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Don Q
7 Year Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish Specialty Rum

Category: Specialty Rum

Date Tasted:
Country: Puerto Rico
Alcohol: 44%
90 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$49

Don Q
7 Year Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish Specialty Rum

Category: Specialty Rum

Date Tasted:
Country: Puerto Rico
Alcohol: 44%
Golden amber color. Inviting, candied aromas and flavors of grilled plantain, caramel toasted almonds, snuffed candle, and dried banana and toasted oak with a round, vibrant, dry medium-to-full body and a warming, nuanced, medium-long finish displaying notes of lightly smoked caramelized apple, tanned leather and walnut, golden raisins and dried plums, and shortbread. Perfect with a cigar or a single ice cube, this satisfying, lightly smoky rum finishes with warm raisins and dried plums.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Complex & Candied
Aroma Aroma: grilled plantain, caramel toasted almonds, snuffed candle, and dried banana and toasted oak
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of lightly smoked caramelized apple, tanned leather and walnut, golden raisins and dried plums, and shortbread
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: in cocktails, neat, on the rocks and with cigars
Cocktail Cocktails: Corn ‘n’ Oil, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Perfect with a cigar or a single ice cube, this satisfying, lightly smoky rum finishes with warm raisins and dried plums.
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The Producer

Destileria Serralles

The Producer
3206 Plantation Village
Dorado, PR 00646
USA
1 787-840-1000
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Their Portfolio

89 • Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced Rum 45% (Puerto Rico) $29.00.
88 • Don Q Double Aged Cognac Cask Finished Rum 49.5% (Puerto Rico) $79.00.
BR • Don Q Naranja Flavored Rum 21% (Puerto Rico) $14.00. - Bronze Medal
94 • Don Q Double Aged Port Cask Finished Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $79.00.
88 • Don Q Double Aged Zinfandel Cask Finished Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $79.00.
92 • Don Q Gran Reserva Añejo XO Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $54.00.
86 • Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced Rum 45% (Puerto Rico) $42.00.
90 • Don Q 7 Year Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish Specialty Rum 44% (Puerto Rico) $49.00.
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Specialty Rum

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Serve in a Shot Glass
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Don Q 7 Year Pedro Ximénez Cask Finish Specialty Rum rating was calculated by to be 90 points out of 100 on 10/23/2025. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.