Plantation Peru 2004

It's totally disappointed me. I expected to feel some notes from maturating in the Ferrand casks - but I couldn't find anything special. It's just medium quality rum and for its price it's too bad! El Dorado and Diplomatico are far far better choice compared to this one.

Wow, fantastic with vanilla, caramel, cocoa, tropical fruits, baking spices and dark roast coffee on the nose through the finish. Palate is oily with a little astringency. There’s a little bitterness on the finish. Only a 50ml sample. Will definitely seek out a full bottle.

palate: Butterscotch, vanilla, green apples, banana. a slightly bitter and dry finish to balance it out. Oak and cognac also at the end.

It smells rich and wood with some sweet cinnamon spice, balanced hogo, and a bit of fruit. The palate is very nice with the wood, hogo, and spice forming one end of it while the syrupy orange forms the other. The balance is great thanks the alcohol does not get out of control. Vanilla and coconut are present. Some quince comes through too. There are notes of nice milk chocolate. This is really and exceptional rum that I would be delighted to sip. The nose is nice with some hedonism mixed with rugged wood and fireworks. The way that the fruit, but oils, vanilla, and butterscotch sneak in is amazing. The spices have a Christmas richness that I quite enjoy. The finish is a bit drying with lingering notes of tropic fruits and fireworks left overnight in a bucket of water. It isn't a super long finish, but it is a decently long one. The milks chocolate and wood do continue for a while as well, along with some notes of acceptable astringency (coffee?).

Good sipper, not too sweet.