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Fiji Rum Plantation Double Aged

Lot: 5022

Fiji Rum Plantation Double Aged

Winning Bid: £40

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Lot:
Distillery: 
South Pacific
Age: 
N/A
Vintage: 
n/a
Region: 
Fiji
Bottler: 
Plantation
Cask Type: 
see lot description
Bottled Strength: 
40%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
Production method: 
n/a
Base: 
molasses
product Details

Fiji Rum Plantation Double Aged

Launched in 2003, Plantation Rum is a brand owned by the well-established cognac producer, Cognac Ferrand. Established in 1989, Maison Ferrand has used its extensive contacts in the spirits industry to source some exceptional casks of rum. The company also has privileged access to those in the warehouses of Clarendon and Long Pond in Jamaica, through its acquisition of the West India Rum Distillery (WIRD) and the shares in National Rums of Jamaica that came with it. Its ownership of the Bajan WIRD distillery has seen it increasingly involved in rum production as well as bottling in recent years.

This is a double aged rum from the South Pacific distillery in Fiji. It was aged tropically in bourbon casks before travelling to Europe where a second continental ageing in French oak.

The South Pacific distillery is located in Lautoka on the island of Fifi and began production in 1980 in order to reduce their need for imported spirits like whisky and gin. The decision to make rum in addition was logical given the country had an active sugar industry to provide it with molasses. Today it is a subsidiary of the Australian brewer, the Fosters group, who bought the Willowbank distillery in New Zealand from Seagram in 1997, moving its pot stills to South Pacific the same year. In addition, rum is also distilled on a three-column continuous still.

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