Planteray Barbados High Ester WLP Foundation 2022

Wow... Exciting. Reminds me a lot of unstored or short-stored DOKs or HGMLs from Hampden. But at 600 esters, we're still within a tolerable range. However, the rum doesn't offer much more character in its current state, which is not entirely surprising for WIRD. But I am sure that with further tropical ageing, a beautiful rum will emerge here. So I see the whole thing as a good basis.

Weird combo between a long pond and a Fijian rum. There are a lot of esters here, but just fierce and without being interesting. Plus, at some point I noticed some kind of honey sweetness, and some far smoke. I'm not liking it enough to score a good review.

Edit: RumX Advent Calendar 2024 Day 19 Only had it in my glass a few days ago and didn't recognize it 😭 Stick with it, when Plantation/Planteray try something outside their commercial range it's really delicious, unfortunately it's all too rare. I have to admit that I also like it very much blind Who would have thought that I would really like another Planteray. High Ester hits the nail on the head again, that part is really funky. I'd really like to see more bottlings like this from them.

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This High Ester is an intense bottling that reminds me of the Stades Jaws. Here, too, I first had the feeling of having a Hampden in my glass. On the palate, things are put into perspective again. I like these WIRD's and I think there's more exciting stuff coming soon

Nase ist irreführend: typische Jamaika Ester. Im Mund dann zwar Ester, aber nicht Jamaika. Eher Erdbeer, fühle mich an HERR 57 erinnert, wenn auch nicht so brachial. Der Geschmack verfliegt leider sehr schnell. Hinten raus ist der Rum dann brutal trocken und adstringierend. Sehr langer Abgang, aber eher Ester mit Kräuternoten. Mit Standzeit und mehreren Schlucken wird der Rum dann immer besser. Für die Lagerzeit schon spannend.

#4936 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Intense, faint wood, ester, polish, fruity, overripe, light pineapple, faint coconut. Palate Intense, warm, ester, medium dry, fruity, overripe, light pineapple, light banana, spice, faint caramel, light wood, faint smoke. Finish Long and warm, light wood, ester, faint honey, faint coconut, faint caramel. This was a very nice rum and something new 😊

Warms, fruity, slightly estery

Calendrier de l’Avent RumX, jour 19. Des fruits frais ananas et banane au nez, mais aussi un côté pâtissier et du bois de cèdre. Des esters, mais maîtrisés. La bouche est classique, équilibrée et fruitée. Les arômes sont amples. Ici aussi les esters sont domestiqués, apportent un soutient aux fruits. La finale est longue et le bois est très bien intégré, tous les arômes finissent ensemble dans cette finale splendide. Un rhum qui a tout pour plaire, puissance, fruité, complexité et longueur.

If I want esters, I go to Jamaica, not Barbados. That's where I flee to get a needed rest from esters. I don't like this at all. But maybe it caugt me at the wrong time.

RumX Advent calendar post-tasting. Delicious, a great caramel and nut (cashew) component joins what is known as a high ester. Also nice and buttery. I like it and with its not too high ester range it is also easy to drink.

RumX Calendar 2024 Day 19: Smells like Jamaica again, esters and fruit, but reasonably tame. Much more intense in the mouth, more ester notes and acidity, fermented fruit. Medium-long finish, dry, astringent, intense. Tropically aged. Very tasty! Rather not HD, maybe New Yarmouth?

Very exciting esters, somehow a mixture of Hampden (without the overripe fruit), Uitvlugt and Barbados.

8,7:On the nose, strong esters bump into our face, we find tropical fruits with toasted coconut and pineapple, the wood is roasted with almond, caramel, roasted nuts, toffee, spicy with vanilla and there is some glue. On aeration, citrus is out, the molasses becomes vegetal.The fruits are now dried also, there is a banana, pleasant candied fruits and honey pastry. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is estery, with lot different type of fruits like tropical with banana, pineapple, coconut, yellow fruits, citrus.The wood is roasted, dry with nuts, caramel, chocolate and spicy with creamy vanilla. After a while, the fruits are dried with raisins, figs.There are some solvents. When peaches join in and round up our tasting, the rum becomes delicious.The molasses gives us a shade of vegetal notes. 8,6:The finish is long, dry, esters are here, all the notes from palate, it becomes earthy, still balanced and now spicy with some clove...

RumX Adventskalender 2024 Tag 19. Ein klasse Highlight Ester von Planteray. In der Nase ein schöner Estergeruch sowie tropische Früchte. Am Gaumen kommen dann noch Nagellack und Lösungsmittel dazu. Alkohol sehr gut eingebunden.