The Plantation line of rums began life in 2003 when Gabriel’s trips to the Caribbean sparked an interest in the local spirit. Gabriel accomplished this by introducing a French gin (Citadelle), and creating the Pierre Ferrand line.
The founder, owner and CEO of today’s Maison Ferrand, Alexandre Gabriel, met with the Ferrand family in 1989, and partnered with them in an effort to bring more of their maturing stock to market and to reimagine the brand and restart production. In fact, according to company legend, towards the end of the 80’s, Maison Ferrand was an old, established cognac producer which had pretty much halted production and was more or less just sitting on a fair amount of maturing stock. Maison Ferrand has not always been a this well-regarded spirits house however. The Plantation line of rums is part of the Maison Ferrand family, a well-regarded spirits house that also includes Pierre Ferrand Cognac and Citadelle Gin among others. I’m starting on the low and readily available end of things and (slowly) working my way up from there…
The first, but definitely not last look at rum for the Casks.
