Long Pond & Clarendon Plantation XAYMACA Special Dry

Fruity, dry Jamaican, great value

Tropical fruit aromas
Great value
Versatile for cocktails
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Fruity nose of banana and pineapple leads to a dry, rounded palate with light funk and a touch of smoke. Often praised for value and versatility, especially in Mai Tais.

33.18 €
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    How does this rum taste?

    What RumX members praise most is the approachable Jamaican character and value: a dry, fruity profile with banana, pineapple and light esters. Reviewers enjoy it neat or in Mai Tais, noting rounded sipping with a hint of smoke. While some wish for more funk or a higher ABV, it’s a community bestseller with 331 reviews—an easy gateway into Jamaican pot-still style.

    Aroma

    Tropical fruit Banana Ester Pineapple

    Taste

    Tropical fruit Banana Dry Sweet

    How is this rum rated?

    7.0/10 331 reviews

    This is a dry rum which is out of balance so I'd prefer it in a mixer. For the price tag a nice rum actually.

    Was never intended as sipping rum and it serves its purpose as a mixer. In May Tai as part of a blend halfway okay. Funk has the thing but none. Have after tasting again deducted 2 points 68/100.

    Actually not too bad. However, blended to a very round and smooth Jamaican expression, lacking the excitement and funk the marketing suggests (and which we like in Jamaican rum :))

    8,2:On the nose, this rum develops an original funk, a palpable but unusual identity.There's no shortage of it on this very open nose, with peach, apricot, a little prune, mango, melon and concentrated red fruits... These fruits are not past their prime, just sunny, and the profile is not as wild as some other Jamaicans, even if there is a little green olive. Vanilla from the barrel gently spices up the profile, but nothing more. Heady flowers underline the profusion of fruit on this exotic, deeply sympathetic nose. Aeration gives way to more wood, for a little more refinement and seriousness. It's simply accompanied by sweet spices and doesn't prevent the tropical ambience (fruit and flowers) from living at the heart of the rum. We can't speak of complexity, but of a sunny character and a cheerful mood. Time brings a little more maturity, with dried fruit, a golden, spicy film and a more natural woodiness tinged with gray pepper. 8,2:On the palate, it very tasty, round, light. The profile is as fruity as ever, but less explosive. We're on to something more delicate, with fruits in syrup and a rum that's by no means biting. The pastry register kicks in mid-palate, with marzipan, cherry and fluid cream. 8:The finish is pastry-like but elegant, thanks to a little cherry pit. Honey coats the dried fruit and the wood is coated with a layer of encaustic...

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    Details about this rum

    Country
    RumX ID
    RX134
    ABV
    43%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Made from
    Molasses
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    1 years - 3 years
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <50€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    Maison Ferrand • Long Pond & Clarendon 1yr - 3yr &nbsp; 43% Plantation XAYMACA Special Dry

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    The Long Pond & Clarendon distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond & Clarendon have been reviewed 582 times with an average of 7.2/10.

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