Dos Maderas 5 Years + 5 Years PX

Dos Maderas 5+5 PX is assembled by the sherry house Bodegas Williams and Humbert, blending molasses rum sourced from the Caribbean, with Guyana and Barbados in the mix, then ageing it further in Spain. The name marks its two-stage life, a Caribbean maturation followed by a finishing period in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks, the sweet, raisiny sherry that stamps the rum with its character.

The result leans hard into dessert territory: raisin, caramel, vanilla and brown sugar wrapped in pronounced PX sherry sweetness, soft and easy at 40%. This is a sweetened rum and tastes of it, the sherry influence and the dosage together making for a rounded, syrupy pour rather than a dry, spirit-forward one. For drinkers who enjoy Pedro Ximenez sherry or sweet, smooth rums it hits a clear and pleasurable target; those moving toward drier, more austere bottles will find it more a sweet curiosity than an everyday dram. It shines as an after-dinner sipper.