Tortuga Twelve Year Old Premium Gold Rum

If you’ve been on an ocean cruise in the last 20 years, you’ve undoubtedly seen the Tortuga Rum Cakes sold in the Duty Free shopping onboard. But if you ever make a stop at the Tortuga Rum Cake factory in George Town, Grand Cayman, you can get the original rum! Most are the typical flavored rums (6 months old), but they do offer a 5 year and a 12 year Gold Rum. This review is for the 12. I’m fairly new to rums, so I can’t gauge tastes above the usual white rum well... yet. this is a good start. Some good cotton candy on the nose. Some fruit there... May be red Apple. Very full bodied taste, very sweet! Caramel is nicely developed, with subtleties that will take a while to explore. I’ll definitely buy another bottle if the opportunity comes. Purchased Feb 2019.