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Bacardí

Bacardí
Gran Reserva Diez Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Puerto Rico
Alcohol: 40%
95 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional
$55

Bacardí
Gran Reserva Diez Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Puerto Rico
Alcohol: 40%
Dark amber color. Aromas and flavors of dulce du leche, tres leche cake, brandied cherries and coconuts, and chocolate tangerine peels with an fruity medium-to-full body and a warming, captivating, long finish evoking notes of fruit cake and belgian waffles, dark caramelized nuts, rich baking spices and cigar tobacco, and creme anglaise and cedar. A rich and stylish well aged rum with appealing, highly integrated flavors, a satiny texture, and long warming finish.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: dulce du leche, tres leche cake, brandied cherries and coconuts, and chocolate tangerine peels
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of fruit cake and belgian waffles, dark caramelized nuts, rich baking spices and cigar tobacco, and creme anglaise and cedar
Smoothness Smoothness: Warming
Enjoy Enjoy: on the rocks, with cigars, neat and in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Hurricane, Junglebird, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A rich and stylish well aged rum with appealing, highly integrated flavors, a satiny texture, and long warming finish.

The Producer or Importer

Bacardi USA

The Producer or  Importer
2701 LeJeune Rd, 8th Floor
Miami, FL 33134
USA
1 786-264-8054

Their Portfolio

92 • Bacardi Reserva Ocho Bottle Package 40% (Puerto Rico) $29.00.
91 • Bacardi Bacardi Spiced Rum Bottle Package 35% (Puerto Rico) $14.00.
92 • Bacardi Bacardi Añejo Cuatro Bottle Package 40% (Puerto Rico) $19.00.
92 • Bacardi Gran Reserva Diez Bottle Package 40% (Puerto Rico) $38.00.
87 • Bacardi Bacardi Coconut Rum Bottle Package 35% (Puerto Rico) $13.00.
88 • Bacardi Superior Rum Bottle Package Series 40% (USA) $15.00.
92 • Bacardi Reserva Ocho Rum Bottle Package 40% (USA) $36.00.
92 • Bacardi Ocho Rye Cask Rum Bottle Package Series 45% (USA) $32.00.
89 • Bacardi Mojito RTD Bottle Package Series 5.9% (USA) $12.00.
87 • Bacardi Rum Punch RTD Bottle Package 5.9% (USA) $12.00.
88 • Bacardi Mojito RTD Bottle Package 5.9% (USA) $12.00.
91 • Bacardi Superior White Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $16.00.
91 • Bacardi Reserva Ocho Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $32.00.
91 • Bacardi Reserva Ocho Rye Cask-Finished Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $32.00.
92 • Bacardi Mojito 5.9% (Puerto Rico) $11.00.
88 • Bacardi Rum Punch 5.9% (Puerto Rico) $11.00.
92 • Bacardi Mojito Ready-to-Drink Cocktail 5.9% (USA) $11.00.
90 • Bacardi Rum Punch Ready-To-Drink Cocktail 5.9% (USA) $11.00.
88 • Bacardí Superior White Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $12.00.
94 • Bacardí Reserva Ocho Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $37.00.
95 • Bacardí Gran Reserva Diez Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $55.00.
89 • Bacardí Añejo Cuatro Rum 40% (Puerto Rico) $27.00.
93 • Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin 47% (England) $24.00.
87 • Cazadores Blanco Tequila 40% (Mexico) $24.00.
88 • Cazadores Reposado Tequila 40% (Mexico) $29.00.
86 • Cazadores Añejo Cristalino Tequila 40% (Mexico) $39.00.
93 • Santa Teresa 1796 Solera Rum 40% (Venezuela) $40.00.
91 • Santa Teresa 1796 Triple-Aged Solera Rum 40% (Venezuela) $40.00.
91 • Santa Teresa 1796 Triple-Aged Solera Rum 40% (Venezuela) $51.00.
92 • Santa Teresa 1796 Triple-Aged Solera Rum 40% (Venezuela) $40.00.
93 • Santa Teresa 1796 Triple-Aged Solera Rum Arabica Coffee Cask Finish 46% (Venezuela) $45.00.

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