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Weer eens een rumavondje. Deze rum vind ik van plantation minder lekker
Nose: Butterscotch candy, Floral Bouquet particularly Roses, Apple Jolly Ranchers, Cola, very candy-esque
Palate: (oh nice!) very bourbon forward, woody but not sour, faint Apple Jolly Ranchers, butterscotch, spice on the back palate, fairly harsh burn in throat despite the 43% ABV
Finish: Burnt pineapple, Blood Orange, Roasted Apples, flowers in mud, Cigar Ashes, minerality, finish is long and becomes more complex with time
Plantation may advertise this as a high hogo rum, but it really isnβt. It is a highly enjoyable; indeed much more enjoyable than I had anticipated. The finish is also far more complex than I anticipated. Surprisingly it does indeed hold its own against the field of Jamaican rums...even if it does so in a rather unanticipated way. Instead of hogo fruit it is floral with strong notes of hard fruit candies. It is surprisingly good, especially for the money and I wager it would make a phenomenal cocktail rum. Though it serves fairly well also as a sipper in its own right.
For starters this is a traditional Jamaican Pot Still expression from the distilleries at Long Pond and Clarendon. This is my first experience with those particular distilleries and thus completes my experience with all of the known distilleries in Jamaica. Despite being a Plantation expression this rum is not dosed in any way. In other words it is a traditional Jamaican pot still expression with a small amount of aging in France.
Taking it in on the nose I get heavy floral bouquet, particularly roses, like someone made a rose bouquet and stuck in a few other fragrant flowers in between. I also get butterscotch candy, Apple Jolly Ranchers, and light notes of a smell akin to when you leave a little bit of Coca Cola sitting in a glass of ice.
The palate is where this rum really surprised me. My immediate reaction on taking a sip was a very surprised βoh wow! Thatβs really nice!β. I donβt know if that is because it immediately exceeded expectations or just the rumβs strong flavor pronouncement on the palate. At any rate the rum is quite bourbon forward and reminds me actually of Doorlyβs. It has a touch of Jack Daniels but without the accompanying mast sour notes I experienced with Old Number 7. In a pleasant turn instead of the sour note I was expecting I get faint Apple Jolly Ranchers and butterscotch. But make no mistake the palate is very bourbon forward but accompanied by fruit candy and butterscotch notes in a surprisingly delightful combination. However, there are some drawbacks. This rum is fairly hot on the back end of the palate, almost similar to Barbancourt 8 though much more endurable than that. It also carries a fairly harsh burn in the throat.
The finish also surprised me considerably in its complexity. Anticipating some simplicity in exchange for smoothness, I was quite taken aback by the complexity and length on the finish on this rum. The finish starts with a note like burnt pineapple, after a few sips Blood Orange makes an appearance. Then Roasted Apples and I thought that was the end...I was wrong. After setting the glass down for a bit my tongue started to taste something like the scent of flowers and mud - very spring-like - accompanied by dry cigar ash and a distinct minerality. All in all the finish was far longer and more complex than I had imagined
The whole combination is surprisingly good - especially for the $26 I paid for the bottle. It may not be a traditional hogo monster but it is decently high ester. Those esters just express themselves in ways that were unanticipated and complex. Instead of overripe fruit and medicinal notes, here the esters express floral notes and tastes of fruit hard candies surrounded by an almost Bajan woody rum expression. The finish is far more complex than I had anticipated and brings some complex and rather unexpected qualities.
On the whole this rum is floral, woody, mineral, and candy-esque in a fairly interesting combination. The notes may not be quite as powerful as they are on other Jamaica funk rums but the combination and uniqueness is pretty appealing. Itβs not all-time great, blow me out of the water level, but it is better than expected for a $30 undosed Plantation Expression. The whole combination is surprisingly thought provoking - though toned down a bit. Itβs not as good as Hamilton Pot Still Jamaican Black or Smith & Cross to my tastes, but I like it significantly more than the Hampden 8 year and it is half the price of that
Nose: 8
Palate: 7
Aftertaste: 8
Smoothness: 5
Versatility: 9
Price: 8
Total: 7.5
Rom gjord pΓ₯ Old school vis
Ljus rom.
Doftar marsipan, lΓ€der, torkad frukt.
Smakar lΓ€der, osΓΆt, spritig,
Kul att ha testat men ingen favorit
Blommig och fruktig doft med inslag av lΓ€der. Speciell smak, nΓ₯got torr och inte sΓΆt. Gjord pΓ₯ gamla viset som rom tillverkade fΓΆrr
Inte sΓ₯ sΓΆt, lΓ€der framtrΓ€der tydligt fΓΆr mig. Kul att prova men ingen favort
While this makes a decent sipping rum, with very pleasant Jamaica funk, it truly shines in cocktails. It's priced attractively, and, for me at least, is easy to find. Sure, Smith and Cross has more intense aroma and flavor, but bring its ABV down from 57% to 43%, and, on a level playing field, the Plantation Xaymaca stands up. This is my go-to when I'm heading to tiki land.
This rum was a pleasant surprise for me. There's no added sugar, and yet it's still rich, redolent of butterscotch, some cherries, a bit of leather, some raisins, a touch of banana, and a bit of barrel char. I've been critical of some of Plantation's practices, but this one is a winner in my books.
Weel achieved, complex, Plantation give us here a beautiful funky Rhum to make us travel to Xaymaca
A really nice spicy delivery.
"Quite spicy, quite a lot of heat β white pepper, ginger and all spice."
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A rum so relaxed in taste it has to come from Jamaica. I however prefer some more kick in a rum