Alcoholes Del Istmo Plantation 2008 (White Pineau des Charentes Finish)

Plantation, Maison Ferrand's widely poured rum range, presents this single cask Panamanian sourced from Alcoholes Del Istmo, a 2008 vintage finished in white Pineau des Charentes casks and bottled at 46.5%. Ferrand is known for double ageing in French casks, and although the house openly uses dosage across much of its core line, this single-cask release leans on the wine-cask finish for its character.

The nose is woody and spicy, chocolate and caramel over a youthful oak edge. The palate is firm and spiced, wood and chocolate joined by coffee, the Pineau lending a soft fruity-sweet undercurrent. The finish settles on allspice and caramel. This is a cask-forward Panamanian where the wine finish and the oak do much of the work, richer and spicier than the brand's softer flagship bottlings. A pour for drinkers who enjoy a wood-and-spice profile with a gentle sweet lift from the French cask, rather than a light, neutral sipper.