El Ron del Artesano Virgin Oak Cask 2009
For curious explorers ready for real cask strength: an 11½‑year unsweetened Panama-style rum with virgin oak punch. Expect honey, vanilla, peppery spice and lots of fresh wood. Often praised for value and approachability despite 58.1%.
- Great value
- Virgin oak character
- Alcohol well integrated
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Honest, woody cask-strength Panama-style sipper For curious explorers ready for real cask strength: an 11½‑year unsweetened Panama-style rum with virgin oak punch. Expect honey, vanilla, peppery spice and lots of fresh wood. Often praised for value and approachability despite 58.1%.
Fans of dry, wood-driven Spanish-style rums who want an affordable first step into cask strength without added sugar.
Drinkers seeking rich complexity or heavy fruit funk; anyone very sensitive to oak or high ABV, despite its good integration.
How is El Ron del Artesano Virgin Oak Cask 2009 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.0 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Lukas Jäger
Bought at the 10th GRF in Berlin. Even if boss Sebastian Lauinger is a very likeable guy, I was not a big fan so far, because I generally do not particularly like finishes and rather stand on cask strength. Fittingly, Sebastian was able to present me this Virgin Oak at his booth, which I liked immediately and above all also has an unbeatable PLV. Clearly in the Spanish style from Panama (honey, caramel, vanilla), this bottling shows how storage off the usual bourbon casks looks and what pure wood does. Young, woody and spicy - tastes good!
Review by Christian Rudt
Richtig guter Virgin oak cask mit ordentlich Lösungsmittel in der Nase, viel pfefferiger Würze aber einer angenehmen Honigsüsse am Gaumen. Ein schöner Tropfen mit angenehm weichem Finish 👍
Review by Frank
This one is actually quite special from Artesano. Not diluted and no wine barrel or anything. No, cask strength and Virgin Oak, then 11 years. Was reason enough to take this bottle on the 10th GRF.Nose: initially strong and somewhat pungent alcohol. Behind that, though, nice smoky woody spicy and creamy fruity aromas. On the one hand there is light tobacco with vanilla on the other creamy taffy with coconut milk, lemon and apple. A resinous freshness with a deep nasal pull. 80Palate: pleasantly powerful. Initially bitter-salty and woody-spicy. Red pepper with vanilla, almost some umami. Then goes towards pecan, has a tart sweetness, like currant and orange peel and closes with blackberry. Back nutty with light umami and wood. 82Must feel your way, then good.
Review by Lot-NAS
A fine drop but also not special. With this intense cask influence it could have been a whisky as well.
Review by zabo
Vorab, entweder man mag die Abfüllungen von El Ron del Artesano oder nicht. Ich finde was hier teilweise mit Fass Finish erreicht wird sehr interessant und biete auch gerade Neulingen in der Rum Welt diese sehr gern an. Um es kurz und schmerzlos zu machen: Solide, ehrlich Abfüllung mal wieder von Sebastian. Weiter so, ich bleibe ein treuer Fan.
Review by Richard Krupa
nerekl bych tolik amper, je lehky, ale krasne hreje, koreni a med
Review by Leo Tomczak
Schöner Panama Rum. Sicher auch gut für Einsteiger in Fassstärke geeignet. Virgin Oak sonst nicht mein Fall, aber hier ergänzt es den trockenen Rum gut. Super PLV.
Review by DosenZorn
Tasted as a 5cl sample.First of all, the 55.9% are perfectly hidden. Neither on the nose nor on the palate to make out. Otherwise, I would have liked more intensity overall. Smell and taste are quite similar. Honey, vanilla, wood and some cinnamon. Uncomplicated rum, in which unfortunately the limit of the flavors to be discovered is quickly reached.Fortunately, I tried the rum as a sample, and not directly bought ne bottle. Not to be misunderstood, it is tasty, but you look for complexity in vain.Edit: Second tasting revealed no new notes, and also in terms of complexity rather at the lower end of the rum food chain. Crosstasting with the other cask finishes could, however, provide a little more tension.
Community purchases
21 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 4 members.
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