A.F.D. Bacoo 4 Year Old Rum

A.F.D. Bacoo 4 Year Old Rum is a young Dominican Republic ron from Alcoholes Finos Dominicanos under the Bacoo label. Column distilled from molasses and matured in ex-bourbon oak at 40%, it sits at the sweet, accessible entry end of the island's amber, vanilla led tradition.

The profile is sweet and fruity but light: vanilla, sugar, caramelised notes and cherry on the nose, then spice, vanilla, sugar and sweetness on the palate, closing on caramel, a bitter edge, fruit and wood. Drinkers find it thin and noticeably sugared, mostly barrel driven, drinkable but without much substance, with a mild fruit, wood and sweetness that some suggest would suit baking as much as sipping. It is honest to call this a soft, sweet, simple rum rather than a deep or layered one, best understood as a casual mixer or an easy sweet pour for those coming from sweeter profiles, with little to reward neat contemplation.