Review: Brugal XV Ron Reserva Exclusiva
Posted by Arctic Wolf on June 1, 2014
The Brugal Distillery was founded in 1888, by Andrés Brugal Montaner. Over the next one hundred and twenty years the company grew steadily, and it is now one of three large rum distillers in the Dominican Republic. Although the Edrington Group now controls the company, George Arzeno Brugal, is the current chairman, and most of the current board members are direct descendants of the original company founder.
According to the Edrington Website, Brugal makes their rum in a traditional manner (from molasses) and ages it on site in Puerto Plata in American white oak barrels. My sample bottle of Brugal XV Ron Reserva Exclusiva arrived to me direct from the Dominican Republic via my young newlywed daughter who recently returned from her honeymoon with her husband in the Caribbean. This rum was bottled for the domestic market, and thus it is a 37.5 % alcohol by volume offering and is sold in a 700 ml configuration. Although the label implies the rum is may be aged for as long as 15 years, the reality is that this rum does not carry an age statement. The large XV on the label is simple that, a large XV. My research indicates that this particular rum is in fact a blend of rums which vary in age from 3 years to 8 years.
You may read my full review by clicking on the following excerpt link:
Review: Brugal XV Ron Reserva Exclusiva
As you can see from the photo to the left, I could not resist making a nice ‘punch’ style cocktail which I call, Puerto Plata Punch.
I hope you enjoy the review, and of course my recipe suggestion!
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Hard choice said
A friend who was just in the DR brought me a bottle of this. My enjoyment factor is around the same as your review. However I doubt they mean to miss lead with XV. It simply means Extra old in Spanish “Extra Veijo”. It replaced that line in several markets. While in the USA this has not released this just in the DR and some of Europe. In the USA the new bottle of extra Veijo was just released instead. I snagged a bottle its a black bottle have not sampled yet.
Arctic Wolf said
Thanks for the explanation although I remain unconvinced about the aim of the XV on the bottle. I think marketing departments are more sophisticated than you give them credit for.