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DDAD6614-C4F9-4C37-A36B-AA750D8609A8Belize Maison Ferrand
Plantation Belize XO Single Cask 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 9 years · 49.4%

Plantation Belize XO Single Cask

Made for someone who wants a soft, Spanish-style sipper with a Cognac lean rather than a bold, characterful Belize. Caramel, honey and grapes up front, roasted nuts and milk chocolate underneath, and at 49.4% the alcohol sits well back. Several tasters find it a touch thin and short on the finish — pleasant enough, but it doesn't leave much behind.

The community says
  • Easy to approach
  • Soft nutty caramel
  • But: Thin body

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How does Plantation Belize XO Single Cask taste?

Summarized by AI from 20 community reviews.

Soft, sweet Belize sipper that runs a bit thin Most land on decent-but-unremarkable: easy notes, light body, muted profile. One taster sums the gripe up — "a bit too sharp a bit too sweet" — and the finish fades fast.

Perfect for

newcomers wanting easy, soft, sweetish sipping

Less suitable for

drinkers chasing body, depth or a long finish

Experience level · Novice (2/5)

Style & occasion: Sweet & dessertSipping neat

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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7.3/10 Good

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

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Distribution of all 20 ratings
9–10 5%
8–9 5%
7–8 70%
6–7 15%
5–6 0%
4–5 5%
0–4 0%

Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

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

#7262 08.09.2026 Relaxing with a few samples celebrating my new personal best on a speed hike. Listening to some nice tracks on Spotify by Kraken89, R2Spawn, Inner Lux, Luktum and Avalon. Decent rum with an OK price tag in my mind. Round profile with roasted wood, tannins, honey, nutts, tobacco, fruits, spice, caramel, chocolate and a warm dry palate.

Review by MarcT

May 2022225 reviewsGermany
6.9/10

Quite a muted and sweet thing, that Plantation offered there. Will have a second go at a later time. The second go is not really better, it tastes like a Spanish style rum with a bit of Cognac, which it is.

Review by Galli33

Galli33
Galli33
Jan 2024554 reviewsItaly
7.3/10

This canidate from Belize finished in last place of my Belize tasting. I would recommend it to some new guys in the rum world, due the easy access of various notes, also the alcohol remains in the background (due diluation). The fealing in mouth is rather light and elegant. Also the finish is quite short and inexpressive

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Community shelf

27 bottles logged by 21 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

29% opened, 2 emptied.

19 sealed 6 open 2 emptied

What did the community pay for Plantation Belize XO Single Cask?

Community paid 50–79 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 52 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

27 purchased · 21 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of

Details about Plantation Belize XO Single Cask

A rum from Belize, bottled by Maison Ferrand, at 49.4%.

BrandPlanteray (formerly Plantation)
CountryBelize
Raw materialMolasses
ABV49.4%
Age9 years
Limited editionYes
Volume70cl

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Belize

Country

Belize 

Avg Rating 8.0/10 over 290 Rums

Belize is the Caribbean rum nation that almost did not happen. Britain wanted its timber, not its sugar, and for a century the sugar houses fed their molasses to cattle rather than distill it. Today this small Central American country has four rum makers, one of them, Travellers, world famous, and is the only full WIRSPA member on the mainland. Its rum is mostly molasses, mostly column-distilled, and quietly beloved by independent bottlers.

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Rating guide

RumX's 0–10 scale is strict. Here's what each band means.

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.