Fiji Rum & Co Planteray Fiji Islands (Kilchoman Cask) 2009
If you love peated Islay whisky and want it crashing into Fijian rum, this is your kind of experiment. Matured in a Kilchoman cask, it's all peat, smoke, camp fire and charred oak, with allspice and some dried fruit hiding underneath. The Fiji ester-and-banana character is mostly buried, so as one taster put it, you'll either love it or hate it.
- Big peat smoke
- Charred oak depth
- High-proof intensity
+10
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How does Fiji Rum & Co Planteray Fiji Islands (Kilchoman Cask) 2009 taste?
Aggregated from 16 community reviews.
Heavily peated, whisky-cask-driven Fiji rum Polarizing. Peat fans like LukaŽiga find it intense and balanced; others say the whisky cask swamps the rum entirely and ends up too smoky, dry and medicinal to read as rum at all.
Peat and Islay whisky lovers curious about rum crossovers
Anyone who dislikes smoke, or wants the Fiji ester profile front and center
How is Fiji Rum & Co Planteray Fiji Islands (Kilchoman Cask) 2009 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 7.1 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 50% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 6% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Selected write-ups from 16 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by TheRhumhoe
La Maison Ferrand s’essaye à associer rhum et whisky tourbée, ce qui n’est pas chose aisée, et cela s’en ressent dès les premiers instants du nez qui est très tourbé. C’est fumé, boisé, puissant, et certainement pas aidé avec les esters et la facette médicinale des rhums fidjiens, dont le profil est ici quand même bien caché. Soit on aime, soit on déteste. L’attaque en bouche est vive, on ressent toute la puissance du whisky avec la tourbe et les notes fumées qui anesthésient le palais. Mis à part quelques épices et des fruits secs, le rhum est absent de la partition. Les 4 ans de vieillissement ont eu raison du rhum, totalement supplanté, alors qu’une légère finition aurait été amplement suffisant avec le kilchoman, réputé comme un whisky puissant. L’alcool est assez vif, surtout avec la partie whisky, qui va en rebouter plus d’un. La finale est très persistante, toujours aussi intensément tourbée, très sèche et limite asphyxiante. Quelques notes boisées et brûlées se font également ressentir. Un profil difficile d’approche si on aime pas le whisky, le rhum est hélas méconnaissable et l’ensemble manque d’intégration et de cohérence.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,5:On the nose, esters and banana, green fruits, peated whisky notes like peat, smoke, camp fire, mineral, medicinal notes, herbaceous, flowery molasses, roasted wood notes like caramel, chocolate, spicy with allspice, bump into our nosetrils, quite intense. On aeration, it becomes buttery with vanilla, pastry, the wood and rubber are burnt, charred, dried fruits arise, grassy(hay), fresh molasses with tea, nicely balanced. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is strong with peated whisky finish notes like peat, smoky, salty, the wood is charred, sweet, creamy, caramelized, also toasted, spicy with allspice, rubber burnt, bacon is here, the molasses mineral, grassy with hay, flowery, herbaceous, later earthy with tobacco, vegetal, with black tea, dried fruits and banana are delicious. 7,9:The finish is medium long, intense, dry&tannic, with burnt, smoky, toasted oak notes, spicy and peated whisky finish, pairing cognac finish dried fruits, grapes and tropical fruits. Edit:8.5.26.
Review by Johannes
The whisky finish dominates and overpowers everything. The base spirit is no longer recognizable. Unfortunately, not my thing.
Review by zabo
Also diese Planteray Kollektion war gar nicht mal so gut. Hab jetzt mal die ganzen Samples probiert, aber da war jetzt wirklich keiner dabei, den ich persönlich bräuchte und empfehlen würde. Alle wirken trotz der Verdünnung, verwässert und trotzdem meist alkoholisch und haben so eine künstliche Süße.
Review by Jakob
Ex-whiskey cask finishes in rum are always a tricky affair – they usually shape the overall gustatory picture very comprehensively. Here too, the peaty-smoky aroma is omnipresent and accompanies the tasting experience from the nose all the way to the finish. Not unpleasant, but once again only really for fans of peat and smoke, although the overall profile still manages to offer some sweetness and fruity notes.
Review by J. Fundin
Rökig, tobak, en del vanilj. På tok för rökig för min smak. Vill jag dricka något rökigt föredrar jag en rökig whisky framför en rökig rom. Lite som att tugga på en fuktig skosula.
Review by Michael Janek
19.11.2025 Casa Havana Praha ve vůni nakouřený kanagom v chuti je mírně nasladly a hodně nakouřený
Review by Raphaël Eloy
Je ne suis pas amateur du vieillissement en fût de whisky.
Review by Pavel Spacek
Peated ... peated ...
Details about Fiji Rum & Co Planteray Fiji Islands (Kilchoman Cask) 2009
A rum from Fiji, bottled by Maison Ferrand, at 55,2%.
Community purchases
2 bottles logged by 2 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
2 purchased · 17 tasted · 3 wishlist · as of
About the Fiji Rum & Co distillery
The Fiji Rum & Co distillery is located in Fiji. Rums from Fiji Rum & Co have been reviewed 513 times with an average of 7.5/10.
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