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Bear in mind Selvarey, the rum firm Bruno Mars has been operating since 2014? It’s again, with a brand new (and fairly heavy) bottle design, new expressions, and even a brand new intercapped R, turning the model formally into SelvaRey. The gorilla is gone from the bottle. Now there’s a toucan. Which appears to be much more tropical and enjoyable. What’s within the bottle doesn’t seem to have undergone any actual modifications — they’re nonetheless made by Don “Pancho” Francisco Fernandez — although the previous Cacao expression is now formally generally known as Chocolate.
The largest information is the brand new additions to the product line, together with a Coconut expression (not reviewed right here) and a extremely restricted Proprietor’s Reserve, which might make that the Bruno Mars Reserve by my math.
Learn on for contemporary evaluations of the 2 preliminary expressions we encountered seven years in the past, plus the brand new Proprietor’s Reserve bottling.
SelvaRey White Rum (2021) – Once more this can be a mix of three-year-old and five-year-old rums, filtered to white. Clear on the nostril, the rum’s time in barrel has tempered a lot of the harshness away, abandoning a delicate vanilla be aware, cotton sweet components, and a touch of fruit. The palate exhibits a stunning coconut character, not one thing I noticed again in ’14, with loads of vanilla and a milk chocolate kicker. The end is enduringly candy however in need of cloying. I’d prefer to see somewhat extra steadiness of savory notes to mood among the sugar right here, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a stable purchase at this value degree. 80 proof. A- / $28 [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]
SelvaRey Chocolate Rum (2021) – 5 12 months previous darkish rum infused with pure chocolate taste. That is actually a stunning product; I’d forgotten how intense the chocolate character is all through this rum. The nostril has an intense and dominating darkish chocolate character, touched only a bit with vanilla. You can simply be forgiven for assuming this was a high-abv chocolate liqueur. The palate gives few digressions from the chocolate — a delicate butterscotch be aware, some almond, and perhaps a touch of toasted coconut. There’s a lot chocolate that I’m unsure what I’d do with it within the rum cocktail world. As a substitute, it’s beautiful as a liqueur different… which, it seems, is what I mentioned 7 years in the past. Go determine. 70 proof. A- / $29 [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]
SelvaRey Rum Proprietor’s Reserve (2021) – The over-$100 rum class is rarefied air. This bottling, a mix of 15 and 25 12 months previous Panamanian rums, is austere as something you’ll discover. Nonetheless sugary on the nostril, in line with the home type, the rum gives aromas of maple syrup, cinnamon-laced apple cider, ample vanilla, and a distinctly winey/sherry character. There’s extra the place all of that got here from on the palate, earlier than an intense raisiny be aware — near tawny Port wine — comes into focus. The sherry notes are enduring right here, nearly Maderized at instances, the end evoking tea leaf and cola notes, touched simply so with a grind of pepper. Stable, “sipping” stuff — although bearing a hefty price ticket. 80 proof. A- / $150 [BUY IT NOW FROM DRIZLY]
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