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West Indies Planteray Barbados High Ester (French Exclusive) 2022
Anyone who likes Jamaican ester bombs but wants a twist should try this. Blind, most tasters call it Jamaica — glue, solvent, overripe pineapple and banana up front — then the Barbados side sneaks in with coconut, caramel and a pastry-like sweetness. At 60%, it runs hot and a touch bitter on the finish, but the ester-plus-sweetness mix wins people over.
The community says- Big ester funk
- Coconut-caramel sweetness
- But: Hot at 60%
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How does West Indies Planteray Barbados High Ester (French Exclusive) 2022 taste?
Aggregated from 18 community reviews.
Barbados high-ester bomb with a sweet twist Most tasters love the Jamaica-meets-Barbados trick: heavy esters and glue on the nose, coconut and caramel sweetness on the palate. The catch is a hot, slightly bitter finish.
Fans of high-ester funk curious about Barbados
Anyone put off by heavy solvent notes and high ABV
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100% rate it 8 or higher. 11 selected write-ups from 18 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5919 04.11.2025 Enjoying a few samples in front of the TV. Nose Fresh, medium intense, fruity, overripe, banana, light rubber, faint herbs, light floral, light caramel. Palate Oily, warm, medium intense, ester, fruity, pineapple, light coconut, light rubber, light chocoalte, faint polish. Finish Long and warm, light dry, ester, light peppery, banana, light herbs, light bitter. Empty glass Banana, herbs, light rubber, light floral, light caramel, chocolate.
Review by zabo
So blindly I would have classified him 100 percent as a Jamaican. For me, it's specifically classified as a Hampden, although there's something missing. Nice surprise with the high esters from Barbados, I like it very much. Really good as a mixer.
Review by Skyfly
Im Crosstasting mit 21760 zeigen sich sehr starke Gemeinsamkeiten. Hervorzuheben ist die angenehme Karamellnote. Beim French Exclusiv ist der Ester ab dem Gaumen nicht mehr so stark ausgeprägt, dafür mehr Gewürze. Finde diese Abfüllung etwas komplexer.
Review by TheJona'Spirits
Dégustation au Rhum Fest 2025. 👃 Pouah ! Assez clivant ce High Ester by WIRD. Bombe d'esters assurément. Très jeune, ça pue la fermentation de fruits tropicaux trop mûrs, c'est vif, je trouve l'alcool un peu trop présent au nez. Beaucoup de colle, solvants, vernis, produits industriels à base de plastique. Épices vives. 😋 Esters à leur paroxysme ou pas loin. Piqûre de l'alcool encore, c'est brûlant sur la bouche, pas très agréable. Puis, explosion de fruits tropicaux pourris, laissés au soleil plusieurs jours dans un climat humide. Quelques notes de pâtisseries de la boulangerie de village, avec des esters trop vifs qui cachent les possibles subtilités du jus. ⛳ Rêche, amère, pimentée, brûlante, esters, agrumes acides. 💡 A déguster de nouveau car pour le moment je ne retrouve pas la complexité de ses homologues jamaicains.
Review by Rumpalumpa
Wow in a Bkind tasting you would immediately think Jamaica here. Lots of esters with glue on the nose. The Barbados notes are very hidden at first, but come with time. On the palate, however, they are fully there, very exciting.
Review by Johannes
Very exciting glue note and esters, somehow a mixture of Hampden (without the overripe fruit), Uitvlugt and Barbados. Must be compared with the slightly younger one soon....
Review by Thomas Kindmann
A very fine 3 year old Wird with a pastry-like structure typical of Barbados: Vanilla, caramel and also fruity: pineapple, banana, tropical fruit...with a nice presence of esters that counterbalance any excess greediness with a slight presence of solvent, glue and a slight leathery side. The palate is similar to the nose but with a spicy side that adds an extra dimension to this rum, a favorite of Rhum Fest Faris 2025.
Review by lars
Blind definitely has a clear tendency towards Jamaica. After a few seconds, however, the true origin comes out a little. Not particularly complex, but I like the mixture of the ester notes and the sweetness that follows. The finish is a little too sharp and bitter.
Review by Master P
I really like this new profile, fresh estery notes with tropical fruits, a hint of vanilla. On the palate, acidity meets fruit basket, which then blends into sweetness with creaminess. The finish is nice and the alcohol is well integrated. Top.
Review by Julien Ries
Les narines pourraient nous tromper en nous disant qu'on est sur un rhum jamaïcain à fort taux d'ester. Tout est très lourd : du solvant, de la colle à bois, des fruits exotiques pourris (ananas, banane). C'est du funky jamaïcain. Il y a du rôti, et en fin de nez, du massepain. Le palais nous téléporte par magie sur une autre île. Si les esters sont toujours là, adieu la Jamaïque ! Il y a de la noix de coco de la Barbade, et des fruits plus juteux et à point ( mangue fraîche). Si le tout est chaleureux, sans brûlures excessive, il est aussi très gourmand avec un goût qui m'a rappelé mon voyage en Martinique : celui du gâteau Robinson à base de confiture de goyave et de cannelle. La finale est très longue sur ce côté pâtissier. Les esters sont estompés mais la gorge garde le souvenir fruité de ce rhum très agréable et surprenant. J'ai adoré le voyage proposé par cette curiosité de chez Planteray
Review by mandolin01
Très fruité avec un petite acidité tres agréable. Du peps belle longueur top
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Details about West Indies Planteray Barbados High Ester (French Exclusive) 2022
A rum from Barbados, bottled by Maison Ferrand, at 60,1%.
Community purchases
20 bottles logged by 15 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
10% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for West Indies Planteray Barbados High Ester (French Exclusive) 2022?
Community paid 94–107 €.
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