Velier Mount Gay Warren Khong Mount Gilboa 2008
Highly praised for its intense, woody-fruity profile and brandy-like twist. Demands rest and often a splash of water, then rewards with strong flavors and impressive depth for Mount Gay.
Seasoned drinkers who enjoy high-strength, wood-driven rums with herbal, orange peel and tropical fruit notes, and who don’t mind taking time to let a pour open up.
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Wild, woody, brandy-leaning Mount Gay
If you like intense cask-strength rums like Velier Mount Gay or heavier Demeraras, this is a fun curveball: wild, woody and herbal, but rewarding once rested or slightly diluted.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to aggressive alcohol or tannic wood, and drinkers expecting soft, sweet, classic Bajan smoothness at 40–46%.
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About the Mount Gay distillery
The Mount Gay distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Mount Gay have been reviewed 2,781 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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Bietet mehr Komplexität als die meisten anderen mir bekannten Mount Gay Releases und zählt damit zu den besseren Vertretern der Destille. Mir trotz der unbestreitbaren Qualität sowie der vielschichtigen Aromen von Gewürzen, Früchten, Holz und pflanzlichen Noten noch etwas zu ruppig und unbalanciert im Geschmacksbild.
Auto-translatedExciting, but not quite my cup of tea. A little too wild and herbal. Quite alcoholic on the nose. An exciting mixture of woody spiciness and fruity papaya and orange peel on the palate.
Auto-translatedPowerful with intense impact from the cask. Very nice to see this bottling out of MG.
Another attempt to like a Mount Gay =D The nose is a bit pungent, otherwise brings aromas of orange peel, herbs and a strong brandy barrel influence. The barrel influence is even more pronounced on the palate. Here the rum almost tastes like a blend of brandy/rum with a strong herbal influence. The finish is long and dry and again brandy... I like good brandy and here the barrel influence fits quite well and is simply delicious. I can't really place the Mount Gay distillate here. Second tasting: +6 points (brandy can also be quite good)
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