Plantation No.2 Extreme Guyana 18y

Plantation No.2 Extreme Guyana 18y

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: Familiar Port Mourant aroma with bitter plums, Demerara sugar, spicy pepper, leather, tobacco smoke, cherries, and a touch of vanilla.
• Palate: Smokey tobacco leading to a peppery spiciness. As it reaches the mid-palate, there's a hint of cream soda, buttery and creamy texture, vanilla, banana, crème brûlée, nutmeg, and a drying oak influence.
• Finish: Dominated by black pepper, oakiness, and a touch of fresh citrus.

Curiosity:

• This rum is a part of Plantation's "Extrême" range, which represents rums that are perfect in their natural state and have a unique taste described as "extreme".
• Distilled on March 23rd, 1999, aged for 15 years in ex-Bourbon casks in Guyana, and then an extra three years in an ex-Cognac cask in France.
• Only 1,000 bottles were produced, with the specific bottle reviewed being number 33.

History:

The rum was distilled in the (now closed) Uitvlugt Distillery using Diamond Distilleries Limited (DDL) well-known Port Mourant pot still. It underwent 15 years of tropical ageing, which imparted significant character to the rum, and then received an additional three years of ageing in France under Maison Ferrand.