Plantation - Barbados 5 Years
Price: $28.50
International Wine & Spirits Competition Gold
Producer | Plantation |
Country | Barbados |
Style | Rum |
Sku | 57437 |
Plantation Description
Sugarcane can be hand- or machine-harvested. The cane is then cut into 20 cm lengths and sent to be crushed as soon as possible in order to minimize the deterioration of the sugar contained in the cane.
After crushing, the juice is run off and prepared for fermentation in order to transform the sugar into alcohol. The resulting "sugar wine" is either immediately vatted, for agricultural rums, or heated several times to make sugar and molasses for rum. The sugar is transformed into alcohol through the action of yeast.
Fermentation may last just a few hours (for light rums), for several days (for more complex rums), or even for several weeks (for the finest rums).
American oak barrels play host to this rum where it ages for three to four years. Next a woody and nutmeg palette is drawn out in Ferrand French oak casks as the rum continues to mature for one to two years.
The result is a subtle and tropical Barbadian style rum, excellent for aperitifs or classic cocktails like the Mai Tai.
Color: Bright amber
Nose: The opening nosing round is all about baking shop fragrances, but also pipe tobacco, toasted marshmallow; secondary whiffs after further aeration discover bacon fat, black raisin, prune.
Palate: Entry is bittersweet, roasted; mid-palate is engagingly toasty, nearly fruity, as in baked orchard fruits, and resiny. Finishes medium long, chocolaty.
COCKTAIL RECIPE-
MAI TAI BY JULIE REINER, LANI KAI & CLOVER CLUB, NYC
1 Ounce Plantation Barbados 5 Year Rum
1 Ounce Plantation Jamaica Vintage 2000 Rum
1/2 Ounce lime juice
1/2 Ounce Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao
1/4 Ounce simple syrup
1/4 Ounce oregat syrup
Place all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and filter into a glass filled with crushed ice. You can garnish your cocktail with fresh mint and an orchid (if you have one).