Tastes

I kept sipping and sipping and shipng, ..hic!...and it didn't occur to me until my gf referred to it as "a fine dram." So scotchy, Glenmorangie (which I find bity, sharp), specifically, except the floral notes found in this scotch are replaced by a different flower, less bright, warmer. It's not my fav for sipping, makes a fine mai tai or some other cocktail where the rum (rhum) can shine.

Sharp, full bodied, got a bite to it. This is definitely a mixing rum.

Cinnamon and vanilla velvet. Easily the smoothest rum I have ever tasted with no trade-off in depth of taste. I have bee so impressed with Plantation, this is my third, and their curation of phenomenal rums that are so different (you must try Fiji).

Just came back from Puerto Rica where we toured Casa Bacardi. I think the expectation of this four-year rum is that it should be a nice, aged sipper. That certainly was not Bacardi's intent, as explained to us. This is the next step up from Blanco in the improving of mixed drinks. C'mon, it's $20. What were you hoping for?

Floral, oak - a considerable step from the 8. Eucalyptus, pineapple, tropical fruits. It really doesn't change a lot upon breathing (I think the older rums do). This is about the highest quality I would use for mixing and not with citrus, more rum Manhattan or something.

Butterscotch, slight eucalyptus, not overly sweet, very little molasses. This rum is rich and light, incredibly smooth, but subtle and seem to make you work at all that it has to offer. I wish I had a better palate and could pick it all up, because there is so much (to me) just out of reach. 8 mo later, taking my second sip with a more refined rum palate and hoping!!! that I still think this bottle was worth the $160 (gulp). Yes, whew, The molasses is picking up, cinnamon is there now too. If possible, it actually smoother.