Mount Gay XO Extra Old

En nariz se nota la madera en boca no quema y se nota más los taninos del tiempo en barrica y no empalaga de azúcares pero está ese tono dulce del ron que ha pasado reposando en la barrica al darle un 7 es poco y debía estar bastante más cerca del 8 es un ron de los que me atraen pero el balance de precio, casi 40€, me hace preferir otros .....no es mal ron pero me parece caro, como siempre nunca lo mezclaría.

Аромат
Яркий, приятный, сахар демерара, растворитель, шоколад, лимонная цедра и лимонный сок, ванильный сахар, корица, немного эстеров и анис, никаких офф-нот.
Вкус
Горько-сладкий, но больше сладкий, жженый сахар Демерара, корица и жгучие пряности, бадьян, мебельный лак, растворитель, ваниль, кокос.
Сладость 6,5 из 10
Послевкусие
Горькое, ромовые эстеры, корица, пряности, ваниль, дубовые танины, бадьян.

Итого
Отменный базовый ром, который придётся по вкусу всем! Не сложный и понятный, абсолютно отсутствуют неприятные ноты, хорошо сбалансирован!
N:22 T:21 F:21 B:21
Оценка: 85

A really pleasant vanilla taste, good body, mellow aftertaste!

Dalsi suchy rum, bol by celkom fajn, nebyt tej cenovky.

Good rum to elevate your cocktails, high alcoholic after taste, good balance and representation of an aged rum.

Mount Gay XO Extra Old - mám doma už celkem dlouho. Zatím mi moc nesedí

Vor längerer Zeit bei meinem Vater getrunken, der hatte die Flasche aus dem Urlaub vor Ort mitgebracht, leider damals nur mit Cola getrunken, war aber lecker.

Note: I'm a sipper. My opinion is based on sipping characteristics.

This was the first rum I bought when I came out as rum aficionado and bloodthirsty pirate. And thank God I got it, instead of the Pyrat, as that really made a difference to my experience thereafter. At the time, I somehow managed to obtain it for the equivalent of 19€, which was probably a result of some miscalculation or something. Or it might have been an old stock or whatever but an year later when I decided to get another bottle, it was already going for 40+€ which with all the superlatives I can say, to me personally is not justified. Hence I'm gonna rate it at 7, instead of 8, which it otherwise deserves.

DO no like XO label on rum, but this one is worth the name. Nice woody, molasse taste, not too sweet and complex aftertaste. Good for sipping, almost shame to use in drinks.

This is a great introduction to proper unadulterated rum for the masses. Skip all the sugar laden supersweet tosh and reach for this instead. Top of its weight class in the experience for value but would struggle in taste profile against the Foursquare ECS, Velier Hampdens or WPs. Hence the rating of 8. Nothing too complex (smooth as a taste profile is not something i rate highly) but interesting enough to justify its position as one of the better rums for the daily dram.