Master Blender Collection The Madeira Cask Expression

Sweet, balanced sipper with depth

Smooth, well-balanced flavor
Distinctive Madeira finish
Pleasant integrated alcohol
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According to reviews, this rum opens with vanilla, caramel, and dried fruits, layered with spice and wood. Most recommend it for its smoothness, round character, and lingering finish.

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Details about this rum

Country
Distillery
Brand
Master Blender Collection
RumX ID
RX13229
ABV
55%
Category
Column Still Rum
Vintage
2015
Made from
Molasses
Distillation
Column Still
Age
6 years
No. of bottles
2,706
Bottle volume
70cl
Mount Gay 2015   6yr   55% Master Blender Collection The Madeira Cask Expression

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    How does this rum taste?

    Reviewers love this Mount Gay for its impressively smooth and balanced profile, highlighted by the distinctive Madeira cask finish. Most pick up strong notes of vanilla, caramel, and dried fruits, with touches of spice and roasted nuts. It's popular as a sipper, praised for being complex yet drinkable—even at 55% ABV, the alcohol feels gentle. A standout among Mount Gay’s collection and recommended by many for its harmony of sweetness and wood.

    Aroma

    Vanilla Caramel Dried fruit Woody

    Taste

    Vanilla Woody Caramel Dried fruit

    How is this rum rated?

    Rating (0-10)
    8.5/10 44 reviews
    Top 17% Barbados
    Top 9% Mount Gay

    Crazy good, fruity-vanilla rum with excellent integrated alcohol, wonderfully soft body and medium-long, almond-like finish. Great thing!

    Crass rum, infinitely round. Honey, fruit, wood, wine, chocolate and spices blend perfectly. Mild and delicious in the mouth, the flavors of the nose continue to pull through. Compared to the Port Cask Expression, this rum is a bit more approachable and easier to drink, but that doesn't make it better or worse now. I think both are brilliant. Unfortunately, the price is set quite high.

    Wow, very very tasty, a good interplay of all the flavors. So good that you have to restrain yourself. In the finish, the finish becomes a little more dominant or clearer to the fore.

    Probably together with the Port cask Expression the best I have ever drunk from Mount Gay. Incredibly complex, intense and funky. Madeira influence harmonizes perfectly with the rum and makes really fun!

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    About the Mount Gay distillery

    The Mount Gay distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Mount Gay have been reviewed 2,663 times with an average of 8.0/10.

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    Avg Rating: 8.0/10
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