Planteray Grande Réserve is a rum from Barbados, distilled at a distillery founded in 1893 on Brighton Beach. The blend brings together twin column rum and rum from a copper pot still hand-built in 1850. The rum first ages tropically in bourbon casks and then gets a second maturation.

Taste

Full, round and approachable, with warm notes of ripe fruit, soft spice, vanilla, caramel and a little wood.

How I serve it

• Rum old fashioned: 5 cl rum, a dash of sugar syrup, 2 to 3 dashes of bitters and ice, with orange zest.
• Rum punch: with pineapple, lime and orange juice, a little sugar syrup and bitters over ice.
• Neat: over one large ice cube.

The raffia-wrapped bottle is a nice nod to Barbados. Also available in 35 cl.

Good to know

• Type: rum from Barbados, made from molasses
• Composition: blend of twin column and pot still rum
• Cask: tropical ageing in bourbon casks, followed by a second maturation
• Dosage: 16 g sugar per litre
• Alcohol: 40% vol
• Volume: 70 cl
• Origin: Barbados
• Brand: Planteray