The Data

Category   Rum/Rhum

Sub-Category   Rum

Origin   Cataño

Retail Price   $39.99

ABV   40%

Score   3.5 Stars/Brilliant! +

In the Glass

Brilliant, deep amber color.

The nose explodes with rich caramel and tropical fruits and waves of sweet brown baking spices, treacle, and toffee.

The palate is in full agreement with the nose delivering a decadent dessert style Rum that expands on the palate and finishes with sweet vanilla and cola.

Full-bodied with a dense and lush core that expands to a sweet spirit that is redolent of sweet Sherry.

Cool Factor

We love to see spirits that showcase the skills and stocks of large distillers, demonstrating that craft is a product of care and mastery.

Value Grade

Selling at $40 a bottle the Bacardi Diez is surely a super premium Rum.

Analysis

As the name suggests the Bacardi Diez is aged in cask for a minimum of 10 years. This is a decadent and sweet Rum that is a dessert style in our estimation as it delivers rich Rum notes with sweet fruit and spice flavors. We wish that this Rum was finished drier. After landing in Cuba in the 1800s, Don Facundo Bacardi Maso became a wine merchant. With a talent for blending, he created a lighter style of Rum by introducing column stills to Cuba. In 1958, the family fled Cuba’s political instability and established headquarters in Puerto Rico and have since become the world’s largest Rum producer.

How to Enjoy

Serve neat or on the rocks after dinner perhaps with a cigar or semisweet dark chocolate.