MHOBA Select Reserve French Cask Rum 2019

Very pleasantly surprised by this Mhoba profile. Very good

#4621 23.02.2024 Relaxing at home warming up for the tasting at Whisky Watcher in Odense tomorrow. Nose Medium intense, light wood, faint smoke, fruity, ester, light solvents, vegetal. Palste Medium intense, light roasted wood, fruity, ester, solvents, spicy, faint rubber. Finish Very long and warm, wood, light roasted, ester, light rubber, faint coconut. The empty glass has some nutts, light caramel and faint chocolate. Price to quality is very good in my mind.

For the short aging great complexity and great fruitiness.

Very tasty, great nose, very nice on the palate. The balance is perfect

Un nez funky avec pas mal d'ester, en bouche on retrouve le profil classique de Mhoba un peu plus de fruité que d'autres que j'ai eu l'occasion de goûter.

Color: Old goldOdor:Very fruity of tropical fruits (melon, papaya) with vanilla.Taste:Sweet and fruity in the mouth, then alcoholic.When swallowed spicy alcoholic and fruity.Aromas of tropical fruits (papaya) and caramel.Finish:LongFruity with esters, woody in the finish.87 points.

Po hodně dlouhé době se vracím k přechutnání kousku, od kterého jsem měl celou láhev. Jestli si dobře vzpomínám, tak jsem měl batch 1, 2 i 3 a všechny byly dost odlišné. Co Mhoba to zábavná africká haluz. Rum, co je třeba vyzkoušet. Možná až na Bushfire, který jsem moc nedával 😀 Edit: přechutnávam a je to pořád stejně divný i dobrý zároveň

Very good rum from mhoba, well executed and well finished. The empyreumatic frame is well present in the nose and in the mouth, but contrary to the high ester, several other notes come to be grafted to give a very successful rum.

Blind Tasting,

Knowing the spirit of the distillery, this Mhoba is different in many ways from the standards on offer. Very pastry-like (brioche, cookie, butterscotch), the nose also evokes sugarcane, esters and rubber on a background of sweet spices and exotic fruits. A particularly sweet, gourmand profile on the nose. The profile is just as intriguing on the palate. Esters, rubber and burnt notes mingle with exotic fruits and warm spices, sugar cane and caramel for a most surprising blend. A powerful yet flavorful Mhoba, where the alcohol is very well integrated. The long, warm finish is at once ester-like, caramelized with crème brûlée and fruity with coconut, banana and mango. Woody, candied sugarcane and spicy notes are also present. A very drinkable Mhoba, less heavy than its congeners, but just as interesting for the distillery's future.

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Quite a decent dram and a good swimmer.

C: honey, bright yellow N: acetone, wood, spices (green pepper). Tropical fruit (papaya, green apples?) well hidden beneath the acetone/ nail polish. Some bitter chocolate later on. P: mildly sweet on the first sip, with ripe fruits upfront (papaya and apples, kiwi), little astringent. F: metallic, wood, slightly peppery. Guess: ABV-wise, i’d say in the 53% range. I am wildly guessing: maybe Fiji or some sort of Clarendon? Like 10y of aging. Reveal: very woody for being just 2yo! Not my favorite

Schade, dass die Standardreihe "French Cask" nur ca. 2 Jahre im Fass verbringt. Längere Lagerungen kommen nur als besondere Veröffentlichung heraus, haben mir aber bisher noch besser gefallen. Dieelser Rum ist ein verückter Mix aus Jamaika mit etwas Agricole, gelagert im südafrikanischen Rotweinfass. Im Mund intensiv und heftig, auch wegen 65°.

#3 RumXHighE(a)ster weeks: Blind tasting: Fiji 🤔 5-10 years of aging approx. 55% low ester Unvaried/boring… Not a big fan of this one. As a simple sample it‘s a bit unvaried/boring. The finish is quite short and the alcohol is vanished without a trace. For me the 151 Strand is still the mhoba benchmark