Planteray Xaymaca Special Dry Jamaica Rum (70cl, 43%)

A blended Jamaican rum made from molasses rums of the Long Pond and Clarendon distilleries. After ageing in Bourbon casks in Jamaica, the rums travel in their casks to south-west France for further ageing in former Ferrand Cognac casks. Fermentation lasts one or three weeks, distillation is in pot stills with two retorts, and the blend has an ester content of 156 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol. With zero dosage, no sugar is added. It is bottled at 43% in a 700 ml bottle. Nose: light smoke and meaty notes with fruit, herbs and sour hints, then vanilla like pastry, cooked banana, bitter orange peel and ripe pineapple. Palate: dry, with rose water, soursop, pear, white grapes, apricot and cinnamon apple, then coconut milk, balsamic notes, allspice, bread and nuts. Finish: short and slightly astringent, with a hint of smoke.