Millonario Número 15 Reserva Especial

Millonario Número 15 Reserva Especial comes from the Hacienda Agricola de Chiclayo in Peru, the source behind the famously sweet Millonario name. This is molasses spirit distilled on a column still, carrying no firm age statement and bottled at a soft 40%, made squarely for dessert style drinking.

The character is sweetness above all. Caramel, vanilla and chocolate fill the nose, the palate piles on honey, caramel and dried fruit, and the finish stays sweet with dried fruit and allspice. Added sugar is not disclosed but the profile makes its presence obvious, so the honest description is an ultra sweet, low strength sipper rather than a dry aged ron. This is comfort drinking for a sweet tooth, at home neat, over ice or stirred into sweet cocktails, and likely to read as cloying to anyone chasing a drier, more structured rum.