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Multiple | Aged | 40% ABV | Pot and Column Still
Plantation Barbados 5-Year rum is distilled from molasses and aged 5 years in bourbon casks before being transported to France for further 'finishing' in Cognac casks.
Plantation rum is owned by the French company Cognac Ferrand, which was founded in 1989 and produces wine, gin, and other spirits to sell in over 40 countries. The Plantation range includes 7 vintages from different Caribbean countries and 3 blends of multiple regions.
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Posted
8 months ago
Smells of fruit with a hint of oak. Sweet on the flavor with vanilla, caramel and hints of coconut
Stand up very well mixed. Not very expensive and great value overall.
Light colored, nose is sweet candied fruit. Taste again ripe pineapple & tropical fruit, light not much spice & a little hint of oaky barrel. Smooth with a shortish finish. Good for the price straight or mixed.
Posted
9 months ago
Plantation has a variety of offerings. This is an easy drinking, smooth inexpensive (at least for now) rom
Posted
9 months ago
Little ethanol on nose.
Strong Ferrand cask signature.
A bit sweet.
Short aftertaste.
Scores 6 for sipping, 8 in Bajan rum punch.
Posted
9 months ago
Very solid. Total rum beginner, only my second purchase. Good on its own or with coke.
Posted
10 months ago
Presumably from the French - Bajan home stable (Cognac Ferrand owns West Indies Distillery)
I love Bajan rum - I think nothing gets past Foursquare and St Nicholas Abbey, with Mount Gay trailing behind, as they are now also owned by French Rémy Cointreau.
The Plantation treatment means shipping the originally part-aged rum to France and giving it a second ageing in cognac barrels. Nothing wrong with that, but most lines have a significant "dosage" of extra sugar.
Enough of the preamble.
Tried at JFK lounge: Nice, typical Plantation bottle with a straw skirt. The label had a lot of positive blurb about the content, but is quiet on added sugar or colouring. 40% ABV.
In the glass: A nice honey colour - at 5 years young there must be some caramel involved.
Nose: Sweet caramel, toasted nuts, not much of the Bajan fruit notes.
Mouth: Very gentle, very sweet (4/5), it takes a while for the rest of the flavours to pop out, which are mostly vanilla, a bit of nutmeg, but not much else. The vanilla lingers.
Throat: A short suggestion of a burn, nothing dramatic. None of the expected liveliness of a young rum.
Summary: A very gentile sweet experience dominated by vanilla. For the Diplomatico / Botucal lovers and newcomers to rum. A lot of the Bajan spirit has been lost, but it will do well in cocktails.
Posted
10 months ago
Overripe fruit aroma, pineapple, treacle, smoked fruit... Leading to smooth taste of smoked fruit and caramel. Zero alcohol burn. Caramel aftertaste
Posted
10 months ago
Despite the relatively high average ratings, i found this to be an ordinary mixing rum. Sweet but not too much. I may have to give it a second chance, as I based myself on tasting a 2cl sample.
Posted
11 months ago
Great little 5yr if you don’t want to spend the money for XO…
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Dnes si představíme další rum od Plantation, a to Grande Reserve 5y Barbados. V Karibiku zraje 5 let v sudech po bourbonu, pak se převezou do Francie, region Cognac, části zvané Grande Champagne, kde se již namíchané scelují ještě v sudech po koňaku Pierre Ferrand XO Grande Champagne.
Alkohol: 40 %
Původ: Barbados
Aroma: Ve vůni je nejzřetelnější kůže a rumové pralinky, přesněji jejich náplň. K tomu ještě lehce kakao. Vůně je taková tenčí. (83 b)
Chuť: V chuti výrazně náplň rumových pralinek, k tomu kakao a lehce snad i káva, plus špetka muškátového oříšku. Na jazyku je tenčí, dost nasládlý. (83 b)
Body: 83
Shrnutí: Tento rum jsem ochutnal během dvou týdnů hned dvaktrát. Jednou během degustačního večera s Millem v mladoboleslavské hospodě Neuberk, podruhé jsem dostal vzorek od kamaráda.
V hospodě jsem měl body v poznánkách 84b., po přechutnání doma jsem upravil na 83, ovšem je to tak mezi. Zaokrouhlil jsem dolů kvůli tenkému tělu. Ovšem s přihlédnutím k tomu, že se jedná jen o pětiletý rum, a s cenou zhruba za 500,- Kč, si myslím, že to není vůbec špatné pití. Svým pralinkovým výrazem mi částečně připomíná i středoevropské rumy, včetně našich tuzemáků, samozřejmě k tomu výrazu přidává něco navíc. Z toho důvodu by mohl být obzvlášť vhodný pro ty, kterým třeba i tuzemák chutná, jako takový spojovací článek mezi Střední Evropou a Karibikem.