Plantation Barbados 5-Year

Nose is pretty unassuming: vanilla and oak, not much going on there.

The taste is immediate black pepper and something grassy, leafy—- followed by a sort of whisky aftertaste. This is from initial sips neat.
I have no doubt it will work well in some cocktails, but it doesn’t stand up to some other Pantation bottlings, like Xaymaca, Isle of Fiji, OFTD and others.

Just sugar, so sweet that even the typical Barbados taste disappears, no complexity.

Good rum for mixing, a bit harsh straight.

This rum is fairly cheap and fairly tasty, not up to pair with the much more expensive and elegant 20th Aniversary, but similar in taste. Not as rich and not as elegant, but definitely worth its price. Tones of bitter orange, coco, maybe a hint of banana. But to me it's enough with just a glass. I prefer to drink rums straight up and this might not be my favorite sipper...

I'm not big fan of Plantation brand, but this rum isn't bad. Aroma is sweet like baked cinnamon roll or something simillar baked. In taste is for me too much alcohol, but maybe that makes warm feeling after first sip. Not perfect, but definitelly not bad.

Nice flavours of nuts, caramel and milk chocolate. The cognac finishing definitely gives it something different, perfect rum for mixing.

Etwas zu viel Schärfe, aber mit Geschmack. Um den Preis OK, aber könnte mehr sein...

Cinnamon and sweety aroma, sweet body, missing tail

I want to like this. It's pleasant. It obviously has additives. It's sweeter than it should be.

Zapach: Karmel, kokos, wanilia, banan, pianka marshmallow,

Smak: Słodki, lekko skórzany, maślany, mleczna czekolada

Rum ten praktycznie nie pachnie, zapach jest nielotny i mało bogaty. Kolejny fakt iż w drinku nie ma charakteru, w sumie to ten rum charakteru nie ma zupełnie. Ewidentnie jest to premium rum, wyleżakowany ale płaski total. Natomiast za plus delikatność - wiele kobiet będzie pod wrażeniem, łatwość picia oraz fakt iż nie czuć alkoholu oraz piękna prezencja.

OCENA: 71/100