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4bf8c7d0-ccf3-1dfb-ba86-df0348f6c061Barbados West Indies Maison Ferrand
West Indies Plantation Cacao (Limited Edition) 2018 35cl bottle

West Indies Plantation Cacao (Limited Edition) 2018

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How does West Indies Plantation Cacao (Limited Edition) 2018 taste?

Aggregated from 9 community reviews.

Style & occasion: Mature & oaky

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

7.4/10 Good

9 community reviews
3 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Distribution of all 9 ratings
9–10 0%
8–9 11%
7–8 78%
6–7 11%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Jan 20267,207 reviewsDenmark
7.2/10

Running a few samples while watching a TV series about Psychopaths. Nose Round, fruity, chocolate, light nuts, caramel, spice, light plum, faint leather. Palate Oily, sweet, light wood, chocolate, light caramel, spice, light herbs, faint mint, nuts, light bitter, banana. Finish Long, light wood, chocolate, caramel, banana, vanilla, nuts. Empty glass Chocolate, vanilla, caramel, dried fruit, light banana.

Review by Filip Šikula

Filip Šikula
Dec 2025837 reviewsCzech
7.5/10

Cocoa limited edition, pulled to the skies. There's a ton of cocoa. On the nose, on the palate. Especially on the nose, it's genuine Granko. On the palate it's a bit weaker but still very intense. Sweet. Nice. Why not? Zdenek Polách's Advent Calendar 2025

Review by martin slezák

martin slezák
Dec 2025345 reviewsSlovakia
7.8/10

Planteray Advent calendar 2025 sample no. 5 Blind tasting Color amber Nose caramel, vanilla, cocoa, chocolate Taste mild alcohol that fades, then dark chocolate, cocoa, cocoa beans, vanilla Finish shorter bitter chocolate, cocoa 45% I'm almost sure this is Plantation cacao Which I tasted in my mind at Zdeněk Polách's place on the eve of the Addict Festival

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4 bottles logged by 3 collectors.

A collector's bottle.

0% opened, 0 emptied.

4 sealed 0 open 0 emptied

What did the community pay for West Indies Plantation Cacao (Limited Edition) 2018?

Avg. community purchase price 75 €.

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4 purchased · 10 tasted · 5 wishlist · as of

Details about West Indies Plantation Cacao (Limited Edition) 2018

A spirit drink on a rum base from Barbados, bottled by Maison Ferrand, at 45.2%.

BrandPlanteray (formerly Plantation)
DistilleryWest Indies
CountryBarbados
CategorySpirit drink on a rum base under EU law (2019/787) · learn more · report
Raw materialMolasses
ABV45.2%
Vintage2018
Limited edition600 bottles
Volume35cl

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9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good your rum Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.