Plantation Original Dark

Plantation Original Dark is a Maison Ferrand blend of pot and column still rum from Barbados and Jamaica, aged in the Caribbean then given a second maturation in Ferrand cognac casks in France, the double ageing that defines the house style. The Jamaican pot still element brings a little ester funk to the Bajan smoothness, a useful lift for cocktails.

This is a sweetened rum and the dosage shows, rounding the palate into something soft and easy going. The nose carries honey, vanilla, ripe fruit and light wood with a touch of estery funk in the background, while the palate is sweet and vanilla led with caramel and a roasted, lightly tobacco edge from the bourbon barrels. It can be sipped neat in a pinch, but it really comes alive in a Cuba Libre, a Dark and Stormy or a tiki build, where its fruit and sweetness do their best work.