MHOBA Select Reserve French Cask Rum (LMDW)
For experienced palates: a 65% cask strength Mhoba from fresh cane juice, aged 2 years in ex-French red wine casks. Expect intense sugarcane, citrus, raisin, light wood and tobacco. Loved by explorers of bold, funky profiles.
- Complex cane character
- Red wine cask twist
- Great value intensity
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Bold, wine-cask Mhoba cane bomb For experienced palates: a 65% cask strength Mhoba from fresh cane juice, aged 2 years in ex-French red wine casks. Expect intense sugarcane, citrus, raisin, light wood and tobacco. Loved by explorers of bold, funky profiles.
Fans of high-proof pure cane juice rums who enjoy ester-driven, slightly funky profiles and want to explore Mhoba’s drier, “tamer” side with a French red wine cask influence.
Those sensitive to high ABV, newcomers to rum, or drinkers who dislike solventy/medicinal notes and youthful intensity in the glass.
How is MHOBA Select Reserve French Cask Rum (LMDW) rated?
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5287 30.04.2025 Testing some brand new samples that just arrived today. Listening to Goa Trance 2025 on Spotify only makes things better. Nose Fresh, medium intense, light floral, citrus, light caramel, light pineapple, faint cinnamon. Palate Medium intense, light wood, warm, raisin, citrus, light cinnamon, sugarcane, faint earthy, faint chocolate. Finish Long, light wood, light sugarcane, light tobacco, faint chocolate, light citrus. Empty glass Sugarcane, light chocolate, light tobacco, vanilla, light orange.
Review by kondgab
Alcohol could be better intagrated. Medicine, raisin and dried fruits.
Review by Nika
100% my type in scent. Little bit harsh for me in taste. But very nice in general.
Review by Giuseppe Ambrosio
Very strong nose at first, needs time to open up. Excellent dram, both nose and palate with well-integrated alcohol, indeed the 65% abv seems less
Review by Schnubbii
On the nose, the Mhoba French Cask is relatively similar to the Mhoba 101 Strand for me, the same garlic / truffle oil aroma. The alcohol comes through here with the Mhoba French Cask but a little stronger. On the palate, the alcohol pushes for my taste then already quite and could be better integrated. With some time in the air and some water, however, this becomes more bearable and the French Cask opens up more. Taste-wise, I find the Franchise Cask in direct comparison a tad more refined than the Mhoba 101 Strand. Both, however, have quite similar. The finish is medium long.
Review by Roman Lelek
When I smelled it, my first thought was that it was some agricole from Martinique...something like Depaz...I smell wood and fruit...like raisins and also something like jam or plum jam... I smell wood and raisins on the palate..and also a bit of alcohol, 60% is admittedly a short warm finish...I have tasted several Mhobas and none have been disappointing..
Review by martin slezák
Calendar of Pavel Špaček vol. 2 Sample No. 1 rx12882 Colour amber Aroma extremely intense, glue, thinner, meat, cane, fruit brandy, medicine. Flavour Brandy, glue, diluent, cane, almonds, roast, alcohol Finish glue, smokiness, alcohol is felt
Review by Anonymous
very good!!
Review by Dávid Kempl
Good easters Great body Well integrated alcohol Medicincal eastery sweetness
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27 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.
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About the MHOBA distillery
The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 2,265 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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