The body again amps up the fruit, particularly the tropical notes of pineapple and mango, swirled with caramel notes. Wait a bit, and what emerges is a woodier experience with the essence of nuts, Madeira, and baking spices. Again the nose starts off hot, tempering some of the more delicate notes in the rum. This is the only rum in the collection that is blended before it goes into barrels for aging. A- / $45 īacardi Facundo Eximo – 10-12 years old, unfiltered. Not at all heavy on the alco-burn scale, but rather a delightfully tropical rum that mixes fruit with just the lightest tough of red pepper flake. On the palate, quite a different animal, with distinct and strong banana, coconut, and creme brulee notes. Hints of orange peel, lemon, roasted nuts, and black pepper emerge after a time. Lots of raw alcohol notes on the nose here it cuts a surprisingly young profile. Thoughts on the four-expression lineup follow.īacardi Facundo Neo – Made from rums 1-8 years old, then filtered back to white (almost, anyway). In celebration of 150(ish) years in business, this collection celebrates Bacardi’s legacy with some rums that Facundo would certainly have been proud to have his name on.Īll rums are aged expressions sourced from the Bahamas and are bottled at 80 proof. While expressions like 1873 Solera, 8 Anos, and Oakheart are nods in this direction, the Facundo collection is something entirely different: Real, “sipping rums” that you’ll shell out up to $250 a bottle for.įacundo is named for Facundo Bacardi, the Spanish-Cuban founder of the Bacardi empire back in 1862. Now Bacardi is taking its first real steps upmarket.
Best known for its unavoidable white rum and a plethora of flavored expressions, Bacardi dominates the market by keeping prices low and consumers inundated with clever advertising. Medium-bodied and spicy with notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla, this is best enjoyed neat or on the rocks.Bacardi is a name synonymous with rum, but it is not a name that is synonymous with high-end rum. The family expanded the company to reach even more of the world and successfully made Bacardi an international liquor brand.Įximo is a 10-year-old rum as part of Bacardi's premium sipping rum range, Facundo. He also transferred Bacardi Imports from New York to Miami.ĭuring the 1970’s the business continued growing with new facilities in Spain and Panama, and an office building in Bermuda.Īs the business grew, a member of the Bacardi family was always present to assure that Don Facundo Bacardi’s charcoal ripening and ageing techniques were strictly adhered to. During the 1960`s Pepín Bosch, president of the company, constructed new production facilities in Brazil, the Bahamas, and Canada to meet the growing demand of Bacardi rums. Although exiled, members of the family started to reconstruct the company. and the Bacardi family, together with hundreds of other citizens, were exiled from the island. October 14th, 1960: After 98 years of existence in Cuba, the new totalitarian regime confiscated the Cuban assets of the Bacardi Company S.A. These innovations made his company worthy of the title "The Masters of Rum".ĭuring the next century the Bacardi Company experienced many changes due to the founding of Cuba as a country, the political participation of members of the family in the government, the creation of a rum distribution/exportation company in New York, and a new distillery in Mexico and Puerto Rico. During the first few decades of existence the new company produced a rum production revolution not only did Don Facundo offer palatable and carefully aged rums, but he also created the first light rum of the world. In this same year the two Bacardi symbols were born: the emblem of the "Bat" and the "Coconut", named after a coconut palm planted by his son Facundo M. In Santiago, after years of laborious experimentation, Don Facundo created his world famous BACARDI rums, and in 1862, funded Bacardi and Company. 15 years later he immigrated with his brothers to the colony of Cuba, specifically to the port city Santiago. Medium-bodied and spicy with notes of cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla, this is best enjoyed neat or on the rocks.ĭon Facundo Bacardi Massó was born in October of 1814 in Sitges, Spain. More information Facundo Eximo 10 Year Old Rum
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