Plantation 2003 Trinidad

The Plantation Trinidad 2003 comes in a traditional Plantation bottle with the ribbons around it (picture).
 
This is a nice price worthy rum that you can drink neat aswell as doing cocktails and drinks with the Plantation Trinidad 2003 as base.
 
On the nose you get some alcohol and a fresh fruit with a little bit of vanilla and maybe also a hint of Bourbon from the casks. This rum smells a bit different from other rums I have tasted. Not so much sweetness in the aroma.
 
In mouth you get fruit, spices and oak. Some sweetness but not very sweet. This rum is smooth in the throat. The aftertaste is intense with lots of spices and oak. The aftertaste is not the best for me.
 
Not one of the best rums but it is a nice rum compared to other rums in the price range.

The value for the money is great and it is a Caroni,the Plantation Trinidad until 2003 is Caroni´and you will not find a Caroni for 30 Euro....
Its not a Caroni 1996 Kirsch or a Velier Last, but for this price it is like a gift....

read here at Rum Paradise :https://www.rum-paradise.de/plantation-rum-trinidad-2003-vintage-edition

We just had the 2008 Trinidad and damn boy, 2003 is kicking all them asses.

It’s quite good. I really don’t have something bad to say about it.
But I think Plantation (and also some others) is a little bit dull. I mean if I for example want a rum from Trinidad or Jamaica on my shelf I buy a rum from the original distillery.

Probably need to rate this again at some point, because I am at the end of a cold. I think my smell and taste might be hidden a bit, but this is a very nice rum, aged in Bourbon casks in Trinidad and then shipped to France where it is then further matured in Cognac barrels as a lot of Plantation rum is.

Denna är nog förmodligen den bästa plantationromen, oerhört prisvärd vilket drar upp betyget en aning. Nyanserad smak av arrak och citrusfrukter, något annorlunda jämfört med andra från plantation vilket gör att den sticker ut och gillas skarpt!

This is the right stuff. Nice aroma of caramel, honey. Smooth, decent sweetness and medium long taste of arrack, papaya, caramel, pear. You got to try this.

Harmonious. Dense, concentrated, can be slightly diluted. Definitely worth buying another one! .,.,.,. Запах парка в конце лета, цветочной приторности, спиртовой резкости, парафинов. Вкус сладкий, плотный/маслянистый, с кислинкой и терпкостью, концентрированный. "Пусть всегда будет Солнце, ..., пусть всегда буду я."

Light nose, smooth with a bit on the back end but overall classic Plantation goodness

An excellent sipping rum. It has a sweet woody vanilla overtone and aftertaste, enriched by mango and banana like notes.
Does not disappoint in a daiquiri either but it is not, for me at least a mixing rum.
Great job by Plantation. You can still feel the initial alcohol bite by it mellows out.
For me it is best served like a cognac, at room temperature to really bring out its value.