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.

8.5  / 10  (141 reviews)

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.

    Aroma

    Ester Woody Sugarcane Tropical fruit

    Taste

    Woody Caramel Spicy Leather

    How is this rum rated?

    8.5  / 10  (141 reviews)
    Top 11% South Africa
    Top 12% MHOBA

    "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."

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    8.6 / 10
    Review by: Galli33

    "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."

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    8.6 / 10
    Review by: crazyforgoodbooze

    "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"

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    8.7 / 10
    Review by: Christian Rudt

    "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."

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    8.8 / 10
    Review by: Timo Groeger
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    Details about this rum

    Distillery
    RumX ID
    RX460
    ABV
    65%
    Category
    Pot Still Rum
    Vintage
    2019
    Cask number
    #2019FC1
    Made from
    Sugar cane juice
    Distillation
    Pot Still
    Age
    1 years
    No. of bottles
    330
    Bottle volume
    70cl
    Price range
    <250€
    Type of spirit
    Rum
    MHOBA 2019 &nbsp; 1yr &nbsp; 65% Select Reserve French Cask Rum

    How is the price of this rum developing?

    The RumX community has already added 112 bottles to their collections:

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    63
    opened
    34
    emptied
    15
    Open rate
    44%
    Ø Market value
    132€

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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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