Plantation St. Lucia (The Nectar) 2007

Unusually sweet and drinkable St Lucia! Could pass blind as a Venezuela single cask. Nice notes of caramel, dark chocolate, herbs and hay, fruit bread and dried fruit and then some cappuccino, black pepper and coconut on the finish! I like it and it's easy to drink, but overall it somehow reminds me more of Foursquare or Venezuela than of St Lucia... Could totally pass for Foursquare or Venezuela blind. Still very tasty!

Second tasting: overall impression much weaker today (-5) Nose: Wow! Super complex! A mixture of Agricole and Guyana, great! Mouth: sweet and spicy and also super complex, I like it very much! Finish: continues with an emphasis on dark chocolate It's hard for me to capture everything this rum has to offer, but it's one of the best I've tasted so far. There is still enough in my sample for a second tasting 😁

Calendrier de l’Avent Rum Friendly Club, jour 5. Un nez pâtissier avec de la vanille, de la poire blette et d’autres fruits jaunes, de l’alcool et du bois de cèdre bien présents. L’entrée de bouche est alcoolisée mais aussi aromatique avec les mêmes qu’au nez. L’alcool est un peu trop marqué pour l’expression des fruits mais il donne une très belle vivacité à ce rhum. La finale est un peu courte mais s’y exprime une certaine douceur avec une petite acidité qui donne de l’équilibre à la fin.

I like Chairmans, and this is a good one. Fruity Caramel, complex but in good balance. The end is quite woody, though.

This is a pretty good rum considering the price tag at release. Fruity and nice caramel on the profile well balanced with the roasted and wood notes. Oily on the palate and draws really nice curtains. In the empty glass i can pick up some chocolate and light coffee.

Sehr untypischer St. Lucia Rum. Erinnert an einen Blend aus Venezuela, Foursquare und St. Lucia Rum - und etwas T.D.L-Minze. Hat richtig Power mit ewigen Abgang.

Die Nase erinnert stark an einen FS. Alkohol ziemlich gut integriert, dafür jedoch insgesamt trotz des relativ hohen ABV ziemlich flach und unspektakulär. Kurzer Abgang. Nach mehrfacher Verkostung bin ich nach wie vor der Meinung, dass das Profil eher Richtung Barbados (Foursquare) als St. Lucia geht. In Summe ein sehr zugänglicher Rum.

Solider Chairmans. Ich bekomme mehr und mehr Gefallen an dem Profil.

A beautiful bottling from Santa Lucia. But from memory, not the typical Chairman's profile I'm used to. I also had a little bit of Foursquare in my nose. All in all, I think this rum is very successful. In my opinion, the alcohol is well integrated and makes it a little quaffable. Thanks SaibotZtar for sharing.

had I not just had the outstanding 2005/15 years Chairman's Master Selection (The Nectar 15th Anniv.) in the glass, the Plantation would probably have gotten a few points more. It's rounder, not as extreme. On the nose, raisins and also cognac notes from barrel aging. On the palate, caramel and chocolate. The 60% ABV of the Plantation strangely seems much more watery compared to the 64% of the Chairman's Nectar. I would not necessarily have expected that clearly 🤔.

Maybe a little too spicy at the end. With a longer aeration the finish is more pleasant.

Second tasting and still really good.

Entspricht null dem sonst gewohnten Profil von Saint Lucia sondern eher einer leicht kräuterigen Foursquare Version. Dürfte wohl daran liegen, dass es keine Pot Still Destillation ist.

Very round, very intense, alcohol perfectly integrated, balanced ratio between fruit, barrel and spice! Top rum

Quite tasty and easy on palate despite the abv. I enjoy the chocolate notes, on the nose dried red fruit and grapes also detectable, potentially coming from the cognac finish. Not overly complex though, but still enjoyable. Good alcohol integration.