Long Pond & Clarendon Plantation XAYMACA Special Dry

Review by LukaŽiga

Most helpful positive review

LukaŽiga

Oct 2024798 reviewsGermany

8.1/10

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...

Review by paulgi86

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paulgi86

Jun 202566 reviewsUnited Kingdom

3.5/10

For my first impression of Jamaican rum, have to say disappointing but also not because I’m aware whatever character that was in this blend has absolutely been neutered by the cognac casks I get why they’ve done this - round everything off so nothing offends BUT there’s simply no identifiable character…. It just tastes like every other Planteray bar line product but with a slightly higher ABV If you like Planteray and their portfolio, you’ll love this softly softly approach they’ve decided on here but if you really want to taste the character and spirit of a distillery and/or the region it’s from? Look elsewhere

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

May 20235,612 reviewsDenmark

6.8/10

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.

Review by Adrian Wahl

Adrian Wahl

May 2023246 reviewsGermany

6.8/10

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.

Review by DomM

DomM

May 2023916 reviewsGermany

6.8/10

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 :))

Review by TheJackDrop

TheJackDrop

Apr 2025903 reviewsFrance

7.8/10

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.

Review by Marcus Ekornes

Marcus Ekornes

Jul 202221 reviewsNorway

7.8/10

Makes an awesome Mai Tai

Review by w00tAN

w00tAN

Feb 2024344 reviewsGermany

7.5/10

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.