Cynthia Vargas: Rum used to be a men-only domain, but that’s no longer the case. New challenges lie ahead

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"At the beginning, it was important for me to learn how to ‘read’ the casks, to understand the wood, and to become a true expert and a genuine rum lover. As an expert, you know that there comes a moment when the flavors reach a rounded complexity. When you find a rum in the cask with a perfectly balanced profile, that’s the time to draw it off and savor it," says Matusalem’s master blender, Cynthia Vargas.

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