Montanya Oro Rum. Silver
Medal "Yellow gold
color. Fruity caramel and poached pear tart aromas
follow through on a supple, buoyant entry to a
dry-yet-fruity medium body with mocha, brown spices, and
cola notes. Finishes a lively coffee, toffee and pepper
fade. An engaging, spicy gold rum for mixing flavorful
cocktails." International Review of Spirits Award: Silver Medal
RATED: 88 points (Highly Recommended)
CATEGORY: Rum Gold, Rum
TASTING LOCATION: In Our Chicago Tasting Room
TASTING DATE: May-13-2009
Montanya Platino Rum. Silver
Medal
"Aromas of coconut crème brulee and anise cookie follow
through on a soft entry to a dryish medium body with
slightly acidic peppery notes and a roasted nut finish.
Interesting."
International Review of Spirits Award: Silver Medal
RATED: 87 points (Highly Recommended) CATEGORY: Rum
Silver, Rum
TASTING LOCATION: In Our Chicago Tasting Room
TASTING DATE: May-13-2009
"With over 150 rums
available for sampling, odds were good that we'd find
something worthy of notice. Even we were shocked to find
the two brands that most impressed us hailed from...
Colorado and Tennessee? Rums are now reaching for the
craft distilling bandwagon, and Montanya and Prichard's
are two very good entries. Montanya (based in Silverton,
CO) uses Hawaiian sugar cane and fresh, clean snowmelt
water, distilled in a hand-hammered alembic copper pot
still. It's then aged in American oak at high altitude,
which causes more distillate to run through the pores of
the wood. This results in a smoother tasting rum.
Montanya's white rum was one of the smoothest-tasting
white rums we've had in some time."
"Very Smooth (on the RnD
scale of Harsh-Smooth-Very Smooth-Extremely Smooth).
Pale golden straw in color denotes Montanya Oro Rum’s
relatively short tenure in American Oak Barrels and
added honey. The nose reveals simple, clean and pleasant
notes of buttery vanilla, honey, and a light sweet
alcohol. Initial taste reveals a medium body,
moderately warm, dry, charcoal and woody, with flavors
of cocoa, vanilla, and traces of white pepper. The
finish is medium in length and warm with a hint of
caramel, honey, and light chocolate lingering on the
back of the tongue."
The Rum Connection
Montanya Rum Review by Colin "Rum Capitan" Sayer of
examiner.com
March 10, 2009
"I give Montanya Oro Rum 4 very excited pirate parrots.
Pirates rarely venture into the mountains, as mentioned
here, but trust me, me hearties, this be worth the
venture, YAR!"
