Planteray Cut & Dry (70cl, 40%)

A flavoured rum from Barbados, made by infusing dried coconut pieces in rum. Ripe coconuts are cut by hand, sun-dried to concentrate their oils, then steeped in a blend of unaged pot-still and column-still rums. The infusion is married with Barbados rum aged up to three years, with the rum base made from molasses at the West Indies Rum Distillery. One whole coconut's pieces are used per litre. The amber spirit is bottled at 40% and suits cocktails such as a Piña Colada or a Cocogroni. On the nose, coconut is intense, with creamy vanilla ice cream, cinnamon and sesame. The palate brings sweetened coconut milk, vanilla pudding and banana sorbet, with ginger, molasses and fresh herbs. Coconut lingers in the finish with vanilla pods and white pepper.