Mount Gay XO - Triple Cask Blend

"Whisky & Rom Festival 2023 28.10.2023 Another retaste and it still performs pretty well. Price to quality is pretty good. ------------------------- This is a very nice and easy sipping rum from Mount Gay. A typical Bajan rum in nose and palate. The nose is elegant with spice, a bit of orange and charred barrel. The palate starts off with a bit of sweetness, spicy and a bit dry. There is some leather and earthyness to it as well. The finish is medium long, dry and with charred oak and ginger. Again a tiny bit of earthyness on the way out."

"A top Barbados rum and a classic among the unsweetened rums. Great aromas that are familiar from Barbados and which are enhanced by the different barrels. Rather on the dry side, but with a pleasant sweetness at first."

"The most interesting for me of the 3 standard bottlings. Very complex and multilayered"

"The taste has notes of salted caramel, baked figs, cloves and dark chocolate. The aftertaste is round and soft."

"First tasting at the RhumFest 2022, much better than the Black Barrel tasted just before. Edit: The barrel is very present and gives punch to this very syrupy and vanilla rum. It's got some punch despite the reduction. Not the style of rum I enjoy most but the tasting was not unpleasant and I enjoy coming back to it as my daily rum."

"Burns despite 43%. Nice vanilla"

"8:The nose of this Barbados rum is all balance and sweetness. Coconut enters first, followed by the tobacco of a mild cigar. There's thickness. One thinks of a butterscotch or a vanilla crème brûlée. The coconut is always at the fore front, mixed with vanilla and caramel, slightly warmed and lightly toasted. The fruit is also worked on: the banana is cooked and the mango stewed.There's more power on aering , it is less buttery, but not boring. Now it's the more vegetal(celery), woody side of coconut that comes through, mixed with almond. In this more refreshing dynamic, we return to fresh fruit with more acidity. 8:The palate is not overly sweet, and this is a rum with character. A hint of mango pulp initiates a smooth mid-palate, with full-bodied tobacco and butterscotch. The rum is full-bodied and never alcoholic, Nose=palate, with added peaches, orange peel and prunes. 7,5:The finish melts like butter. A caramelized woodiness remain, with dried fruits, a sign of fine maturity, it comes a bit dry.."

"Very tasty spicy rum with a pleasant sweetness in the finish. Too bad that was colored with sugar caramel. Would be really interesting to see the natural color.Edit: Due to some tasted rums in the meantime I have lowered the rating somewhat, for a suitable standard"

"I just realized that I recently handed in an emergency bottle and I haven't rated it yet. In short, it's a solid entry-level rum that doesn't really appeal to me straight, but which I always like to use as a CubaLibre mixer."

"Super "daily" sipper! Update: Of the affordable and always available, still my favorite Barbados rum."

"A Mount Gay that has benefited from a triple aging in different barrels. The nose releases the typical Barbados aromas, with caramel, sweet spices, a little coconut, chocolate and a woodiness quite present on the olfactory level. The palate reminds of pepper, dark chocolate, oak and a touch of cognac from one of the three finishes. The finish is quite closed, smoky and warm with notes of tobacco, oak and dark chocolate. A rather one-dimensional rum, which we could expect more in terms of complexity with the atypical aging."

"One of my absolute favorites. Insanely vanilla-like fragrance, balanced almond-marzipan aromas, floral. Overall light to medium-bodied, wonderfully deep and sufficiently complex. Absolutely worth the price."

"Un nez de vanille et de bois, puis de noix de coco et d’autres fruits tropicaux. L’alcool pique un peu malgré les 43%. La bouche est chaleureuse avec des fruits de la vanille et un côté crémeux. La finale est courte et surtout sur le caramel. Un rhum de plaisir, bien fait et agréable. Mais pour une dégustation, il lui manque de l’équilibre et des arômes profonds et complexes. Mais pour le prix on ne peut pas demander ça. Verre vide, comme un nez de curry vert."

"Good honest entry rum, if it should be without sugar and without finish. That fits."

"The in-thing of the daily sipper. Delicious, round! Lovely caramel and toffee notes, light wood. Gentle finish. If you don't like it, you don't like rum in general, I'd say. Good value for money"