Plantation Xaymaca Special Dry
Plantation · Clarendon & Long Pond Distilleries
Xaymaca is a case study in productive tension: all the high-ester Jamaican funk and tropical fruit you'd expect, held in check by genuine dryness and structural oak. It's the rum equivalent of a dry Riesling—aromatic sweetness contradicted by a bone-dry palate. Essential for Tiki cocktails but genuinely enjoyable neat.
Nose
Intense tropical fruit—overripe banana and pineapple—explodes from the glass. Behind it, funky pot still esters mingle with a light caramel sweetness and a hint of citrus peel. It smells alive.
Palate
Medium-bodied with a taut, dry backbone that checks the fruit-forward exuberance. Banana and tropical fruits return but are grounded by oak tannin and a savory, almost olive-like funk. The dryness in the name is real—this isn't a sweet rum despite the fruity aromatics.
Finish
Medium with dry oak, lingering banana, and a clean mineral quality that invites another sip.
- Base Ingredient
- Molasses
- Distillation
- Double retort pot still distillation at Clarendon and Long Pond
- Country
- Jamaica
Cocktail Suggestion
Kingston Daiquiri — 2 oz Plantation Xaymaca · 0.75 oz fresh lime juice · 0.5 oz demerara syrup · Shake vigorously with ice, double strain into a chilled coupe, garnish with a lime wheel.
Food Pairing
Jerk chicken with grilled pineapple
Blended from pot still rums produced at Jamaica's Clarendon and Long Pond distilleries, Xaymaca takes its name from the Taíno word for Jamaica and is finished briefly in French oak at Plantation's Cognac cellars.
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