South Pacific Plantation Fiji One-Time 2005
A for-curious-explorers Fijian column-still rum: sweet vanilla, caramel and light fruit over gentle oak and cognac notes. At 50.2% it stays approachable yet characterful. Well-liked on RumX as an easy, dessert‑leaning sipper.
- Sweet vanilla profile
- Approachable at 50%
- Good value
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How does South Pacific Plantation Fiji One-Time 2005 taste?
Aggregated from 103 community reviews.
Sweet, easy Fiji crowd‑pleaser A for-curious-explorers Fijian column-still rum: sweet vanilla, caramel and light fruit over gentle oak and cognac notes. At 50.2% it stays approachable yet characterful. Well-liked on RumX as an easy, dessert‑leaning sipper.
Those who enjoy sweeter, vanilla-heavy sippers with moderate strength and want a gentle, column-still introduction to Fiji rather than full-on funky pot-still intensity.
Drinkers seeking undosed, dry or very funky Fiji profiles, or those who want high-complexity, ester-heavy rums with long, challenging finishes.
How is South Pacific Plantation Fiji One-Time 2005 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.7 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 77% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Had a great Plantation tasting experience yesterday and here is the second one of the six we had a go at. This is an impressive rum from Fiji that deserves people give it a chance. I will definitely add this one to my shelf. It could have been a little more complex but still a very good rum. Watch out for South Pacific Destillery in the future, I think they will make more great ones. Price to quality is very good.
Review by Righrum
RumX Advent calendar Day 2 Disappointing rum, little going on there. A bit of coconut, nuts and vanilla. At first I thought about some awful continental aged FS I had in the past, but pairing this one performed even worse. Not a bad taste, simply nothing to be noted here and not enough to get a positive evaluation
Review by Lukas Jäger
Very fruity smell that spreads quickly. It is dominated by rubber and tropical fruits such as tangerine. Taste for Fiji less salty-sour, but also very fruity. Overall very tasty and good, but compared to others again a little bravura (possibly by the dosage??)
Review by zabo
Edit: tried again as a warm-up for the REV 2006 series. Remains a nice sipper, but nothing more Day 2 RumX Advent calendar All in all a solid rum. Not bad in taste, more in the easy sipper category. A nice entry-level rum for me. Blindly, I wouldn't have put it in the Fiji category. But thanks for the selection, I would probably never have tried it or looked out for a sample.
Review by reina
This is my next one from the One Time Limited Edition. As it seems to be sold out in Germany in spring 2021, I ordered it at at the great Exellence Rhum Shop in Paris. The first impression of the nose ist very sweet of vanilla and caramel, after a while some sweet fruity notes come through. The taste is more divers, way more complex with ab alcoholic and strong spicy attitude. But the fruity notes are still very present. The finish is long, warm and spicy with a little sweetness. Great Rum and I am glad that I finally got my hands on this one.
Review by Vincent D
Rather discreet Fiji. Fruity, woody and vanilla. Not very complex. Surprising nonetheless, as it doesn't have the usual esters of the Fijian rums I know. Very affordable. Nice, but nothing more. Lacks length.
Review by Lot-NAS
Kalender #2 / blind: Viel Vanille, Holz, Röstaromen, Datteln und etwas Schinken. Am Gaumen sehr süß und noch mehr Vanille. Ein paar Rosinen und die Datteln von oben und einiges an Holz. Am Ende warm, Vanille, süßlich, kandierter Ingwer. Der Alkohol ist sehr gut eingebunden. Nicht sonderlich komplex, aber ausbalanciert und das was er macht, macht er sehr gut :slight_smile:
Review by Manuel
Probe aus dem Adventskalender 2023. insgesamt sehr runder Rum mit sehr süßem Abgang.
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Nice. fruity and floral. But always that curiosity how it would be without added sugar. Never add sugar folks. Sadly no funk. Could have been a better dram.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Nachgeholtes Tasting des Rums vom 02.12.2023 des RumX-Adventskalenders: Netter Easy Sipper. Fast ein bisschen langweilig. Erst recht für einen Karfreitag.
Review by Morgan Garet
Rhum très gourmand nez et bouche. Loin des profils habituels pour Fiji. Le caramel, la vanille et les fruits tropicaux sont gourmands et très agréables, il manque cependant de caractère. La finale est moyenne et très pâtissière.
Review by FabiDram
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Review by Christian Rudt
I definitely like it better than the latest one time fiji bottling from plantation. Cognac cask and Fiji glue battle a bit on the palate, a nice rum with a very fair price for the release. Retasting in the Rumx calendar Nice pleasing Fiji rum which I scored a little better blind, so I'm raising the score here by one point. Great plv for the release.
Review by Tom Buteneers
The aroma is more fruity than the taste, which is more spicy.Ginger clearly present. Think it's a nice rum to make a dark'n stormy with (although maybe it's just a bit too pricey for that?), but certainly also to just enjoy pure.Addition: let it rest for a while! Enhances both aroma and taste.
Review by Christoph
The intrinsically very round taste with a mixture of coffee and chocolate with some tangerine is ruined by too much sugar. Less sweet would have done.
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Community purchases
251 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 30 members.
About the South Pacific distillery
The South Pacific distillery is located in Fiji. Rums from South Pacific have been reviewed 3,520 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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