Habitation Velier Mount Gay Last Ward 2009 9yr 59%

RX582 Very good Pot Still Rum 4,488 bottles <250€

“Complex aromas, vanilla and wood; spicy finish.”

The Last Ward Rum, crafted at Barbados' renowned Mount Gay distillery and bottled by Habitation Velier, offers a robust profile. Distilled in 2009 using molasses and a pot still, then aged for nine years, this limited-edition rum has only 4488 bottles available. With a notable 59% ABV, it boasts complex aromas of vanilla, wood, and herbs. Tasting notes reveal prominent vanilla, oak, caramel, and spices. User reviews highlight its captivating nose but point to an imperfect alcohol integration, suggesting it benefits from a drop of water.

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Highlights

Complex flavor profile
Enticing nose
Classic Mount Gay character

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How does this rum taste?

The Last Ward Rum delivers complex vanilla and woody flavors with prominent spice. An enticing nose makes it a notable Mount Gay offering despite some alcohol integration issues.

Most frequently mentioned flavors

Aroma

Vanilla Woody Herbal Glue Spicy Tropical fruit

Taste

Vanilla Woody Oak Caramel Spicy Leather

Finish

Woody Spicy Herbal Bitter Tannins Vanilla

Community reviews

8.3/1087 ratings

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Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

2 December 2022

8.6/10

“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.”

Aroma

Pineapple Banana Vanilla Cinnamon Oak

Taste

Oak Plum Roasted Leather Vanilla

Photo of the rum Last Ward taken from user Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷

17 April 2023

8.4/10

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

Aroma

Woody Tropical fruit Caramel Fruity Fresh

Taste

Oak Metallic Fresh Fruits Tropical fruit

Photo of the rum Last Ward taken from user Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷

Rene Pfeiffer

22 February 2024

8.5/10

“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.”

Aroma

Spicy Vanilla Woody Plum Glue

Taste

Spicy Oak Dry Toasted Banana

Photo of the rum Last Ward taken from user Rene Pfeiffer

Basti

30 July 2024

8.1/10

“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.”

Aroma

Alcoholic Mild Smoky Leather Fruity

Taste

Harsh Bitter Bite Petrol Woody

Photo of the rum Last Ward taken from user Basti

DomM

22 December 2021

8.3/10

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

Aroma

Glue Vanilla Mango Fudge Woody

Taste

Oak Caramel Vegetal Dry Pineapple

TheRhumhoe

19 August 2022

8.4/10

“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.”

Aroma

Glue Woody Spice Vanilla Caramel

Taste

Vanilla Woody Caramel Dry Intense

Lukas Jäger

29 August 2023

8.5/10

“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.”

Aroma

Vanilla Woody Herbal Spicy Glue

Taste

Oak Vanilla Woody Leather Caramel

Rodolphe

2 February 2023

7.8/10

“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.”

Aroma

Vanilla Woody Herbal Glue Coconut

Taste

Oak Vanilla Woody Vegetal

cigares

30 January 2023

8.4/10

“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.”

Aroma

Herbal Woody Tropical fruit Varnish

Taste

Woody Pineapple

Photo of the rum Last Ward taken from user cigares

Mathieu C.

14 April 2022

7.5/10

“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”

Aroma

Woody Fruity Tropical fruit Candied fruits Marzipan

Taste

Intense Warm Round Woody Pastries

Righrum

7 July 2024

8.5/10

“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”

Aroma

Vanilla Varnish Marzipan Caramel

Taste

Caramel Intense Astringent Vanilla

Santo

28 April 2023

8.2/10

“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”

Michael Schillheim

9 August 2022

8.2/10

“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.”

Aroma

Glue Woody Spicy Fruity Marzipan

Taste

Woody Spicy Vanilla Vegetal Dry

Thunderbird

30 April 2021

8.5/10

“The nose rises caramel with light spicy notes! In the background ripe orange! Overall, very gentle and noble. Alcohol is barely noticeableOn the palate initially caramel, young wood with pepper, slightly toasted out the back! The alcohol is perfectly integrated. In the finish, the spicy slightly woody notes predominate! This is but relatively short!A pleasant tasty Barbados”

Aroma

Spicy Caramel Orange

Taste

Caramel Toasted Green pepper Vanilla Young wood

Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪

3 August 2024

8.6/10

“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.”

Aroma

Tropical fruit

Taste

Tropical fruit

Photo of the rum Last Ward taken from user Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪

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What are the key facts about this rum?

Country
Barbados

Distillery
Mount Gay

Bottler
Habitation Velier

RumX ID
RX582

ABV
59%

Category
Pot Still Rum

Vintage
2009

Made from
Molasses

Distillation
Pot Still

Age
9 years

No. of bottles
4488

Bottle volume
70cl

Price range
<250€

Type of spirit
Rum

What is the price trend for this rum?

120 €

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