The Bottle: Pretty standard Plantation fare here, a "tropical" looking front label with a ton of information on the back that you may (or may not) find interesting. I personally do. In the Glass: Straw-gold. Very light on the color with nice legs if you swirl it in the glass. On the Nose: Tropical fruit sweetness, brown sugar, and a touch of....some kind of baking spice that I can't put my finger on. It reads very much like a nice rum, with very little "hogo" or "funk". Taste: The sweetness on the nose carries through on the development. Banana and...mango? Sweet tropical fruit basket with just a touch of astringency on the finish. This doesn't finish dry at all like many of its Jamaican counterparts, so it's defiantly got it's own thing going on. The finish is a "hair" too sweet for my taste, but nowhere near as much as something like a Ron Diplomatico. This one isn't a piece of candy. This is a really good example of why rums from Trinidad are mentioned at the same time as those from Jamaica and Barbados. Each of these regions have very strong offerings and unique profiles going for them. Rums from Trinidad feel like the middle child of the group to me...always trying to keep the peace between the very different Older and Younger siblings. This one is very well rounded and put together. It may be a touch too sweet for some who are looking for something a bit drier, but I think that it is equally at home as a sipper or a mixer. If you're new to "real" rum, I think that this would be a great place to start. It's not as complex as some of the finer options from Barbados nor is it as...challenging (and I mean this in a very good way) as some of the Jamaicans.