85-89 Wine Enthusiast

"Smooth and medium bodied, Captain Morgan ® Original Spiced Rum is a secret blend of Caribbean rums and mellow spice and other natural flavours. It gets its distinct richness and amber colour from aging the rum in charred white oak barrels." - Distillery

95 Tastings.com (Beverage Testing Institute)

Straw yellow color. Grassy, green, hoppy, herbal, candied aromas and flavors of dark cocoa mole sauce, lime, citrus, vanilla, roasted pineapple, and cotton candy with a round, crisp, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and a warming, nuanced, medium-length finish that exhibits overtones of sweetened italian peppers on an italian beef sandwich, grassy tones, and cucumber skins. A sweet, savory, and peppery stunner of a Reposado Tequila that hits all the right notes.

94 Wine Enthusiast

Pineapple and coconut aromas lead into a silky palate that echoes those tropical notes. Distinct salinity carries through to the mellow finish framed by ginger and a puff of smoke. A margarita with a salted rim would nicely accent the saline hint. — Kara Newman

98 International Wine & Spirit Competition - International Wine & Spirit Competition

A tempting nose delivers dark wine and a touch of florality before an essence of smoky bonfire unfurls. Rich sugar and spices dance over deep wood with notes of pineapple and orange leading into a complex, roasted agave finish. Sumptuous.

96 Tastings.com (Beverage Testing Institute)

Medium copper color. Aromas and flavors of dried cherries, dark chocolate covered blood orange, barrel aged Maduro tobacco, and baking spices on walnuts and pecans hinting at rancio with a round, vibrant, dry medium-to-full body and a complex, medium-length finish displaying elements of black cherry and fig, dried plum and currants with dark tobacco, cocoa and baking spices, and vanilla and caramel sauce on key lime pie with walnuts. Dark red fruit, spiced nuts, and lush vanilla barrel tones; a beautiful benchmark of an XO Cognac.

4+ The Whiskey Wash

This is a surprising rye whiskey. One may not even realize they are drinking a rye, as it has such a sweetness and mellowness not generally expected in a rye whiskey. Old Ezra 7-Year Straight Rye Whiskey can easily be consumed neat, or even on the rocks, and be lovely just on it’s own. 4.5 STARS

92 The Whisky Advocate

Nikka’s signature bottling honors founder Masataka Taketsuru, who brought his whisky making skills back from Scotland to Japan in 1920. Taketsuru’s successors have reformulated this blended malt, which fully complies with the latest definitions of Japanese whisky. The aromas create an oasis of calm with layers of gentle wood spices, smoke, vanilla pod, and lemon biscuits, while the palate carries a distinctive waxy sappiness that revels in luscious flavors of star fruit, lemon, Asian pear, peach syrup, and aromatic spice. Number 15 in the 2021 Top 20