ultimate beverage challenge
2012
guide
5
Finalist
93
Plantation Original Dark Overproof Rum Trinidad, 73% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$29.99
Finalist
93
Vizcaya Cask 12 Dark Rum Dominican, Rep., 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$22.00
Finalist
92
Bacardi Solera Rum Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$22.99
Finalist
92
Blackwell Gold Rum Jamaica, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$29.99
Finalist
92
Cockspur Rum Barbados, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$32.00
Finalist
92
Don Q Añejo Aged Rum Puerto Rico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$15.99
Finalist
92
Dos Maderas 5+5 PX 10 Years Old Rum Spain, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$39.99
Finalist
92
Plantation Grande Reserve 5 Years Old Rum Barbados, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$19.99
91
Cockspur Old Gold Rum Barbados, 43% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$19.00
91
Denizen Rum Trinidad and Jamaica, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$15.99
Cachaça
Silver Cachaça
Award
Score Product Name/ Accolade
PRICE GV
Chairman's Trophy 90
INOX Original Silver Cachaça Brazil, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$30.00
Tequila
Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila
Award
Score Product Name/ Accolade
PRICE GV
Chairman's Trophy
94
Milagro Select Barrel Reserve Silver Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila
Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$52.99
Finalist
93
El Mayor Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$19.99
Finalist
93
Siete Leguas Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$39.99
Finalist
93
Tequila Tromba Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$27.99
Finalist
92
Jose Cuervo Tradicional Silver Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila
Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$26.00
Finalist
92
Olmeca Altos Plata Blanco, 100%Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$24.00
Finalist
92
Tres Agaves Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$27.99
Finalist
91
Don Julio Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$40.00
90
El Jimador Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$19.99
90
Herradura Blanco, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$39.95
Tequila
Reposado, 100% Agave Tequila
Award
Score Product Name/ Accolade
PRICE GV
Chairman's Trophy
94
Ambhar Tequila Reposado, 100%Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$48.00
Finalist
93
Manana Reposado, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$50.00
Finalist
93
Siete Leguas Reposado, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$42.99
Finalist
92
El Jimador Reposado, 100% Agave Tequila Mexico, 40% abv
Excellent, Highly Recommended
$19.99
DenizenRum
TrinidadandJamaica, 40%abv $15.99
Pristine appearance. Offers
tantalizing early aromas of
baked orchard fruits, baking
spices and brown sugar, then
the bouquet turns huskier
and more molasses-like. In
the mouth, the taste profile
is creamy, oily and more
bittersweet than sweet and
therefore savory and complex.
Great Value
UltimaTe Spirits Challenge
FrapinChâteau Fontpinot XO
CognacGrandeChampagne
France, 41% abv $90.00
Gorgeous burnished orange
color; flawless purity. Glori-
ously sophisticated aroma
of equal parts power and
grace as the lead scent is
clearly the grape element.
On palate, the integrated
flavor profile features deep
tastes of raisins, pears, nec-
tarines and oak. Aftertaste is
one of Cognac’s finest.
Chairman’s Trophy
UltimaTe Spirits Challenge
Appleton Estate
ReserveRum
Jamaica, 40% abv $27.00
Eye-catching chestnut color; flaw-
less purity. Integrated, lean
notes of molasses, spice,
tree bark and nut. Creamy
and honeyed at entry, then
the taste detonates into an
explosion of cocoa, vanilla
and baked fruits. One of the
great spirits of the world.
Chairman’s Trophy, Great Value
UltimaTe Spirits Challenge
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