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Plantation Barbados Rum XO with 2 glasses (70cl) NV

Barbados

This anniversary edition, Gold medal rum was named Whisky Exchange’s ‘Spirit of the Year 2016’. Special double maturation – ageing in bourbon barrels in Barbados, then in Cognac casks in France – lends fabulous depth of flavour, richness and spice.

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Tasting notes

A cinnamon attack leads to spicy molasses and a long, warming finish

Aroma

Floral and fruit with hints of molasses and marshmallow

Plantation Barbados Rum XO with 2 glasses (70cl) NV

More information

  • 40.0% ABV
  • 28.0 Units
  • 700.00 ml
  • 31 December, 2025

Crafted from an assemblage of fine rums, all aged between 12 and 20 years, this is a tribute to 20 years of rum from Cognac’s Maison Ferrand. In 1989 their champion blender Alexandre Gabriel came across some very old vats of rum in the Caribbean and was so impressed he decided to do a special bottling at Maison Ferrand. So the Plantation range was born. The rums in this special cuvée were created from distilled molasses, left to mature and develop in used Bourbon casks in the heat of Barbados. The casks were then shipped to the Charente and transferred to Cognac casks, the finest of which were assembled into this limited edition. Richly exotic, with an enticing sweetness and a beguilingly spicy complexity, this is Caribbean rum at its best.

"Made in Barbados, finished in France, Plantation XO is the perfect smooth, spicy sundowner" Jehan Sacaze
Buyer of Spirits
Map showing Barbados
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