Planteray Fiji 2004/2024 20 Year Old Single Cask Collection 2024 (70cl, 48.5%)

A 20-year-old single cask rum from Fiji, distilled in 2004 by Rum Co. of Fiji from molasses on a column still. After 17 years in former Bourbon casks in Fiji, it matured for two further years in Ferrand casks in France, followed by a one-year finish in a Choya Umeshu cask. The 2024 single cask release was bottled from cask 14 at 48.5% in a 70cl bottle and comes in a gift box. Plum and tropical fruit meet vanilla, caramel and spicy wood, with a lasting finish adding cocoa, roasted nuts and apricot. The rum contains no colouring. The nose is rich and deep, with ripe plum at the centre, accompanied by caramel and spicy, woody notes. The palate combines dried plum, banana and citrus fruit with coconut and vanilla. The long finish leaves cocoa and incense, with roasted nuts and apricot.