MHOBA WR 10 (Kirsch Whisky)

Aromas feature glue, tropical fruit, and buttery toffee, while the palate offers berries, olive, and sugarcane amid creamy, oily texture. Widely noted as complex, boldly distinctive, and praised for balancing cask, ester, and savoury notes—recommended for fans of funky, layered rums.

8.5  / 10  (35 reviews)

Berry-rich, oily and ester-forward with bold bourbon influence.

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    How does this rum taste?

    • Complex ester and berry profile
    • Distinctive bourbon cask influence
    • Oily, creamy mouthfeel

    Intensely aromatic, WR 10 (Kirsch Whisky) draws you in with ripe ester notes, glue, and tropical fruit over a creamy, buttery base. The palate is rich and unique—think berry compote, olive, toffee, and oily, savoury depth—making this MHOBA bottling both complex and approachable. Community tasters praise its bourbon cask influence and bold, unconventional flavours. A standout for adventurous rum lovers seeking something different. Perfect to explore if you’re drawn to character-rich, limited releases.

    Aroma

    Ester Glue Toffee Tropical fruit

    Taste

    Ester Olive Glue Sugarcane

    How is this rum rated?

    8.5  / 10  (35 reviews)
    Top 11% South Africa
    Top 13% MHOBA

    "Can you make oil from berries? At any rate, this is the taste of Kirsch's Mhoba, finely balanced with a somehow high-quality solvent. Special, different from the typical Mhoba flavor range, but just as good. Update 2024-03-03: Have the rum in the glass again today while bottling for a split and simply have to rate it highly, because the alcohol is basically imperceptible on the nose and is entirely in the service of flavor transport on the palate. How can a rum that has been aged for less than five years be so good! Great art."

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    8.6 / 10
    Review by: Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓

    "After all the positive reviews, I cross-tasted this Mhoba against my reference from HV 2017. For me, this is an atypical Mhoba and falls well short of the HV. I miss the classic aromas and complexity here. This is truly a very good rum, but not a real Mhoba for me"

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    8.0 / 10
    Review by: Thunderbird

    "And another Mhoba, the 4th in 4 days. Matured in a Woodfort barrel and the barrel does indeed have a clear influence. Nose: Bourbon! is my first impression, followed by a pleasant, woody spiciness. A fine tobacco-smoky note and a hint of marzipan overlay this. This is followed by a buttery toffee-caramel sweetness. Now the fruits also come into their own, ripe banana, papaya and tart passion fruit with lemon. A deep draught brings out the vinegar. A beautiful blend of the classic Mhoba profile and intense bourbon. 8.5 Palate: strong, woody and spicy. Here, too, I find the bourbon influence clear. Astringent and bitter at the beginning, then briefly marzipan, before light esters and then finally sweet and sour passion fruit and lemon come through. A slight tobacco note at the end. Nice flavor curve, a little too much bourbon. But otherwise good. 8.2"

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    8.3 / 10
    Review by: Frank

    "Nice mhoba with a great sesame note ... for me, it's a bit different from the mhobas I've tried so far. Possibly not the best if you only want one (as it's a bit different) but a must for mhoba lovers. Addendum: The sesame note reminds me of the O'Reizhino 3yo"

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    8.4 / 10
    Review by: Serge
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    Details about this rum

    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX19019
    ABV
    63,5%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    2019
    Bottled
    2024
    Cask number
    #WR 10
    Made from
    Sugar cane juice
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    No. of bottles
    252
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    MHOBA 2019 &nbsp; 63,5% WR 10 (Kirsch Whisky)

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    Ø Market value
    144€

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    About the MHOBA distillery

    The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 1,896 times with an average of 8.2/10.


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