![]() Maturing for more than a decade allows the individual flavors to combine perfectly. The blend is then put into white oak barrels and left untouched. Medium- to full-bodied rums are blended first, freeing us from the traditional process of blending after ageing. Inside the bottle, FACUNDO Eximo is a perfectly balanced combination of rums, each aged a minimum of 10 years. Taking cues from Cuba’s rich history in the golden era, the Eximo bottle is crafted with striking sun rays, and the “X” on the front refers to the 10-year-aged rum inside. As with NEO, Eximo helps solidify the emerging premium rum categories with an entry well worth every penny of its $60 price.Eximo means “to free” in Latin, referring to how the FACUNDO Rum Collection frees rum from preconceived notions and transcends the rum category. ![]() Eximo takes everything that Bacardi has accomplished with their 8 year rum and cranks it up to 11 (excuse the pun) in one of the most enchanting and alluring expressions of this style of rum we’ve had. Bacardi GmbH, Alter Postweg 13, Buxtehude, Germany Kód produktu: 11770: EAN kód: 7501008660409: Dostupnost: Skladem, aktualizace kadé 2 h Objem: 700 ml. The finish for the Facundo Eximo Rum is fantastic, slightly dry and incredibly long with bitter dark chocolate, vanilla, raisin, oak, and tobacco, flavors that continue to dance on the palate long after Eximo has come and gone. FACUNDO EXIMO X 10Y 40 0,7l (karton) Výrobce: Bacardi GmbH, Alter Postweg 13, Buxtehude, Germany. The midpalate is a sheer love letter to oak and presents a strong oak flavor in one of the most pleasant and satisfying ways we’ve seen. The midpalate of Eximo is all about oak, with the sweet vanilla and caramel notes from the entry combining with tobacco and slightly bitter dried raisin, interweaving with the oak notes with tight and impeccable integration. The journey isn’t nearly as dramatic with Eximo, but the shift is quite pleasant. As with NEO, Eximo goes on a journey from sweet and round towards dry. What’s interesting about Eximo is that it presents more oak than spice, with flavors that can be described more as deep oak, dry oak, or smokey oak than oak spice. Although the nose suggests bourbon, the entry proclaims RUM with vanilla, caramel, and toffee right there with the oak. The nose on Eximo also has a wonderful old bourbon-like quality to it, reminiscent of the character we’ve seen in 20 year old bourbons. ![]() Next up in the collection is Facundo Eximo, a blend of medium to heavy bodied dark rums that are married prior to going into the barrel. We reviewed the entry level Facundo Neo, a silver rum, last year and found a lot to like. The aromas in Eximo’s nose integrate amazingly with the sweeter notes layered in between varying levels of oak. The Facundo Rum Collection comprises four hand-blended sipping rums from Bacardi. Description: A truly delicious blended Rum aged a minimum of ten years and delivering. The nose on Eximo is strong oak backed by vanilla, caramel, bananas foster, and bitter dark chocolate. In the mix are a few rums older than 10 years old (and were 1-2 years at the time of original blending), giving Eximo a total age range of 10 – 12 years. Eximo is a 10 year old rum which was blended before it was put into the barrel 10 years ago. It takes a tremendous amount of skill to do this blending BEFORE a rum is aged, and that’s what Bacardi has done with Eximo. Facundo Eximo Blended Rum 0,7 L 67,50 96,43 / l zzgl. Medium- to full-bodied rums are blended rst, freeing us from the traditional process of blending after ageing. That product must state the youngest rum in the mix, but often there are small amounts of older rums to help add dimensionality and depth. Blending after aging gives a blender a great amount of ability to balance and shape the character of a rum. Inside the bottle, FACUNDO Eximo is a perfectly balanced combination of rums, each aged a minimum of 10 years. Facundo Eximo Rum (40% ABV / 80 proof, $60) – a lot of aged rums are a result of blending a number of different rums together after aging into a single, unified product. FACUNDO EXIMO is the only of the four rums that is blended before aging a process which relies on the Master Blender to expertly tailor the flavor and aroma.
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