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Destileria Sofa Plantation Venezuela One-Time 2010
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Sip this neat and you get vanilla, toffee and dried fruit with a clear cognac-cask note from the four years in Ferrand barrels. At 52% it drinks fuller than most Venezuelan rums, though a few tasters find the alcohol a touch sharp. Not too sweet, easy-going, with a surprisingly long finish. Pleasant Spanish-style profile that most call decent rather than remarkable.
The community says- Not too sweet
- Cognac-cask fruit
- Keep in mind: Alcohol runs sharp
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How does Destileria Sofa Plantation Venezuela One-Time 2010 taste?
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Vanilla-toffee Venezuelan with a cognac-cask twist Most land in the high 70s: a nicely balanced Venezuelan with vanilla, caramel and cognac fruit, not overly sweet. The catch is the heat, and several found it fine but unremarkable.
Aroma profileFans of soft Spanish-style rum who want a bit more strength and less sugar
People sensitive to alcohol heat or wanting bold, complex rum
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Yes, if you're after bold, mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
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What does the community say?
61 community reviews
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Review by Tafia Guildive
Most helpful positive review
A Santa Teresa with a little more power, quite pleasant.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful mixed review
#4277 02.10.2023 Thinking about the price tag you get a lot for your money. This is also a rum suited for beginners once rested. Medium fruity profile with nice spices amd roasted wood notes. The palate is light and lives up to the nose. The finish is medium long and has some added orange to it. The empty glass has very light chocolate notes to it.
Review by Timo Groeger
Shop visit Rum Paradise Hamburg December 2025. Somehow I'm not really in the mood yet. Here we have vanilla, wood and spices, but also dried fruits. The cognac finish also comes through well.
Review by Eric Frechin
A rather pleasant rum overall, with slightly spicy, warm notes (dark chocolate/coffee) and a hint of raisin and walnut. I'd say it's the least typical of the under the see series.
Review by Gregor
The alcohol is a little sharp. Otherwise it would have been rated 80. But the aromas are typical for Central America. Strong vanilla and toffee flavors. But it's nice that it has no dosage. You can give it a try
Review by TheRhumhoe
A Venezuelan rum quite easy to access but with a little more character. The nose is quite dry, with some fruity notes, wood, spices, hazelnut and chocolate accompanying the caramelized sweetness.The attack in the mouth is smooth, with a syrupy texture. The sweetness of the spices and caramel mingle with subtle wood and light fruity flavors. The whole is not surprising, but it remains balanced. The 52% is well integrated. The medium-long finish is dry, a bit spicy, with light roasted, woody, chocolate and vanilla notes. We also perceive burnt sugar and dried fruits. Not bad for a Hispanic rum, the higher alcohol content helps to raise the level of the juice, most of which is often too diluted.
Review by Cinci
Absolutely average, not able to convince me.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Somehow very unbalanced and sweet and spicy....
Review by Johannes
Lots of neutral alcohol!
Review by Dave Dahlgren
Solid, a bit stronger but smooth, nice vanilla caramel with warming feeling. Nice cognac feeling. Slightly heavier aftertaste.
Review by Jack M
Trying a bottle I bought earlier on in my rum journey but hadn’t gotten to. These days I don’t buy Plantation/ Planteray. The box, bottle design and artwork are fantastic for this rum and this series. The rum here is good but nothing special. It is easy drinking, with a standard Spanish style barrel driven flavour profile of vanilla and some caramel. There is a little spice to it and maybe some green apple and cognac on the palate.
Review by Palo - V Poháriku
Not my favourite Venezuela tbh...
Review by Niko
At last a Venezuelan that's not too reduced (52%) and not too sweet! Very pleasant and easy to drink!
Review by reina
Bought this one tonight as a found it by chance in the well-assorted supermarket. I really like the design of the Plantation OTLE‘s and especially this one. Anyway, the nose is a fruity mixture of vanilla, raisin and almond. Also the four years in the Ferrand cask adds a strong cognac note. The taste has strong vanilla and mango notes, not too sweet with a hint of apple and spices. The long finish is more spicy and fruity still with a strong mango note and some burnt sugar. Nice and solid rum in the high seventies.
Review by Mc Pirate
Quite a complex nose with a finish of flambéed banana. Alcoholic palate, strong and burns the throat!
Review by Jean-Maurice Diogo Da Cruz
Correct Venezuela, not too extravagant, to be retested
Review by Filip Šikula
Advent Planteray calendar by Zdeněk Polách 2025 On December 8th, the advent calendar treated us to Plantation Venezuela 2010 rum from the vintage edition Under the Sea. It is a column rum from the SOFA distillery (Santa Tereza), which aged 8 years in its tropical homeland in bourbon barrels and then rested for 4 years in large 400-liter cognac Ferrand barrels. Bottled at 52% strength without coloring or sweetening. Rum from SOFA is not unknown to Czech and Slovak fans; Rum Shark has released several bottlings from this distillery in various finishes over the past years. For Planteray, however, it is an unusual destination, and this bottle is different from the shark's flavor profile. The aging in cognac barrels took place at a reduced strength (Rum Shark puts 62% into barrels, Planteray 10% less), which according to Alexandre Gabriel definitely affects the taste, as wooden barrels impart different flavors to rum at different strengths. This Venezuela 2010 is beautifully sweet, not overshadowed by caramel tones, which overall lean more towards sweeter Barbadian rums, but the taste is also enriched by fruitiness imparted by the cognac barrel. Although the rum is neither very old nor very strong, it has quite a long finish. #plantadvent2025
Review by martin slezák
Farba tmavo zlatistá Vôňa Drevo, vanilka, jemná, alkohol Chuť jemná drevo korenie, vanilka, burbon Záver stredne dlhý vanilka, korenie, hrejivý, dub burbon,
Review by Adrian Adame
Color light golden Scent indistinct, fruity Taste sweetish, uninteresting
Review by Rumclub Latvia
Light even it is 52% ABV. creamy, toffee. Banana, mango. On palate it have pretty much sweetness it self. Comes more intense now, I could say on palate it is better than on nose. Not bad rum, I enjoyed. Score could be higher 70s
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2 critics scored it, averaging 8.0/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by RumRock
Read full review ›It is a very easygoing and pleasant rum that both beginners and slightly advanced rum fans will appreciate. I would even say it can work as a great transitional rum from sweetened rums to unsweetened ones. A wonderfully drinkable rum that can attract even a beginner.
Expert review by Rum nagykövet
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147 bottles logged by 123 collectors.
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15% opened, 9 emptied.
What does Destileria Sofa Plantation Venezuela One-Time 2010 cost?
Community paid 57–84 €.
Current best price: 59.99 € – within the typical community range.
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Details about Destileria Sofa Plantation Venezuela One-Time 2010
A Column Still Rum from Venezuela, bottled by Maison Ferrand, at 52%.
About the Destileria Sofa distillery
The Destileria Sofa distillery is located in Venezuela. Rums from Destileria Sofa have been reviewed 252 times with an average of 7.6/10.
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