Habitation Velier Mount Gay Last Ward 2009

Retasting this one on a regular basis and today I enjoy it again. A lovely rum from nose to finish. Got this one today and it is a wonderful rum well worth the price tag. Slightly dry in the finish but great overall from nose to finish.

The nose is fruity and complex, but in the mouth I find it backward with an alcohol not very well integrated

Lots of wood, very spicy to peppery. Pleasant, not too sweet vanilla. Some banana, but not overripe and a few herbs. The alcohol remains a bit edgy, but not unpleasant. Liked.

This has long been my favorite from Mount Gay. Compared to other representatives of the distillery, I like the slightly more pronounced caramel sweetness here, which makes for an overall more harmonious basic aroma. Accessible rum at a high quality level.

Nase wird nach ca. 1 Std runder. Der Alkohol und die fruchtigen Noten sind weniger präsent und eine leicht rauchige/ledrige Note tritt hervor. Geschmack dann völlig untypisch für alles was ich von Mount Gay kenne, mit einer beißenden Note, die mir nicht zusagt. Qualitativ sicherlich ein top Rum, jedoch nicht mein Geschmack. Mir gefallen andere Mount Gays aus durchsichtigen Flaschen deutlich besser. Edit 2. Verkostung: Besser, aber immer noch nicht mein Profil. Die Nase ist tatsächlich noch ganz ansprechend, aber am Gaumen kann er mich einfach nicht überzeugen.

Intense and more on the spicy side than expected. Alcohol is not integrated perfectly, however. A few drops of water help to mitigate.

A powerful rum that develops beautiful notes of glue at first, then continues on spicy (chili) and woody notes before plunging to soft notes of marzipan and toffee and finishing towards a more fruity register. Still intense in the mouth, the rum keeps a slightly fruity profile, but mostly dominated by spicy and woody notes, with a hint of vegetal, toasted and leather aromas. The finish, quite long, reveals tannins and some bitterness brought by licorice, but retains the same spicy, woody and leather profile with a touch of herbs and caramel. An intense and dry rum that represents its distillery as it should.

Exciting rum with a great nose, but poorly integrated alcohol! The nose makes me extremely keen on the rum and comes across as very complex. In addition to glue, I primarily have pineapple and marzipan, which are only slightly muted by the very present and slightly pungent alcohol. The palate is much woodier, more astringent and with a slight cherry note. Here too, however, the very present alcohol inhibits the enjoyment somewhat. All in all, an exciting rum, with the nose slightly ahead of the palate and with a slightly better integrated alcohol, in my opinion definitely a candidate for more than 8.5 points. For me, it just scrapes this mark.

Compared with the 2007, it's the same but without the citrus and menthol on the nose, although the bitterness of the wood is very much present. It's much more classic Barbados. I'm a little disappointed by the palate, which I find a little thin, very crushed by the bitterness of the wood. A clear win for the 2007.

Day 22 of the Samples de Luxe calendar. Tobacco and herbal aromas, tropical fruits and varnished wood. Lots of aromas here. The palate is a little duller, although the alcohol is well integrated and everything is balanced. The finish is medium-bodied and the varnished wood aromas come back strongly. A fine rum straddling the line between funky Jamaican and dark, deep Demerara.

Nez : boisé fin en fond, fruits tropicaux, et dominance d'arômes sucrés et pâtissiers (pâte d'amande, crème brûlée, caramel, vanille, pâtisserie) puis fruits à coque Nez extrêmement gourmand ! Bouche : très intense, chaude, ronde, gourmand, boisé, pâtissier Bonne longueur

A good Mount Gay, not the better one but a good expression indeed. The usual profile is always there, the nose driven by almonds, marzipan and solvent, and is consistent also when drinking. A good one

Un peu trop herbacée réglissé et mentholé pour moi et je trouve l'alcool pas bien intégré . Mais dans l'ensemble c'est un bon rum

Hier ein sehr schöner Mount Gay Habitation Velier. In der Nase bereits sehr fruchtig, Birne, Aprikose, Apfel, orange und diese kommen auch im Geschmack zur Geltung. Alkohol ist hier sehr gut eingebunden.

Anfänglich chemische Komponenten, wie Lösungsmittel und Klebstoff in der Nase. Gefolgt von tropischen Früchten, Holz, Gewürzen und Kräutern. Am Gaumen gibt sich der Last Ward trocken, intensiv und komplex. Pflanzliche und holzigen Aromen, Vanille, Kräuter, Gewürze. Leider auch etwas bitter. Der Nachklang gibt sich weiterhin würzig mit einer Kräuternote. Aber die Bitterkeit, die sich am Gaumen ankündigte, setzt sich im Nachklang fort und endet leider metallisch, was dem 2009er Last Ward leider ein paar Punkte kostet.