This Plantation Rum exhibits a fair amount of heat in an entry full of oak spice smothered in a creamy honey-like caramel syrup. Orange peel and marmalade; bits of dark fruit (raisins, dates, and plums); baking spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves and vanilla); tufts of tobacco; and little dabbles of cocoa (both bitter dark chocolate and sweeter milk chocolate) all swim around in the flavours of that oak-spiced caramel syrup. The oak is almost overdone as the rum teeters upon the precipice of oak spices almost turning to bitter sap; but thankfully (or should I say delightfully), the rum stays upon that precipice and rather than crashing it instead treats the connoisseur to a glorious view of unbridled oak aging and unrestrained complexity. The result is an oak filled marvel which is wonderful to sip