Plantation rum xo review

Plantation Rum Xo Review. Plantation barbados xo single cask rum; Aside from coconut i get notes of sweet young alcohol rather than a sophisticated blend of aged rums. Lo and behold the rum with the longest name. Plantation single cask guyana 2008 rum;

According to the plantation site, this plantation x0 20th anniversary was bottled to honor the 20 years of alexander gabriel’s being a master blender. This offers rich caramel, hazelnut and cocoa aromas on the nose. A rum bottled to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ferrand master blender alexandre gabriel. Posted over 5 years ago by redblaze6 from united states with 26 ratings. As with the other rums in the plantation range, this exotic spirit is aged first in its original country, barbados. Plantation rum is owned by the french company cognac ferrand, which was founded in 1989 and produces wine, gin, and other spirits to sell in over 40 countries.

According to the plantation site, this plantation x0 20th anniversary was bottled to honor the 20 years of alexander gabriel’s being a master blender.

Nice grooved top of the neck, topped off by a synthetic cork with a big, gaudy, wooden stopper. You can feel it warming your throat as you swallow, but it is not rough, nor does it actually burn. The actual rum taste is obscured but the spirit doesn’t taste particularly old or well aged. It has a smaller label around the neck which bears the xo and 20th anniversary marks. Golden brown goodness in a sexy bottle! The blend the septet came up with includes rum from guyana, jamaica, and barbados, and it’s bottled at “a full 20 degrees overproof” according to royal navy measurements.