Long Pond & Clarendon Plantation XAYMACA Special Dry

I have read in rum enthusiast reviews that Plantation Xaymaca is a rum suitable for beginners. I rather don't think so. Jamaican rums this dry just aren't for everyone. Xaymaca smells beautifully sweet of bananas, pineapple and tropical fruits, totally enticing to taste. In the mouth, however, it is much drier than the nose would expect. If you savour you will find that the body is beautifully rounded, it doesn't scratch in the throat and is well drinkable. Plus it's at a great price.

8,2:On the nose, this rum develops an original funk, a palpable but unusual identity.There's no shortage of it on this very open nose, with peach, apricot, a little prune, mango, melon and concentrated red fruits... These fruits are not past their prime, just sunny, and the profile is not as wild as some other Jamaicans, even if there is a little green olive. Vanilla from the barrel gently spices up the profile, but nothing more. Heady flowers underline the profusion of fruit on this exotic, deeply sympathetic nose. Aeration gives way to more wood, for a little more refinement and seriousness. It's simply accompanied by sweet spices and doesn't prevent the tropical ambience (fruit and flowers) from living at the heart of the rum. We can't speak of complexity, but of a sunny character and a cheerful mood. Time brings a little more maturity, with dried fruit, a golden, spicy film and a more natural woodiness tinged with gray pepper. 8,2:On the palate, it very tasty, round, light. The profile is as fruity as ever, but less explosive. We're on to something more delicate, with fruits in syrup and a rum that's by no means biting. The pastry register kicks in mid-palate, with marzipan, cherry and fluid cream. 8:The finish is pastry-like but elegant, thanks to a little cherry pit. Honey coats the dried fruit and the wood is coated with a layer of encaustic...

This is a dry rum which is out of balance so I'd prefer it in a mixer. For the price tag a nice rum actually.

Did not expect this to be that good, considering the price. While the smell does not much for me, the taste is really nice, fruit, some spices and wood. It is clearly Jamaican in nature, and I had to search for a specific note that lingered on my tongue, that I did not have yet anywhere but still found quite familiar: a bit of mint...

Was never intended as sipping rum and it serves its purpose as a mixer. In May Tai as part of a blend halfway okay. Funk has the thing but none. Have after tasting again deducted 2 points 68/100.

Another beautiful Jamaican for the small purse. It also has everything you need. Lots of tropical fruit through to spicy notes. The alcohol strength could be higher. The only bad thing about it is that it is slightly watered down. But I still give it a clear recommendation to buy

Actually not too bad. However, blended to a very round and smooth Jamaican expression, lacking the excitement and funk the marketing suggests (and which we like in Jamaican rum :))

Fantastic rum lovely and dry

New tasting notes following the Rum Club evening. A nice little Jam with character. Nice bananas and small esters, quite a lot of fruit in general behind a veil of smoke... but an alcohol that's not quite under control, I think.

'Herr Ober, there's banana in the schnapps' - Grandma's rum pot meets banana split, at least in the nose. Nice and round, a bit funky, but mainly the previous one. Jamaican whose nose doesn't scare anyone. Not as dry as expected, which manifests itself more towards the back in the woodiness. The sweetness at the front is oily and more reminiscent of maple syrup than sugar. The funk comes out in the middle section, combined with a hint of whiskey. The finish is then very Jamaican, dry and has a lot of stickiness. I'm impressed by how pleasing Jamaica can be without giving up its character. Super stuff!

Makes an awesome Mai Tai

Distilleries Clarendon + Long Pond. Très fruité, cacao & épices. Bonne finale sans burn. Bonne alternative au Smith & Cross (même niveau d'Esther mais moins d'ABV). Au nez on sent le finish cognac, au palais le côté fruits tropicaux & les épices, le finish est medium et sur le cognac. Step up par rapport au Appleton estate Signature, funky et complexe. Équivalent à 80% du funk d'un Smith&Cross mais avec plus de complexité lié au fût de Cognac. C'est le rum que j'utilise le plus en Mixologie

Dieser Rum ist meiner Meinung nach prima, um Leute an den Jamaika Stil heranzuführen. Es ist erkennbar ein Jamaikaner, die typischen Ester Noten sind zu erkennen. Insgesamt aber sehr ausgewogen und dadurch wirklich gut und easy trinkbar. Für den Preis auch als Mixer eine gute Wahl.

really nice dry Jamaican which can certainly also be mixed wonderfully. at the PLV anyway. (Price-performance could perhaps yes as an additional evaluation point in the app)ne round thing!

Undosed Plantation!!! Typical jamaican flavours. Pretty good and most definitely better than most Plantation standard.u Also: give Barbados their G.I.!! Retry: Yeah Plantation. Not a fan of their marketing and their provenance lies. Besides that. This is still not bad. Probably because they didn't fuck around with it so much as they did with their other rums.