Plantation Rum Trinidad 2016/2023 Single Cask Edition 2023 (70cl, 51%)

Plantation Rum Trinidad is an aged rum distilled in 2016 by Trinidad Distillers Limited from molasses fermented for two to three days before column distillation. It spent five years in bourbon casks in Trinidad, then one year in Ferrand casks and one further year in a former mezcal cask in France, giving seven years of maturation across three cask influences. Cask 15 was bottled at 51% in numbered bottles with a gift box; it is neither chill filtered nor coloured. The nose combines freshly cut grass and herbs with ripe peaches, green apples and candied pineapple, plus fine vanilla, wood and smoke. The palate is full, with raw cocoa, sharp pepper and smoke, followed by ripe pineapple, lime and plum. The finish is very long, herb-led and smoky, with nutty notes, vanilla, banana and guava.