1998 Plantation Single Cask Guyana 20 Year Old Rum (700ml)

These single cask Plantations are delivering some big age statements at very reasonable prices. Molasses based and produced using the Port Mourant pot still at Demerara Distillers Ltd, seventeen years of tropical ageing was followed by a two year stint in an x Ferrand Cognac cask and a final year in an Ocho Tequila cask. Esters : 56 g/hL AA. Bottled exclusively for Proof & Co. Very limited stocks. 44.8% Alc./Vol.

Notes from Plantation... Nose : Complex, it starts on an ultra añejo tequila profile with cooked agave, lemon juice, lime peel, pepper, toasted almond, vanilla, pecan nut and then evolves on persimmon, nougat, date, mango and ginseng. Palate : Fat and full, it follows the nose with a tad oakier and balsamic profile at first. Thereafter it evolves on cocoa, olive, cloves, tar, raisins and toffee notes with some saltiness. Finish : Very long on molasses, tobacco and liquorice.