MHOBA Select Reserve French Cask Rum
Aromas bring lively esters, woody notes, and vibrant tropical fruit. On the palate, dark chocolate, caramel, leather, and spice impress, with most RumX tasters noting bold complexity and strong value for the adventurous.
Estery punch, dark chocolate, spice — energetic and complex.
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How does this rum taste?
- Intense esters and fruit complexity
- Well-integrated alcohol for 65%
- Impressive richness at young age
Bursting with esters and layered dark chocolate, MHOBA's Select Reserve French Cask Rum offers a bold mix of wood, spice, and fresh sugarcane. Reviewers highlight its intensity, surprising complexity for just a year’s age, and a fusion of Jamaican-style funk with agricole fruitiness. While some find the 65% ABV powerful, most agree it’s impressively integrated. Worth trying for fans of ester-driven, adventurous rums.
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About the MHOBA distillery
The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 1,904 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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"This one is awesome! Cool mix of all the lovely mhoba notes, fresh notes, hay, some esters. The alcohol is intergrated well and has a great impact on it. The finish is quite long and quite woody-astringend. Very harmonious for this young age."
"Mega rocket stuff. Top price-performance ratio and also great in a mai tai or rum sour with red wine float! Absolutely terrific how smooth, complex and delicious it is at only 2y and 65%. For me, one of the best mhoba rums on the market for years."
"I have blind tasted actually held for much older. Found him rather dirty and clearly older and have him somewhere sorted in the direction of Caroni. From nut nougat cream I noticed today nix, that comes only now slowly😅Evaluation has only confirmed. Great what great rums are still being re-bottled today 🙂 One year aging. 65%. Gross. Nut nougat cream (no advertising) aromas, banana, pineapple. Ester slightly less than on the nose. A dry and exceedingly complex finish.I repeat One year aging. For this just VERY GOOD"
"Wow, a really great Mhoba here. The nose is definitely very woody, and traces of ester can also be detected. The palate is also quite woody, with light notes of caramel, agricole and leather. Alcohol perfectly integrated. Super."