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Bacardi Carta Fuego aged red spiced rum spirit drink

alc./vol:
40%

Proof:
80°

Vintage:
Non-vintage

Aged:
No age statement

Closure: Screw / Stelvin cap

Categories: Spiced / Flavoured Rums, Spiced rum spirit drink

Product of: Product of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico

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Billed as being the first “aged red spiced rum spirit drink” (not strictly speaking a rum), Carta Fuego is aged for a minimum of a year in charred oak barrels, then blended and filtered through charcoal, before being mixed with natural flavours and spices. Read more

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 07/09/2015

Appearance

Clean, deep bronze.

Aroma

Caramel, butterscotch and vanilla with chocolate, cinnamon, smoked paprika, nutmeg and honey.

Taste

Lightly sweet, caramel, butterscotch and honey with warming black pepper, cinnamon, smoked paprika and nutmeg spice.

Aftertaste

Caramel, cinnamon and black peppery spice.

Overall

Fuego, means fire in Spanish. Carta Fuego is spicy rather than fiery with light honey sweetness, caramel and vanilla mellowing cinnamon, nutmeg and cracked black pepper. Consider adding hot pepper sauce if you want fire.

Further product information

UPC: 5 010677 160216

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Owned by Bacardi Limited

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UK distribution by Bacardi Brown-Forman UK

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