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Multiple | Aged | 40% ABV | Pot and Column Still
Plantation XO 20th Anniversary rum is a combination of pot-stilled and column-stilled Barbadian rums that are initially aged in the Caribbean in ex-bourbon casks for 12-20 years. They are then transported to France for a second 12-18 months aging in small French oak casks.
The first bottle of Plantation XO 20th Anniversary was created for the head of Cognac Ferrand Estate Alexandre Gabriel to honor his 20th year running the company. This special gift has resulted in the bottling we see today.
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Everybody can sip this, but for this price bracket I expect something more than just being smooth and kind of one-dimensionally pleasant. On the nose it is muted when compared to Foursquare sixty six (which is for the same money). When tasted, well, a bit of citrus fruits and coconut here, chocolate and vanilla there, demerara sugar, but where did all the aged rums go? Where is oak? Where is the aftertaste? The aftertaste is watery sugar, really disapointing, especially when compared to the Foursquare Sixty Six. Maybe all the added sugar - which is 30g/l - somehow masked the old rum composites here, because to my taste buds this is an eqivalent of Doorly 5 year, laced with sugar. Good only for rum novices and fans of sweetened rums.