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Plantation Grande Réserve
Anyone starting out with rum, or wanting a soft, sweet Barbados pour for the couch, lands here. Expect vanilla, ripe banana, coconut and dried fruit, all very rounded and easy. The catch most tasters name: it's noticeably sweetened and a bit thin, with some heat showing in the finish. Pleasant and uncomplicated rather than deep — better as an everyday or mixing bottle than one to study neat.
- Soft and easy
- Vanilla and banana
- Good everyday value
+10
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How does Plantation Grande Réserve taste?
Aggregated from 387 community reviews.
Soft, sweet Barbados starter and mixer Most find it soft, fruity and easy with good value, but several call it too sweet and too simple, and a few only taste alcohol or cognac. A friendly entry rum, not a sipper to analyze.
Beginners and fans of soft, sweet, easy-drinking rum
Anyone avoiding sugar or wanting dry, bold, complex rum
How is Plantation Grande Réserve rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 7.0 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 36% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 6% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Rum reviews
Selected write-ups from 387 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 387 ratings
Review by Gregor
Nice solid rum. Im. Smell really exciting with nice coconut tones and caramel and vanilla. In the taste then also quite komex for this price. Unfortunately it is slightly burning. A little more ageing in the cask would help here. In any case, the price-performance ratio is very fair and I therefore recommend trying it
Review by Stefan Persson
Better than expected! Good value for money!
Review by epicsune 🇸🇪
Very sweet aromas of dried fruits, marzipan and arrak. The taste does not dissapoint! Incredible round and sweet at first and then the taste of spices after a few seconds. Very pleasant taste that makes this an excellent sipping rum and one That I frequently reccomends. (Easy to find here in Sweden and at €27 it is a bargain)
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Typical Barbadian in nose and palate. A very young rum so don't expect too much from it. A pleasant nose and ok semi complex fruity palate with a finish that ends almost before it begins. Price to quality is very good.
Review by Miňo
Na vekové zloženie veľmi chutný rum.
Review by Leo Krüper
Used as a light mixer in Pina Colada and Cuba Libre. Super suitable for this, reasonable in price and well available.
Review by Malte
Very nice rum to enjoy, not too heavy. Beginners and advanced drinkers alike will enjoy it.
Review by Beancheese
This is a very simple and basic rum which is fairly heavily dosed at 20g/l. It’s very light and mild, too simple for sipping but makes for a solid mixer at reasonable value. A tick below the 5 year version in terms of quality and value.
Review by DomM
Somewhat works with coke and lime. However even for that application you can find loads of better rum. Not recommended.
Review by Tim
The nose of this rum is a round but thin mix of tropical fruit, honey and vanilla. Biting alcohol note also resonates. In the mouth you can taste the sweetness clearly, in the finish the sharp alcohol note can no longer be covered. In addition, something unusual (chemical or floral). Still, honey / syrup and some fruit remains above all.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
solider Barbados Mixer.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A simplistic rum, with a sweet, caramelized nose, marked by Barbabde and its famous coconut, banana and gently spicy, vanilla scents. It's rather sweet, but lacks intensity and depth. The taste is relatively similar, unsurprisingly with notes of banana, caramel, coconut, dried fruit, sweet spices and chocolate. The woodiness is quite youthful, but the sweetness outweighs the rest. Clearly a light, syrupy rum. The finish is short, with sweet, caramelized notes reminiscent of crème brûlée. Vanilla and pepper finish an easy-drinking, approachable rum. A standard-range rum, at the right price, which could work in a pinch for flavoring crêpes.
Review by Plantation_Lover
It’s a pretty cheap rum with a great taste especially for the price it’s not my favorite but I would definitely recommend it
Review by Lutz Lungershausen
24 Days of Rum 2024 - Black Edition - Day 02 Erster Eindruck: leichte fruchtige Aromen, Mandel, angenehm Nase: Banane, tropische Früchte, sehr angenehm und leicht Gaumen: Holz, Vanille, scharf Abgang: Fass, langanhaltend Gesamteindruck: durchschnittlich, die Nase gefällt mir deutlich besser als der Gaumen
Review by kurt holm carsen
taste a little to much of alcohol, like a cheap Rum
Review by Martin Ekrt
Po 3 letech opět ochutnávám kus z 24DoR. Ve vůni docela zaujmou citrusy, nějaké bonbóny a kandované ovoce. Chuť zase citrusy, zázvorky, snad eukalyptový bonbón. Závěr grepfrujtový, koření, trochu pepř. Sladkost je tam dobře integrovaná, že s tím vůbec nemám problém.
Review by Leslie Haigh
very very sweet not for me
Review by RockingSheep
Very smooth, sharp finish
Review by paulgi86
Cognac - that’s all I taste I can see why rum enthusiasts utterly detest Planteray This is a no from me - another one for cocktail fodder
Review by Patrik Onderka
This one was just a funny tasting on Frontkon (software dev conf in Prague). Great idea how to attract visitors and then darts match. Back to this guy, pleasant is the word here, Barbados vibes, not bad not special or outstanding.
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Expert review by Alkotip
"Plantation Barbados Grande Reserve is a sweet rum with a delicate buttery taste and aroma of tropical and dried fruits, coconut, baked banana. Very pleasant for regular, undemanding sipping after a hard day when you don't want to think about anything while relaxing on the couch. I like it very much and I have no problem recommending it to you. 70%"Read full review →
Details about Plantation Grande Réserve
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, bottled by Maison Ferrand, at 40%.
Community purchases
736 bottles logged by 663 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
39% opened, 128 emptied and repurchased.
What does Plantation Grande Réserve cost?
Community paid €18–€37.
Current best price: €19.50 – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+15 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months.
736 purchased · 421 tasted · 131 wishlist · as of
About the West Indies distillery
The West Indies distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from West Indies have been reviewed 7,148 times with an average of 7.6/10.
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