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Ron Barceló Imperial
Aged Rum — Dominican Republic
Reviewed
June 5, 2017 (edited March 21, 2018)
Of the three rums I acquired today (Botrán and Clement VSOP being the others), this is most...rummy of the bunch, at least insofar as what I tend to expect in rum. The sugarcane is more at the forefront, with a brown sugar and spice nose, and a palate that tastes...well, like sugar cane, wrapped in a buttery, toasty package. There's a subtle, but distinct, minerality present, too, that reminds of the "gunflint" notes found in French wines like Pouilly-Fume; all of these continue out into a long finish. I could see myself drinking this all day long while lying in a hammock in the shade along some pristine, isolated Caribbean beach. I think I just gave myself a vacation idea...
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