Planteray Barbados XO

Planteray

Origin

Barbados

Type

Molasses Rum

Barrel

Cognac

Age

No Age Statement

Alcohol

40°

Value

40 points

About the product

The Planteray Barbados XO is a luxurious and exquisite blend of rums that will delight literally everyone. It was first launched as a tribute to master blender Alexandre Gabriel for his 20th anniversary in that role. Inspired by his love of historical techniques and creative flair, only the best aged rums from Barbados were selected. The Planteray Barbados XO thus demonstrates the depth and complexity of the terroir that creates the unique rum from Barbados and has since collected more than 55 medals in spirits competitions worldwide. It is thus the most awarded XO rum ever.

The rums used for this blend were all distilled at the West Indies Rum distillery in Barbados. The base is molasses that fermented for 3-5 days and was then distilled in a combination of a coal still and a pot still. The rum matured in different types of casks: white oak, bourbon cask, Ferrand cognac casks, and all with different levels of toasting. The age of the rums used varies between 12 and 20 years, each with part tropical and part continental maturation.

In the nose, you will find spicy oak notes with tropical fruits such as guava, coconut and dried banana. The flavour evolves from a spicy, creamy start to sweet vanilla notes and caramel. That caramel and toasty oak continues into the long, smooth finish.

About the brand

Planteray Rums has set out to introduce the world to rums from everywhere. Each place where rums are made has its specific terroir, its specific way of making rums and therefore its own style and flavour profile. This has been slowly developed through centuries of tradition and by local communities. These are the stories Planteray wants to tell with the rums they bottle.

Planteray's story started more than 25 years ago. Alexandre Gabriel started the company then and is still the master blender. He travels the world in search of rums worth discovering, makes local connections and ensures they are bottled in a sustainable way and distributed around the world. Planteray's approach was revolutionary at the outset and yet rooted in tradition: their technique of ‘double maturation’ gives the rums bottled by Planteray a unique character. This is how it was done long ago - rums were transported in their original maturation barrels (where they had sat for several years in tropical climates) and matured further in the fresher continental climate of Europe. At Planteray, they have the advantage of being able to use exquisite cognac barrels from parent house Maison Ferrand. This technique was perfected by Planteray and has since been adopted back by many other modern bottlers.

Planteray's range is particularly wide: rums from all corners of our globe, from young to very old, in all styles and for every budget. Definitely worth browsing through as a rum lover!