Plantation Original Dark Rum

Sweet and floral. Strong oak and alcohol taste. The same as the nose. Maybe a little notes of banana and honey. Good enough for sipping as well as mixer.

I’m drinking it on the rock, the aroma is very relaxing with the smell of the cask lingering. Then when you first sip you don’t taste anything then BAM a smoky oak kicks in and electrifies your taste buds. Then the after taste starts to linger and you taste a oaky smoked Bourbon

Sweety rum with a medium thickness body. Hints of banana and honey. Aftertaste doesn't last long.

I only have limited experience with rums, but of the four dozen or so I have had, this must be one of the most enjoyable to drink neat---have never mixed it. You MUST check out their web site, it is one of the most straight forward and honest ones I have ever seen. For example, they tell you this is a blend of Barbados twin column and pot still molasses rum fermented for 72 hours; and Jamaica molasses rum, fermented tor 2 weeks, and than pot distilled. The Barbados is aged for 1-3 years, and the Jamaican is aged for 10-15 years. Then the two are shipped to France, and then blended together in a Cognac vat for 3-6 months. Then they are bottled for us. The site even clearly states that a sugar dosage of 15g/L is added, as well as up to .1% caramel coloring when needed to maintain consistent batch coloring. Wow! When was the last time you saw that much clarity on a liquor site other than Compass Box? For the tasting, it pours a bright amber neat, the only way I have ever tried it. I consider this a dessert drink because of the sugar dosage, but the sweet level is not overbearing. You know you are drinking rum, but there is not that heavy brown sugar/molasses stereotypical flavor evident at all. There is a slight hint of molasses, golden raisins (Cognac influence?), baked fruit, apricot mixed with banana perhaps, a very slight peppery spice, and a gentle dessert sweetness throughout as I let it roll around in my mouth for 30-45 seconds. I know I have tried only a few dozen of the many hundreds of rums on the market, but this is one of the most pleasurable rums I have experienced just to sit and simply sip neat. As a bonus, it is readily available in the $15-$20n ran