While often a cheap and cheerful spirit meant for parties or beach relaxation, you can spend north of $200 for the best rum bottles.

These expressions showcase how age and a varied maturation process can help expand the flavor of everyday rum with notes of whiskey barrel, sherry cask, and traditional still distillation designed to impress even the most hardened rum aficionado.

Below you’ll find 15 examples of tremendous aged rum – there’s no flavored rum or spiced rum bottles in this list – under $200 that you can add to your collection.

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1. Ron Zacapa XO

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A tremendously layered and complex aged rum designed to pair with dessert or chocolate, this Ron Zacapa bottle is a premier expression.

It’s a sugar cane rum crafted from the company’s finest blends between six and 25 years then aged 2,300 meters “Above the Clouds” to slow down the maturation process.

Ron Zacapa XO uses a “Sistema Solera,” where the liquids are blended as they age in a sequence of barrels that previously stored American whiskey, sherries, and Pedro Ximénez wine before being finished in French oak casks that previously aged Cognac.

The resultant dark brown rum is a tremendous mix of sugar cane sweetness but with the complex notes from being aged in barrels used to house other spirits. If you are a true rum aficionado then this bottle will be most appealing.

2. Flor de Caña 25 Year Old Rum

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Flor de Caña (sugarcane flower) is a sustainably produced, gluten-free, and Fair Trade certified premium gold rum.

The Nicaraguan product of a 5th generation family estate, Flor de Caña rum is distilled using 100% renewable energy and is naturally aged without sugar or artificial ingredients.

The Centenario 25 Year Old is a decadent gold rum that matches the beautiful sweet spirit with flavors of caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, and dark chocolate, from its maturation over decades in American oak ex-bourbon barrels.