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Posted
over 3 years ago
Grab it immediately!!! It is the absolute BEST Rum under $75, period!
Smooth. Silky. Sweet, Beautiful presentation in and out of the bottle. A must have for ANY so called Rum Connoisseur! ๐ฅ
Posted
over 3 years ago
Old bottle new bottle this is a very good rum, one of Plantations best. Dark rich and smooth. A bit sweet but a nice treat anytime. Hard to be 100% but slightly different flavors between old and new, but love them both.
Posted
almost 4 years ago
Ok. The rum has been empty for a while now. I also have the new XO. The old one was one of my first premium rums. The well-balanced sweetness and mild barrel notes have made me a follower of Plantation. I thought it was more appealing than other comparable sweet rums. That's why I bought the successor. The only time I bought a rum again. Whether the successor is worse or whether my claim has grown, I can no longer say. For some time the old XO was one of the best i knew and an important component to recognize the high-quality rums are not to be found in the supermarket shelf and unfortunately not even at the local liquor store.
Ok. Der Rum ist schon etwas lรคnger leer. Habe auch den neuen XO. Der alte war einer meiner ersten Premium Rums. Die gut ausbalancierte Sรผรe und die milden Fassnoten haben mich zu einem Anhรคnger von Plantation gemacht. Hat sich immer viel ansprechender getrunken als andere vergleichbare gesรผรten Rums. Habe mir deshalb auch den Nachfolger gekauft. Das einzige Mal das ich einen Rum erneut gekauft habe. Ob der Nachfolger schlechter ist oder mein Anspruch gewachsen ist kann ich nicht mehr sagen. Der alte XO war fรผr mich lange einer der besten und ein wichtiger Bestandteil zu erkennen das hochwertige Rums nicht im Supermarkt Regal und leider nicht mal bei dem รถrtlichen Getrรคnke Hรคndler zu finden sind.
Posted
over 4 years ago
Again, the sugar "dosage" destroys this product and makes it loose its uniqueness. Sad.
Posted
almost 5 years ago
A strong note and taste of vanilla. Still very balanced.
Mein lieblings Rum. Sehr lecker wird nie wieder im Schrank fehlen
Posted
over 5 years ago
I love this rum unconditionally. Sipped neat, the taste, aroma and finish are hard to beat. I delight in insisting that friends and acquaintances who โdo not like rumโ give this a try. Without exception theyโve all loved it and given up their pre-conceived notions that rum is not for them
Explosion de saveur en bouche. Tres doux avec une bonne longueur.
The taste is just perfect, and the bottle is nice.
Posted
over 5 years ago
My good friend Mark had me over for a rum tasting last night, this was the first I sampled, thoroughly sublime with a slight butterscotch or caramel hint, also a bit of fruit notes. Not overly sweet though, well balanced and smooth, top notch sipper! This, Diplimatico, Papaโs Pilar and El Dorado are my current favorites. Thanks Mark!
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Over a year ago I reviewed Plantation XO from Barbados. I was excited when I found it at a big liquor warehouse. But it was a different bottle and different experience. Sill a very good rum. But not as I reviewed in 2015. Until now I hadn't realized the bottle that showed up in my review cabinet was not what I had reviewed.
I'm posting a photo showing both bottles. I'm still not sure what the difference is? Both are 20th anniversary edition. Both are XO but no specific age. Both are Barbados rum. Reading all the reviews of both bottles, it appears that many reviews 'may' be posted under the incorrect bottle design. There's no way to know it, unless you really study the bottle but the details are the same. If anyone has addressed this I haven't seen it. I'll probably start a new forum thread in search of an explanation.
The rum I Prefer and gave a 9 to is the shorter, squater bottle without the string/rope mesh around the bottle.
The bottle with the mesh is slightly less sweet. It is darker, than the honey gold of the shorter bottle. It doesn't have as much complexity. It's still a decent sipper but falls short of great.
Here's my original review. It is for the shorter, squater, empty:-( bottle on the left.
This is a very complex rum. It's not overly sweet and through the aging process used it does share some characteristics of Cognac. There is a fair amount of oak for a rum. Vanilla, caramel and I think I'm picking up coconut and even chocolate. There's no burn and a long finish. If you're going to spend the money know your rums or you won't appreciate this as much as it deserves!