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Posted
over 7 years ago
80 proof, no ice sip test
Medium sugar and light coconut nose, gold color, no smokiness, mild in mouth flavors.
Left a bitter upper palate aftertaste, hence the lower rating.
Nose continued in glass long after emptying, a rum characteristic I favor.
If you are a dark rum fan, this lacks the heavier essences.
Posted
over 7 years ago
Had a taste of this at a friends house - smooth, easy drinking and very well balanced - will pick one up if i get chance.
Posted
over 7 years ago
A great rum in a Cuba Libre but to heavy on the caramel for my taste to have neat.
Sweetness and coconut is not enough in my book to make a good rum and I find little else in this rum - except alcohol
Posted
over 7 years ago
Nose of coffee, caramel and coconut, very smooth pallet, not too sweet
Posted
over 7 years ago
Nice for sipping if your taste buds aren't up for a challenge.
Posted
over 7 years ago
Very, very good!! With flavor of coconut - tasted in my Wine and Rum Cellar with Wolfgang from Mondsee :-)
Posted
over 7 years ago
Great Color, interesting, really Ding know of i love him or hate him. Need more
8/10 very nice rum to sip, I also enjoyed it with my coffee and to deserts
Posted
over 7 years ago
Maybe its not this special rum, but the Plantation in general, that I am not getting friendship with. But although this is a better Plantation than the usual ones, I am still not excited and prefer other brands.
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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!