Plantation Rum Guyana old reserve 1999 45% 1999

Professional reviews

Serge Valentin (82)

I usually find Plantation’s rums too sweetened up for my taste, but quite strangely, I had liked their Guyana 1988 a while back (WF 84). Let’s see… Colour: gold. Nose: indeed it feels drier, more phenolic than the Rum Nation, so I guess it’s rather pot still rum this time. Nice notes of tar, wood polish, and I even find drops of engine oil, beyond the many whiffs of overripe bananas. Mouth: too bad they added so much sugar, this time it feels, with a syrupy mouth feel and a syrupy taste. Pineapple liqueur, jams, jelly beans… But the Demeraraness remains easily noticeable, with some liquorice and some tar again. Also tobacco, and Korean plum wine. Exactly. Finish: short, sugary, a little caramelised, with touches of raisins and molasses honey (what they often call honey in South America, while it’s totally molasses-based. No bees involved in the process). Comments: still very okay, but this time the sugar was much more noticeable