Havana Club Unión
Loved by Stefan Persson, Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰 & 23 more
A solid stepping stone Cuban-style sipper: soft 40% ABV with tobacco, leather, raisin and dark chocolate. RumX members love it as an elegant cigar partner, though some find it lighter than the price suggests.
- Smooth & elegant
- Tobacco & raisin
- Great with cigars
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How does Havana Club Unión taste?
Aggregated from 40 community reviews.
Elegant Cuban cigar companion A solid stepping stone Cuban-style sipper: soft 40% ABV with tobacco, leather, raisin and dark chocolate. RumX members love it as an elegant cigar partner, though some find it lighter than the price suggests.
Cigar lovers and fans of smooth, sweet-leaning Spanish-style rums who want an elegant, gentle 40% sipper with tobacco, leather and dried-fruit notes.
Value seekers or dry-rum fans looking for high-ABV intensity, big complexity or completely unsweetened profiles.
How is Havana Club Unión rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.3 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 87% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Stefan Persson
A truly fantastic and elegant rum, but overpriced as most of the Havana Club rums. The nose is woody and smoky with aromas of fruit and toffee. At the palate and during the medium long finish it’s complex, elegant smoky and woody with flavors of leather, tobacco and cigar.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Had a retaste and this time I had the right cigar to go with it and wow what a difference, this is truly a mix well worth a try even though the cigar is slightly expensive and hard to get. Just decided to crack open this wonderful bottle and I regret not having a Cohiba Piramides to go with it. I know it was made to match the Cohiba Siglo VI, but that is too heavy a cigar for me :-) A cooperation between master blender Asbel Morales and cigar sommelier Fernando Fernández and they made something out of this world. A wonderful deep and elegant masterpiece that has a long, warm and elegant balanced finish. A rum worthy of the price tag and then some!
Review by LukaŽiga
8,9:On the nose, the first impression we get is a really round and balanced rum with roasted wood notes like coffee, chocolate, toffee, some cocoa powder and leather, spicy with baking spices, molasses is herbaceous and flowery, earthy with tobacco.From fruits we have tropical banana and dried fruits like raisins. There is also a slightly metallic patina. On aeration, it becomes buttery with caramel, nuts like walnut, slightly smoky, a cigar note says hello and molasses darkens the mood with licorice. Fruits are now stronger with dried apricots, dates and figs, green apple and a whiff of citrus. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is dark, balanced with roasted, smoky wood notes like leather, dark chocolate, coffee, later with burnt sugar and caramel, spicy with vanilla and cinnamon.The molasses brings cigar tobacco notes...they are in balance with dried fruits and green apple.Slightly metallic patina is still present. 8,6:The finish is long, dry and a bit tannic, still round with dark notes pairing delicious fruits... Edit:21.9.25
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
Tasted as part of Whisky, Rum and Gin festival in Bordershoppen back in 2018, where we helped empty the bottle. Very intense in the nose, and with notes of dried fruit, vanilla and the subtle sensation of tobacco, I can see why it would pair well with a cigar
Review by w00tAN
Erstmal Danke an Kevin für die Gelegenheit In der Nase typische Süße, Schokolade, Karamell und etwas Holz. Im Mund dann feine Süße sehr Mild und schmeichelhaft, Schokoladig. Abgang mittellang nach Vanille, Schokolade und Holz. Toller Rum aber für mich kein gutes PLV
Review by kondgab
A beautifully crafted Cuban rum, both in taste and presentation. Rich notes of tobacco, vanilla, leather, wood, burnt sugar, dark chocolate and caramel create a deep, complex profile. It's an excellent companion to a fine cigar. Thanks to its smooth ABV, even beginners can appreciate and enjoy it.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
brutal much raisin & tobacco on the nose. Tastefully strong & elegant, but personally a bit too much tobacco and leather overall. PLV is also for me not in proportion...
Review by Schnubbii
Klassischer spanischer Stil. Lecker, aber kurzer Abgang und wenig Tiefgang.
Review by Filip Šikula
Ve vůni typický kubánský těžký rum, dřevo tabák a karamel. Chuť je překvapivě lehká až působí řídce, elegantní a podle všeho pecka k doutníkům, což nemůžu podoudit, protože nejsem doutníkář. Nicméně závěr je překvapivě dlouhý a příjemný.
Review by Gyuli
Aroma: At 40 degrees, the aroma is very strong. It has a strong raisin and smoky nuances of tobacco. A variety of fruits, such as bananas and apples, come through at the same time. Toasted almonds and caramel are also present. Taste: Smooth and sweet. Raisins and burnt leather flavors are well integrated. A fantastic balance, neither dry nor rich (if anything, a bit on the dry side). The aromas and flavors are similar and uncomplicated, but that simplicity is completely to my taste... +) In the third month of aging, the citrus becomes more pronounced. Mouthfeel: smooth, without the characteristic nutty hoarseness that I've noticed with some sweetened Rhone. Despite the sweetness at the start, there is little residual sugar afterward. The finish is short and clean, with just a hint of oak. Really good.
Review by Tschusikowsky
In itself elegant in the first impression, but very volatile and little complex, especially at the price.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
"I really didn't care for the 15 Year Old. It isn't as good as Maximo but then neither is it anywhere near as expensive. It's a very good rum but probably a bit too expensive for me to really justify buying. It's not that much better than the much cheaper..."Read full review →
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79 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 33 members.
About the Havana Club distillery
The Havana Club distillery is located in Cuba. Rums from Havana Club have been reviewed 1,836 times with an average of 6.8/10.
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