Plantation 2005 Fiji 15-Year

Vraiment agréablement surpris par ce rhum. Mon premier des Fidji et je le qualifierai de belle surprise de la part de Plantation, rhum assez doux mais vraiment appréciable, à essayer

Not a shoothest, but not bad at all...............

Très bon rhum, des notes de fleurs, multiple au nez et des notes beurrées..
Superbe auusi en bouche. Note 8.2.un super rapport qualité prix.

Smooth, stronger at the end with slight vanilla taste.

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- vůně jemná, nádherná, nasládlá, peckové ovoce, meruňky
- chuť jemná, nasládlá, ovoce

Alc./Vol. : 50,2%
Origin : Fiji - Tum Co. of Fiji
Raw material : Molasses
Fermentation : 4-5 days, triple Column Still
Year of Distillation : 2005
Tropical aging : 14 years in 200L Bourbon cask,
Continental aging : 1 year in 350L Ferrand casks
Volatile substances : 266,4 g/hL AA
Esters : 99,1 g/hL AA
Dosage : 4 g/L

We have here a column distillation, yeah this has not the complexity of the Jamaican 2003 pot still Clarendon release.
But the nose is not bad and still interesting. A lot of dry fruits, caramel notes with plants and earth are greeting you. No typical rotten Fiji vegetables there, yeah this is not a pot still rum. Still not bad, I also like these fragrant flatterers.
The taste differse from the nose. It's not a Fiji taste, it's a taste you can find in Venezuela rums combined with some woody rums from Barbados.
I like the change in flavors, it's like a journey from Venezuela (Pampero Aniversario) to Barbados (Mount Gay XO). But typical Fiji flavors are still missing. It's cleary an 8 and I think you can understand why.
I got something completely different from what I expected. The aromas are not unique, I miss the plastik and picled tomatoes.

Nose: caramel, dry fruits, burned sugar, plants/herbs, some flowers, earth (quite intensive), some orange in the background
Taste initial: caramel, burned sugar, dry fruits (plum) - reminds me of Pampero aniversario
Middle: orange, oak, some earth (MG XO)
Finish: spice, earth, oak with some bitterness, orange - reminds me of Mount Gay XO

Sweetness: 2.5/5
Fruits: 2.5/5
Spice: 3/5
Intensity: 3.5/5
Mildness: 3/5
Complexity: 3/5
Value (58€): 2.5/5

Great aged Fiji rum. Honey sweet. Fragments of flowers/raisins/thyme.
Not too heavy but a "big" taste.

I’m in to collecting unusual rums, so rum from Fiji why not.light golden hue not a lot on the nose, slight alcohol hint. OK flavor goes to quick alcohol burn lingering taste. Would not buy again.