MHOBA Select Reserve French Cask Rum 2019
Loved by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷, Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰 & 41 more
For experienced palates who enjoy bold agricole-style rums, this cask‑strength Mhoba brings intense tropical fruit, pastry‑like caramel and vanilla, and funky esters over young but already expressive wood. Often praised neat or with a splash of water, it delivers surprising complexity and great value for just 2 years of aging, while staying completely unsweetened and very characterful in true Mhoba fashion.
- Intense tropical fruit
- Well‑integrated high ABV
- Great value
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How does MHOBA Select Reserve French Cask Rum 2019 taste?
Aggregated from 58 community reviews.
Bold, fruity, funky Mhoba powerhouse For experienced palates who enjoy bold agricole-style rums, this cask‑strength Mhoba brings intense tropical fruit, pastry‑like caramel and vanilla, and funky esters over young but already expressive wood. Often praised neat or with a splash of water, it delivers surprising complexity and great value for just 2 years of aging, while staying completely unsweetened and very characterful in true Mhoba fashion.
Fans of high‑ester, funky cane‑juice rums who enjoy cask‑strength intensity, tropical fruit, and pastry‑like caramel sweetness without added sugar.
Those sensitive to high ABV or who prefer soft, easy‑drinking, low‑funk rums with strong oak smoothness and minimal esters.
How is MHOBA Select Reserve French Cask Rum 2019 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.3 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
Very pleasantly surprised by this Mhoba profile. Very good
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4621 23.02.2024 Relaxing at home warming up for the tasting at Whisky Watcher in Odense tomorrow. Nose Medium intense, light wood, faint smoke, fruity, ester, light solvents, vegetal. Palste Medium intense, light roasted wood, fruity, ester, solvents, spicy, faint rubber. Finish Very long and warm, wood, light roasted, ester, light rubber, faint coconut. The empty glass has some nutts, light caramel and faint chocolate. Price to quality is very good in my mind.
Review by Christoph
For the short aging great complexity and great fruitiness.
Review by Santo
Un nez funky avec pas mal d'ester, en bouche on retrouve le profil classique de Mhoba un peu plus de fruité que d'autres que j'ai eu l'occasion de goûter.
Review by Harald
Color: Old goldOdor:Very fruity of tropical fruits (melon, papaya) with vanilla.Taste:Sweet and fruity in the mouth, then alcoholic.When swallowed spicy alcoholic and fruity.Aromas of tropical fruits (papaya) and caramel.Finish:LongFruity with esters, woody in the finish.87 points.
Review by Martin Ekrt
Po hodně dlouhé době se vracím k přechutnání kousku, od kterého jsem měl celou láhev. Jestli si dobře vzpomínám, tak jsem měl batch 1, 2 i 3 a všechny byly dost odlišné. Co Mhoba to zábavná africká haluz. Rum, co je třeba vyzkoušet. Možná až na Bushfire, který jsem moc nedával 😀 Edit: přechutnávam a je to pořád stejně divný i dobrý zároveň
Review by Jean Louisss
Very good rum from mhoba, well executed and well finished. The empyreumatic frame is well present in the nose and in the mouth, but contrary to the high ester, several other notes come to be grafted to give a very successful rum.
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Blind Tasting,
Review by TheRhumhoe
Knowing the spirit of the distillery, this Mhoba is different in many ways from the standards on offer. Very pastry-like (brioche, cookie, butterscotch), the nose also evokes sugarcane, esters and rubber on a background of sweet spices and exotic fruits. A particularly sweet, gourmand profile on the nose. The profile is just as intriguing on the palate. Esters, rubber and burnt notes mingle with exotic fruits and warm spices, sugar cane and caramel for a most surprising blend. A powerful yet flavorful Mhoba, where the alcohol is very well integrated. The long, warm finish is at once ester-like, caramelized with crème brûlée and fruity with coconut, banana and mango. Woody, candied sugarcane and spicy notes are also present. A very drinkable Mhoba, less heavy than its congeners, but just as interesting for the distillery's future.
Review by lars
Kam mir auch irgendwie bekannt vor
Review by Lot-NAS
Quite a decent dram and a good swimmer.
Review by Stylo
C: honey, bright yellow N: acetone, wood, spices (green pepper). Tropical fruit (papaya, green apples?) well hidden beneath the acetone/ nail polish. Some bitter chocolate later on. P: mildly sweet on the first sip, with ripe fruits upfront (papaya and apples, kiwi), little astringent. F: metallic, wood, slightly peppery. Guess: ABV-wise, i’d say in the 53% range. I am wildly guessing: maybe Fiji or some sort of Clarendon? Like 10y of aging. Reveal: very woody for being just 2yo! Not my favorite
Review by Tim
Schade, dass die Standardreihe "French Cask" nur ca. 2 Jahre im Fass verbringt. Längere Lagerungen kommen nur als besondere Veröffentlichung heraus, haben mir aber bisher noch besser gefallen. Dieelser Rum ist ein verückter Mix aus Jamaika mit etwas Agricole, gelagert im südafrikanischen Rotweinfass. Im Mund intensiv und heftig, auch wegen 65°.
Review by Galli33
#3 RumXHighE(a)ster weeks: Blind tasting: Fiji 🤔 5-10 years of aging approx. 55% low ester Unvaried/boring… Not a big fan of this one. As a simple sample it‘s a bit unvaried/boring. The finish is quite short and the alcohol is vanished without a trace. For me the 151 Strand is still the mhoba benchmark
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
"Very tasty, great nose, very nice on the palate. The balance is perfect"
Community purchases
57 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 12 members.
About the MHOBA distillery
The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 2,274 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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