A mellow, balanced m om Barbados, Mount Gay Extra Old has been matured for at least eight years, creatg subtle, uy flavours. Not of ripe bananas, hly-baked pastry, toast and warm sp...
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REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)
Mount Gay's Black Barrel and XO Rum exprsns have both been around for some time -- Black Barrel is the newbie, released origally 2013; XO was % * mount gay xo rum *
Mount Gay Rum | XO. Mount Gay’s Black Barrel and XO Rum exprsns have both been around for some time — Black Barrel is the newbie, released origally 2013; XO was rebrand om s origal “Extra Old” some time around then too — but 2020 the Barbados-based distillery revamped both of the venerable bottlgs.
(The were unveiled at an event lled the Mount Gay Brand Ret — signed to “embrace transparency wh an -pth look to the brand and s premium liquids.
MOUNT GAY XO
Mount Gay XO, Barbados Mount Gay XO, sippg ms, master blenr Allen Smh, Remy Cotre, Master Blenr Tdiann Branker, pper pot and lumn still ms, aged between 5 and 17 years ex-bourbon, Amerin whiskey, and gnac sks, * mount gay xo rum *
Mount Gay Black Barrel is an all-new blend which “featur an olr selectn of ms, movg to a blend of three to seven-year-old ms as opposed to the prev two to seven years, wh a higher ntent of double distilled pot still ms. Mount Gay XO has been “enriched wh a broar palette of ms selected, dividually aged three different sks – Amerin Whiskey, Bourbon and Cognac – for five to 17 years, rather than the prev eight to 15 years. Let’s taste (cludg a parison agast a 2008 vtage bottle of Mount Gay Extra Old).
Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum (2020) – I’ve no olr bottlg of this for parison, alas, but based on memory and my old tastg not, the soul of Black Barrel hasn’t changed. Mount Gay XO Rum (2020) – While there’s olr stock the blend now, I thk the key thg to note is that the old Extra Old started at 8 years old, while the new XO starts at a mere 5. Contrasted wh the rich not of ffee, cholate, and tobac found my 2008 vtage bottlg of Mount Gay Extra Old, and there’s really no parison.
MOUNT GAY XO RERVE CASK RUM
Mount Gay XO Rum (2020). 57 per lre) Mount Gay XO Triple Cask Blend 70cl / 43% £59. Mount Gay XO.
When I began explorg ms, Barbados Mount Gay XO was one of the first “sippg” ms I explored and studied. One of the first ms I was aware she had changed was Mount Gay XO, and I was cur to see how well held up to the origal blend that was such an sential part of my m foundatn. 1703 Mount Gay Distilleri” embossed along the ont bottom of the bottle.
When I thk of the origal Mount Gay XO and the new versn, there are ed some big differenc the profil. Sce releasg this product, Mount Gay has released an updated versn of Black Barrel, as well as several other highly limed and unique bottlgs that have garnered the pany que a b of attentn. Consirg the other releas, Mount Gay XO is a proper rnerstone of the le, reflectg Tdiann Branker’s visn for the future of the brand and worthy of the attentn has earned.