Mount Gay Master Blender Collection - XO The Peat Smoke Expression
Highly praised smoky Mount Gay with clear Bajan DNA, complex peat and tobacco notes, great length and balance. A distinctive, cask strength experiment many consider a successful whisky crossover.
Whisky and peat fans who want a bold, cask strength Barbados rum where classic Mount Gay caramel, vanilla and dried fruit are wrapped in smoke, tobacco and a long, salty-peaty finish.
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How does this rum taste?
Smoky Barbados meets Islay peat
If you like Mount Gay XO and enjoy peated whisky, this is the sweet spot: recognisable Barbados core with an Islay-style smoke layer that most RumX reviewers find both bold and well balanced.
Beginners, peat-averse drinkers, or anyone sensitive to 57% ABV and not willing to pay a premium for a smoky cask-finish limited release.
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About the Mount Gay distillery
The Mount Gay distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Mount Gay have been reviewed 2,766 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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"Peatling" this rum was an ingenious idea from Mount Gay and I love it. This is a rum that whisky drinkers will like as well. You may want to add a few drops of water to lessen the burn, but not really needed. The nose is fruity with peat and smoke followed by oak, caramel and vanilla. I just kept on nosing this one. The palate is complex and very well balanced with fruit and spices topped off with caramel, oak and smoke. The peat is here again. The finish is long, very long and warm with spices, orange and a touch of smoke.
Indeed, hints of soft whiskey with otherwise very round, hatmonish body. Fruckt and sweetness are pleasantly mild, the alcohol comes after a bit peppery in the finish. Fig, date, a bit of roasted almond.
I’m a huge fan of the Mount Gay Rum! This has completed my collection of this line, for now. I will say I’m always very curious to see how Pete cask finishes go. In some cases, they tend to over dominate, but in the case of this expression, I think it pairs beautifully. Tasting notes: banana, vanilla, chocolate, smoke, caramel, toasted nuts, leather
The nose is dominated by the pleasantly sweet scent of pipe tobacco or a light cigar, subtle citrus notes threadThe mouth fills again with tobacco, but this time more sweetness and wood. Intense, slightly salty and .... well, of course... PeatThe peaty sweetness remains relatively long.Whether a rum necessarily needs an expansion in Islay casks, I do not know. Tasty that is now and then already. Here, however, the P / L does not fit in my opinion.