Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry

Unique experience

A very different taste. I got hints of overripe fruit and a little something savoury in the background, similar to salty, spicy cooked meat. Like a mild salami. Odd, not a sweet rum but it'll get people talking. Might not be for everybody neat and if you do go that way I'd give it a few minutes to breathe after pouring, otherwise it can have a rubbing alcohol smell that can be overpowering. Having said that, it does make an interesting rum & coke and would be a great gift for a rum fan.

A pleasant burnished color. Starts very bright with dry apple and bitter banana peel aromas with a somewhat off-putting nail polish/solvent note. However, after it sits for ten minutes, the bouquet morphs into this complex and enigmatic hogo-heavy ripe banana, plantain, overly ripe pear, caramel, and a whisper of smoke and sea salt. On the palate, it's quite dry with rich banana and brown sugar flavors shortened by a saline smoked meat flavor. Kind of reminds me of a rauchbier and Canadian bacon. On the finish the smoked meat and salt aspect persists along with a brown, almost rotten, fruit note. A young, funky, dry rum that's well worth checking out. I fell asleep and left a dram out overnight and it tasted perfect 24-hours later. Definitely a well-made spirit.