Plantation Grande Réserve Barbados 5 Year Old Dark Rum
Plantation · West Indies Rum Distillery
Plantation Grande Réserve demonstrates how double-cask maturation creates complexity beyond what either environment could achieve alone. At this price, it delivers remarkable polish and makes an exceptional foundation for elevated rum cocktails.
Nose
Toffee and toasted coconut open the nose, followed by ripe banana and vanilla. A gentle oak presence and a note of dried orange peel round out the aromatics.
Palate
Smooth and medium-bodied, with caramel, tropical fruit, and baking spice arriving in sequence. The double aging — first in Barbados, then in French cognac casks — lends a creamy vanilla richness that holds up well against the oak tannins.
Finish
Medium with lingering toffee and a touch of spice. The tropical fruit echo fades slowly into a clean, slightly dry close.
- Base Ingredient
- Barbados molasses
- Distillation
- Column and pot still blend
- Country
- Barbados / France
Cocktail Suggestion
Barbados Mai Tai — 2 oz Plantation Grande Réserve · 0.75 oz fresh lime juice · 0.5 oz Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao · 0.25 oz orgeat · 0.25 oz demerara syrup · Shake hard with crushed ice, pour unstrained into a rocks glass, garnish with a spent lime shell and mint sprig.
Food Pairing
Jerk chicken with grilled pineapple
Aged first in bourbon barrels at the West Indies Rum Distillery in Barbados, then shipped to Château de Bonbonnet in Cognac, France, where cellar master Alexandre Gabriel finishes the rum in small French oak casks.
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