MHOBA Umbila Bourbon Cask (LMDW New Vibrations Collection) 2023
Highly praised Mhoba with polished esters, honeyed fruit and bourbon-vanilla depth. Powerful yet relatively smooth, seen as the most balanced and accessible of the New Vibrations trio.
Fans of ester-driven, high-strength cane-juice rums who enjoy bourbon-cask vanilla, honey and oily texture without added sugar.
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Bold, bourbon-kissed Mhoba ester bomb
If you like expressive Mhoba or light Jamaican funk, this is a great next step: same gluey-fruity kick, wrapped in smoother bourbon-vanilla sweetness at serious strength.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to high ABV, or drinkers who dislike solventy esters or find heavy bourbon wood too dominant.
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About the MHOBA distillery
The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 2,157 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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I like Umganu, Indlovu and Umbila the best of the three. If you fancy a nice, typical Mhoba profile but are afraid of spending money on three rums or want the most pleasing of the three on the nose and palate, you should go for the Umbila. The other two are only needed for a comparison - and even for that, samples are perfectly adequate.
A rum tasted at the WLP. A nose of glue/solvent, tempered by the presence of fruit. Quite smooth on the palate, with smokiness, fruit and a hint of slightly sweet ostia. A very different rum from Indlouu, a little bland in direct comparison.
Heute mal ein kleiner Vergleichstest zwischen den neuen Mhobas New Vibrations. Als Fazit für mich ist festzuhalten, dass mich nicht wirklich einer der 3 Abfüllungen restlos überzeugen konnte. Mein Ranking wäre jedoch 1. RX17377 2. RX17378 3. RX17376
Hier der zweite Mhoba aus der Vibrations-Trilogie. Typischer im Mhoba-Profil, als der erste. Nase: sehr viel Honig und vergorene Frucht. Mit dabei sind Mango, Honigmelone, Maracuja, Himbeere und intensive, zuckersüße maraschino Kirsche. Weich und cremig. Fast schon Honig-Joghurt. Natürlich sind auch süßer Klebstoff und feine Ester dabei. Der ABV passt sehr gut, kein beißen, kein stechen. Mir etwas zu süß. 8,2 Gaumen: die Süße der Nase findet sich am Gaumen nicht wieder. Deutlicher Einstieg mit Estern und Ananas-Marzipan, ziemlich adstringent und bitter zu Beginn, erinnert auch an Zitronenschale. Dahinter macht sich das kräftige Bourbon-Fass bemerkbar. Das Profil mag ich, mir fehlt hier aber die Finesse, die für mich tatsächlich das Brandy-Fass der anderen gebracht hat, obwohl ich kein Fan von Finishes bin. 8,0