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Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
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Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
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Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
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Straw color. Green, grassy aromas and flavors of banana peels and leaves, candle wax and starched linen, bananas...
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This is a very smooth sipper, characterized by a creamy dulce de leche, mild spices of cassia and clove, and a finish...
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Clear in the glass, with a pleasant aroma that hovers between lime lollipop and candied lime peel, this will remind...
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Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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A flavored Rum with a little sweet heat. The perfect balance of sweet mango, chili spice and BACARDÍ white rum.
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A flavored Rum with a little sweet heat. The perfect balance of sweet mango, chili spice and BACARDÍ white rum.
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BACARDÍ Pineapple rum is a unique fusion of naturally fresh pineapple and white rum. Open a bottle and take your...
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BACARDÍ Pineapple rum is a unique fusion of naturally fresh pineapple and white rum. Open a bottle and take your...
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BACARDÍ Pineapple rum is a unique fusion of naturally fresh pineapple and white rum. Open a bottle and take your...
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750ml
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Is it sweet? Is it tart? Or a mouth-watering combination of the two? BACARDÍ Raspberry rum is a crisp blend of white...
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A limited-edition rare rum blend, crafted by BACARDÍ Rum’s Master Blenders, who have hand selected some of the...
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BACARDÍ Spiced has a caramel-like vanilla flavor with subtle notes of almond and dried, dark fruits rounded out by...
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This cocktail-friendly white rum is neutral overall, with a faint citrusy aroma and a relatively dry, crisp profile...
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This cocktail-friendly white rum is neutral overall, with a faint citrusy aroma and a relatively dry, crisp profile...
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Montepulciano Mencia Rum Zinfandel

Montepulciano grapes are one of the most widely cultivated varietals in Italy, with vines growing in twenty of Italy's ninety five provinces. This varietal is renowned for producing high yields, making it popular with vintners looking for a relatively easy varietal to grow. Whilst the grapes tend to have a low skin to juice ratio, the skins themselves are remarkably high in tannins with a lot of pigmentation, which means they often produce rather well bodied wines with a beautiful deep, dark color The wines of Montepulciano grapes are most commonly associated with soft, rounded characteristics, with plenty of juicy, plummy flavors The wines are known for being very smooth and drinkable, and easy to match with a wide range of foods.

It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.

Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.

The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.

The precise origins of what became known as the Zinfandel grape variety are uncertain, although it has clear genetic equivalents in both Puglia and Croatia. However, when it was brought to the New World in the mid 19th century, it became known as the Zinfandel, and has been consistently popular and widely grown ever since. These very dark and very round grapes have a remarkably high sugar content, resulting in relatively high levels of alcohol in the wines they are made into, with bottles often displaying as much as fifteen percent. What makes the Zinfandel such an interesting grape, though, is the fact that the flavors produced by this varietal vary considerably depending on the climate they are grown in. In cooler valley regions, the Zinfandel grapes result in wines which hold strong flavors of tart and sweet fruits; raspberry, redcurrant and sweet cherry, held in a very smooth and silky liquid. Conversely, warmer regions result in more complex and spicy notes, including anise, pepper and hedgerow berries.