Objective Notes
Very Smooth (on the RnD scale of Harsh-Smooth-Very Smooth-Extremely Smooth)

Plantation rum Jamaica is light amber in color with copper hues. It’s fairly aromatic as soon discovered after pouring some in a double old fashioned glass where aromas of sweet vanilla, caramel, oak, and moderate alcohol fill the air. Initial taste is a bit dry and spicy sweet revealing a medium body. Flavors found are buttery vanilla, cinnamon, anise, oak char, and dried dates. The long finish is warm, sweet, and dry.

Anecdotal Notes

Plantation Rum Jamaica was distilled in the year 2000. The process begins with a long fermentation of molasses. It then continues with distillation using pot stills final product. It’s initially aged for 8 years on island then shipped to Ars France for additional months of aging in France. As stated in a previous review, Cognac Ferrand wasn’t so much trying to create a new style of rum but to rather exemplify the finest qualities and characteristics of the country, land, and home distillery it came from. Learn more about the history of how Cognac Ferrand got started and their double aging in the Plantation Rum Trinidad review.

The bottle is tall and round displaying an antique style parchment paper label wrapped with a weave of dried palm leaves. It’s topped with a cork topper and finished with a dark foil and red Jamaica label.

Taster’s Opinion
Roger – Plantation Rum Jamaica rum does a decent job representing the style of rum from that beautiful island. Long aging in Jamaica and additional finishing time in France helped refine it further but it does have to some off alcohol aromas so its not ideal.  The flavors though are nice and its enjoyable neat or in your favorite rum based cocktail. Overall a good rum but not as great as it could have been.

Dave – Plantation 2000 Jamaica Rum is a bit of a conundrum, nice to drink but as the spirit is out of synch with itself.  Aromas aren’t particularly rewarding but the body and flavors are quite appealing.  Taking the lead are heady rum, banana and coconut aromas (akin to the smells wafting up from a just-snuffed caramelized banana flambé fueled with overproof rum), somewhat pungeant and not fully developed into a smooth sniffing rum, with some tangerine sweetness.  Though the tails are short they are too pronounced. Initial tasting is rehabilitating, the flavors are pleasantly superior to the aromas, desserty sweet and light with no offensive alcohol tastes.  A deep mellow body slowly permeates across the tongue before a sufficiently long lasting finish that is initially sweet, but ultimately drier and thinner than the body would suggest.

Taster's Rating (10 is best):  Roger – 8.0 Flasks, Dave – 7.5 Flasks

Most recently reviewed by:  Roger and Dave, November 2010 at RnD's North and South tasting rooms, USA

*750ml unless otherwise stated.