Distiller Notes
Plantation 5 Year Barbados Rum is praised for its balanced flavors from its double ageing process, first on the shores of Barbados and then in France. This smooth rum offers notes of tropical fruits, vanilla, and caramel.
Enjoy it neat or in a cocktail.
Please note, the name and label for Plantation 5 Year Barbados Rum is in the process of changing to Planteray 5 Year Barbados Rum. There is no change to the content of the bottle.
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Wine Enthusiast
This tawny rum offers a mellow brown sugar aroma. The exceedingly smooth palate opens with plenty of creamy vanilla, plus hints of toasted marshmallow and vanilla wafers, winding into a long finish tinged with espresso and allspice. Aged for a minimum of five years in ex-Bourbon casks in Barbados, then shipped to the Cognac region to mature in Pierre Ferrand Cognac casks.
Often referred to as a Gold Rum, an Aged Rum is one that has been aged in barrels, often Ex-Bourbon or White Oak before bottling. As the Rum continues to age, it draws more and more color and flavor from the wood, adding both body and complexity to the finished product. Aged Rums can be sipped neat or added to cocktails. They fall somewhere in between White and Dark Rums in terms of their respective strength of flavor.