Plantation 3 Stars White

3 Stars is the white workhorse from Maison Ferrand, the French house behind the Plantation, now Planteray, range. It blends pot and column still molasses rum from three islands, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad, into a soft, lightly fruity white built first and foremost for cocktails, with just enough character to sip on its own.

The glass shows vanilla, fresh sugarcane and green, lightly fruity notes, smooth and gently sweet at 41.2%. Ferrand is open about using dosage, a measured sugar addition, so the softness here is partly by design rather than wholly from the spirit; it reads as a lightly sweetened white rather than a bone-dry one. That roundness is exactly what makes it a forgiving base for a Daiquiri, Mojito or highball, a clear step up in flavour from a basic supermarket white without turning aggressive or overly funky.