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Mount Gay XO Extra Old Rum
Aged Rum — Barbados
Reviewed
May 18, 2021 (edited September 7, 2022)
Labeled as Mt Gay XO Triple Barrel Blend, I'm assuming this is the correct listing. This is from a 3 rum sampler from Flaviar. Tasted neat from a glencairn.
The pour is a brassy walnut and shows significant sheeting and slow tears on a swirl. I'm thinking this might have a rich and creamy mouthfeel.
The nose is very tempting with rich butterscotch, maple sugar, creme brulee, brioche, and a bit of baking spice. It's quite complex and devoid of unruly ethanol or acetone notes. Quite a nice nose all around! I'm looking forward to a sip!
The taste profile of this rum is in line with it's aromas. It has the rich mouthfeel promised in the swirl. There's a bit of over ripe banana, some bitter banana skin, turbinado sugar, ripe dates, caramel, slight cafe au lait, vanilla and maple.
The finish is short and marked with a bit of allspice, dark chocolate and a sweet egg bread like massa sovada.
I like this rum. It's a nice sipper. It could definitely benefit from a higher proof.
According to the interwebs, this was discontinued in mid 2020 but it's possible this is a new expression? In looking around I see this listed at about $65 locally. It's not better than Foursquare Sagacity (not close) and that bottle is only about $10 more (and now very hard to find), so I'm not going to stand in line to buy this.
Value is a judgement, taste is taste - and this is a tasty rum in my judgement. Maybe its not the best value, but that's never stopped anyone from raving about Blanton's bourbon so there's that.
This is better than average.
62.99
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