West Indies Plantation Grande Réserve 1yr - 3yr 40%

"Typical Barbadian in nose and palate. A very young rum so don't expect too much from it. A pleasant nose and ok semi complex fruity palate with a finish that ends almost before it begins. Price to quality is very good."

"Used as a light mixer in Pina Colada and Cuba Libre. Super suitable for this, reasonable in price and well available."

"Schöner solider rum. Im. Geruch echt spannend mit schönen Kokosnusstönen und karamel und vanille. Im Geschmack dann auch recht komex für diesen Preis. Leider ist er leicht brennend. Ein wenig mehr lagerung im Fass würde hier Abhilfe schaffen. Preis Leistungsverhältnis ist auf jeden Fall sehr fair und ich gebe deswegen eine probierempfehlung"

"This is a very simple and basic rum which is fairly heavily dosed at 20g/l. It’s very light and mild, too simple for sipping but makes for a solid mixer at reasonable value. A tick below the 5 year version in terms of quality and value."

"A simplistic rum, with a sweet, caramelized nose, marked by Barbabde and its famous coconut, banana and gently spicy, vanilla scents. It's rather sweet, but lacks intensity and depth. The taste is relatively similar, unsurprisingly with notes of banana, caramel, coconut, dried fruit, sweet spices and chocolate. The woodiness is quite youthful, but the sweetness outweighs the rest. Clearly a light, syrupy rum. The finish is short, with sweet, caramelized notes reminiscent of crème brûlée. Vanilla and pepper finish an easy-drinking, approachable rum. A standard-range rum, at the right price, which could work in a pinch for flavoring crêpes."

"It's ok for what it costs but also nothing special."

"I had always wondered why Plantation has two 'so similar' bottlings in the standard range, this one and the Barbados 5. A direct comparison of the two explains it. This one is much fresher on the nose, crisper but also sharper. Goes a bit in the direction of Arrack, much fresher fruit. The taste is also somewhat edgier. Less wood, more green. The crisp, white arrack note in particular makes it stand out in this segment. Unfortunately also noticeably sweetened. A little less would definitely have been possible (or not possible) here."