Planteray Barbados High Ester WLP Foundation 2022
Loved by Leo Krüper, zabo & 82 more
For curious explorers into high-ester territory, this 59% WIRD Barbados brings Jamaican-style funk with glue, pineapple and overripe tropical fruit over light wood, caramel and coconut. A young but impressively rounded, limited 2‑year powerhouse, widely praised on RumX for its intensity and surprising drinkability neat or in bold cocktails.
- Big ester funk
- Tropical fruit burst
- Surprisingly balanced
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How does Planteray Barbados High Ester WLP Foundation 2022 taste?
Aggregated from 97 community reviews.
Jamaican-style funk from Barbados For curious explorers into high-ester territory, this 59% WIRD Barbados brings Jamaican-style funk with glue, pineapple and overripe tropical fruit over light wood, caramel and coconut. A young but impressively rounded, limited 2‑year powerhouse, widely praised on RumX for its intensity and surprising drinkability neat or in bold cocktails.
Fans of high-ester Jamaican-style funk who want to see that profile translated into a young, punchy Barbados rum with tropical fruit, caramel and coconut accents.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to 59% ABV, or drinkers who dislike solventy, glue-like ester notes and prefer classic, smoother Barbados profiles.
How is Planteray Barbados High Ester WLP Foundation 2022 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.3 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 98% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Leo Krüper
Wow... Exciting. Reminds me a lot of unstored or short-stored DOKs or HGMLs from Hampden. But at 600 esters, we're still within a tolerable range. However, the rum doesn't offer much more character in its current state, which is not entirely surprising for WIRD. But I am sure that with further tropical ageing, a beautiful rum will emerge here. So I see the whole thing as a good basis.
Review by Righrum
Weird combo between a long pond and a Fijian rum. There are a lot of esters here, but just fierce and without being interesting. Plus, at some point I noticed some kind of honey sweetness, and some far smoke. I'm not liking it enough to score a good review.
Review by zabo
Edit: RumX Advent Calendar 2024 Day 19 Only had it in my glass a few days ago and didn't recognize it 😭 Stick with it, when Plantation/Planteray try something outside their commercial range it's really delicious, unfortunately it's all too rare. I have to admit that I also like it very much blind Who would have thought that I would really like another Planteray. High Ester hits the nail on the head again, that part is really funky. I'd really like to see more bottlings like this from them.
Review by Pavel Spacek
Advent 2024
Review by Thunderbird
This High Ester is an intense bottling that reminds me of the Stades Jaws. Here, too, I first had the feeling of having a Hampden in my glass. On the palate, things are put into perspective again. I like these WIRD's and I think there's more exciting stuff coming soon
Review by Johnny Rumcask
Nase ist irreführend: typische Jamaika Ester. Im Mund dann zwar Ester, aber nicht Jamaika. Eher Erdbeer, fühle mich an HERR 57 erinnert, wenn auch nicht so brachial. Der Geschmack verfliegt leider sehr schnell. Hinten raus ist der Rum dann brutal trocken und adstringierend. Sehr langer Abgang, aber eher Ester mit Kräuternoten. Mit Standzeit und mehreren Schlucken wird der Rum dann immer besser. Für die Lagerzeit schon spannend.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4936 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Intense, faint wood, ester, polish, fruity, overripe, light pineapple, faint coconut. Palate Intense, warm, ester, medium dry, fruity, overripe, light pineapple, light banana, spice, faint caramel, light wood, faint smoke. Finish Long and warm, light wood, ester, faint honey, faint coconut, faint caramel. This was a very nice rum and something new 😊
Review by Richard Krupa
Warms, fruity, slightly estery
Review by cigares
Calendrier de l’Avent RumX, jour 19. Des fruits frais ananas et banane au nez, mais aussi un côté pâtissier et du bois de cèdre. Des esters, mais maîtrisés. La bouche est classique, équilibrée et fruitée. Les arômes sont amples. Ici aussi les esters sont domestiqués, apportent un soutient aux fruits. La finale est longue et le bois est très bien intégré, tous les arômes finissent ensemble dans cette finale splendide. Un rhum qui a tout pour plaire, puissance, fruité, complexité et longueur.
Review by Michal Jurka
If I want esters, I go to Jamaica, not Barbados. That's where I flee to get a needed rest from esters. I don't like this at all. But maybe it caugt me at the wrong time.
Review by Serge
RumX Advent calendar post-tasting. Delicious, a great caramel and nut (cashew) component joins what is known as a high ester. Also nice and buttery. I like it and with its not too high ester range it is also easy to drink.
Review by Alex1981
RumX Calendar 2024 Day 19: Smells like Jamaica again, esters and fruit, but reasonably tame. Much more intense in the mouth, more ester notes and acidity, fermented fruit. Medium-long finish, dry, astringent, intense. Tropically aged. Very tasty! Rather not HD, maybe New Yarmouth?
Review by Johannes
Very exciting esters, somehow a mixture of Hampden (without the overripe fruit), Uitvlugt and Barbados.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,7:On the nose, strong esters bump into our face, we find tropical fruits with toasted coconut and pineapple, the wood is roasted with almond, caramel, roasted nuts, toffee, spicy with vanilla and there is some glue. On aeration, citrus is out, the molasses becomes vegetal.The fruits are now dried also, there is a banana, pleasant candied fruits and honey pastry. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is estery, with lot different type of fruits like tropical with banana, pineapple, coconut, yellow fruits, citrus.The wood is roasted, dry with nuts, caramel, chocolate and spicy with creamy vanilla. After a while, the fruits are dried with raisins, figs.There are some solvents. When peaches join in and round up our tasting, the rum becomes delicious.The molasses gives us a shade of vegetal notes. 8,6:The finish is long, dry, esters are here, all the notes from palate, it becomes earthy, still balanced and now spicy with some clove...
Review by Timo Groeger
RumX Adventskalender 2024 Tag 19. Ein klasse Highlight Ester von Planteray. In der Nase ein schöner Estergeruch sowie tropische Früchte. Am Gaumen kommen dann noch Nagellack und Lösungsmittel dazu. Alkohol sehr gut eingebunden.
Community purchases
82 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 16 members.
About the West Indies distillery
The West Indies distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from West Indies have been reviewed 5,101 times with an average of 7.8/10.
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