner-rum, as it has a distinct sweetness to it, and the price is not too high. In the nose it's sweet, with hints of vanilla, and the taste-notes have a sherry-like sweetness.
Review by Rumbaer
For me, a slight evolution from Dos Maderas 5+5. On the nose, sherry, vanilla, and a heavy sweetness. On the palate, also sherry with vanilla notes, sweet and thick. A sweetened rum, but I find it very pleasant.
Review by Chrischi78
Sweet sweet, sweet sticky, a bit spritzy. Definitely possible as a digestif with dessert. Can be done once, certainly doesn't overwhelm, but the bottle probably won't make it into my shopping cart again.
Review by Alexander Rasch
My RumRatings review from 6 years ago: The Dos Maderas Seleccion is a solera blend from the 5+5 PX cask and two rums, one each from Guyana and Barbados. In Spain, it is aged further by the company Williams & Humbert using a solera process. Somehow the whole thing is a bit too complicated and in the end, it's hardly traceable what exactly was blended together. The blend is about 10 years old when bottled at 42%. The bottle and the dark rum are very appealing. It is not known if the rum is sweetened. Personally, I believe it is clearly sweetened. The nose is neither intense nor too mild. Sweetish, it has pleasant roasted aromas with vanilla, raisins, and also some oak. Not complex but good. The sharpness fades quickly. When drinking, you quickly decide if you like the Seleccion, because it has a distinct sweetness. Sherry notes are present but not in the foreground. Caramel, some oak, honey, and light fruit fight against the very dominant sweetness. The finish is rather short with a somewhat more distinct cask note with some oak and fruit. Here too, sweetness remains above all, which I find rather disturbing. The alcohol is overall well integrated. Thanks to the sugar. For me, a classic sweetened rum of this price range. I don't need it anymore. If you like it, you can go for it here. I can't do much with these pseudo blends that are hardly traceable anymore. I drink the Dos Maderas and the bottle will be finished. So no bad buy. But I wouldn't invest the money again.
Review by Matej
Very nice unexpected gift from my neighbour. Aroma is very sweet, to be honest to much for me. I noticed wood, spice, plums, honey and caramel. It supossed to be elegant, gantle rum but I noticed upleasant alcoholic scent. Taste on the other hand is elegant and subtle. I noticed sweet notes of caramel, wood and maybe little bit of smoke, but what I really liked was combination of dryness and sherry notes. Finish is short, dry, sweet with combination of that sherry flavor. Great rum, if you want to start your rum journey. I would appreciate it if there were less sweet tones in the rum and the rum had a higher ABV content so that the individual flavors had a chance to stand out
Review by Zorman 🇩🇰
My first rum, and after years where I now prefer funky high esther rum the only sweet rum I regulary return to and still enjoy.
Review by Pavel Spacek
Tons of molases in random rum
Review by Jan Sajbrt
Well, it's not as smooth as the 5+5 version. It is sweeter, milder taste, more honey, yeah. But it won't go into the collection, the flavor blending is subjectively not optimal.
Review by Tupiaz
Caramel and dark fruits Thin in taste and not so deep. A taste of raisins. A little barrel at the end. Not very interesting.
Review by MJ72
Well-balanced blend, spicy and round. The wood remains on the tongue in the finish, overall very easy to drink.
Review by Edwin Ringnalda
Sherry, oak, a bit sweet.
Review by Rado Vito
I like this “rum”, it is soft, sweet and it is keenly priced. Yes, I must confess, sometimes I do like sweet rums. The limit for me is 40g of sugar per liter (yeah Zacapa), everything higher is just too much. For those who doesn´t know, this one has cca 35 g/l. You can smell vanilla, sherry and caramel. The taste is very soft at the beginning, but than it shows this beautiful middle part, which burns a little and reminds you - "it is rum what you are drinking, not some lemonade". The aftertaste is woody, dry and sherry sweet. In the Dos Maderas family I prefer this one. Dos Maderas 5+5 is good, but after you taste the Selection, you don´t want to go back. If you compare it with Luxus, well, Luxus would win at the end, but the price is 3x higher. So, choose wisely. Personally, I have this rum always ready to take a sip or two.
Review by paulgi86
Again another very sweet rum - a sweet bomb if you will It’s the same notes as the 5+5 I reviewed - literally copy and paste. Even the ABV bump hasn’t helped the flavour profile, just makes it even more sickeningly sweet I’ve just reversed my Type 2 Diabetes however I can almost feel it coming back after having this!!! Not good for me and a brand I will avoid I’m afraid
Review by Anonymous
Ok, too sweet for me
Review by R Wehner
Nose a bit sweet, nice spice, a bit alc, then less; tongue: the influence of the two rums is present, but for me it is clearly too sweet, which (possibly) affects the complexity.
Review by Michael Janek
12.3.2026 Prague Zverinova smells slightly of raisins and figs taste gentle, sweeter, after swallowing seems sharper than Maderas 5+5 but stays on the tongue very long
Review by Nikola Kučerová
Není vůbec ostrá, jemná chuť
Review by Richard Krupa
For me worse than 5+5
Review by Anonymous
little bitter, sweet, creamy rum. nice
Review by Blockzeitwilli
Nose quite nice: burnt sugar and dried fruits. Taste-wise, for me, just sweetness with raisins or dried fruits dominates and the finish (medium length) is too sweet for me.
Review by Michal Flamik
Something bothers me about the finish.
Review by Mathieu C.
Few aromas
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
I don't understand this rum and the popularity of the product. Far too sweet, not particularly exciting, no good alcohol integration and then a sticky finish, which is fortunately very short. It works quite well in a drink. Not for me neat.
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164 bottles logged by 155 collectors.
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40% opened, 24 emptied.
What does Dos Maderas Dos Maderas Seleccion cost?
Community paid 36–59 €.
Current best price: 43.76 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 40 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
+5 additions in the last 3 months.
Additions per month over the last 12 months; dark bars: the last 3.
164 purchased · 157 tasted · 64 wishlist · as of
Details about Dos Maderas Dos Maderas Seleccion
A Column Still Rum from Multiple countries, bottled by Bodegas Williams & Humbert, at 42%.
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