Plantation XO 20th Anniversary Rum is an award-winning Barbados rum in a gift box with 2 original Plantation glasses. 40% – 700 ml. See tasting notes and additional details on Plantation XO 20th Anniversary rum below…
Plantation XO 20th Anniversary Barbados rum is aged in fine small cognac casks at the cognac house Pierre Ferrand in the heart of Cognac in France. The soft French Limousine oak casks, which were first used to mature the very best Grande Champagne Cognac, contribute soft fruit, grated orange peel and fine vanilla notes. Plantation XO 20th Anniversary has a dark color like mahogany with an amber-golden sheen. Aroma: vanilla, dried fruits, coconut and baked bananas are the very first notes that hit the nose. Dark sweet toffee, milk chocolate and oriental spices bear witness to quiet aging in dark cellars. Finally, a bit of burnt dish and tea leaves are felt. Taste: a great sweetness fills the entire mouth. Lots of vanilla, apricot and raisin are among the first notes to be tasted. This is followed by a spicy taste of cinnamon, Demerara cane sugar and cocoa. Plantation 20 Anniversary has notes of sweet smoldering oak, whiskey melange, pipe tobacco and Crème Brulée. Plantation XO 20th Anniversary from Barbados won gold in the “Premium Aged Rum” category at the Miami Rum Festival 2015. Here you get the rum in an inviting gift box with 2 original Plantation glasses.
Maison Ferrand, led by spirits guru Alexandre Gabriel, is the company behind some of the most essential cognacs, rums and gins in the modern spirits landscape. Under the umbrella there are, among others, Pierre Ferrand Cognac, Plantation Rum and Citadelle Gin, rum under the Kaniché brand and cognac under the name Claude Chatelier. In addition, a number of luxury wines are produced, of which their curaçao in particular has caused excitement in cocktail bars worldwide. The company is broad, but common to every drop is an unwavering dedication to quality.
Maison Ferrand was created with one mission: to preserve the gastronomic treasures of France. Alexandre has made a virtue of breathing life into old and long-forgotten traditions, and the eternally eager Frenchman is known, among other things, for dusting off and buying up old archives from bankrupt houses, in order to learn more about the production methods of the past. But at Ferrand you also understand the value of renewal, and today innovation is valued as highly as tradition. This is clearly seen in the Citadelle Gin brand. Getting permission to distill gin in Cognac required five years of bureaucratic struggle against the area’s stubborn spirit giants.
Since then, the company has spread beyond France’s borders, and today Ferrand is perhaps best known for its series of rums. Under the name Plantation, Alexandre buys rums from many different countries in the Caribbean and stores them in France in cognac casks. In the series there are rums for both the beginner and the connoisseur, for both the daiquiri and the Glencairn glass. In 2017, the company bought the Barbados distillery West Indies Rum Distillery, and now also has its own rum production from scratch.
