Mount Homosexual’s fourth Single Property Sequence rum is right here (Single Property Sequence #3 was a white rum which we didn’t style and which isn’t obtainable within the U.S.), the Barbados-based producer’s exploration of terroir within the rum world. This fourth launch was created utilizing 100% sugar cane grown on the Mount Homosexual Property in 2019. The molasses produced from that may had a very excessive sugar content material of 72%.
Two completely different distillations have been used to create this launch — each from the 2019 harvest and each accomplished in Mount Homosexual’s pot stills. (The bottle code of Vt19dp refers back to the harvest yr, the “dp” referencing the double pot nonetheless.) The ensuing mix was drawn from the 2 rums being mingled, each 100% aged in ex-bourbon casks for 5 years. No chill filtration or components except for proofing all the way down to 55% abv.
The rum was tasted with Trudiann Branker by way of Zoom, with three pairings: pear preserves, duck prosciutto, and salted caramel.
Mount Homosexual Single Property Sequence 25_04 Evaluation
Extremely-tropical on the nostril, heavy with esters. Grilled pineapple and caramel notes provide a direct sweetness, however the rum is underpinned by ample grassiness and a few oak-driven woodiness — together with a pinch of barrel char. Baked apple notes and a Christmas spice high quality create a pie-like high quality to the rum with a while in glass — closely amplified by nosing this rum alongside a little bit of pear preserves (my favourite of the three pairings).
The palate explodes with taste. Vanilla and caramel are instantaneous, with notes of brown banana and a few smoky cocoa nib parts rapidly rising. Gently peppery and warming on the palate, a drop of water helps to coax out some extra earthy flavors (amplified by the duck prosciutto chunk), with a clearer pepper high quality. The end options gentle notes of orange peel and a delicate spray of saline (excellent for choosing out with salted caramel), each of which offer a cleaning high quality.
That is as soon as once more an excellent rum and a worthy entrant within the sequence — arguably elevating the standard bar on this undertaking as soon as once more.
110 proof.
A / $350 (700ml)
Mount Homosexual Single Property Sequence 25_04
USD350
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