Aroma visualization from community tastings
Taste
Vanilla, Nutty, Woody
Most mentioned across 26 tasting notes
- Perfect for
- Fans of dry, oaky Barbados rum who don't want sweetness
- Less suitable for
- Anyone wanting a big, bold, high-proof pour
Mount Gay Master Select 1703 2017
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Don't expect a sweet Barbados bomb — this one reads dry and leans hard on oak. Vanilla, caramel and dried fruit on the nose, then wood spice, a nutty edge and "really not very sweet" on the palate. Several tasters love the balance; a few find it heavy on the oak and a touch watery at 43%, wishing it landed nearer 50%.
The community says- Balanced and dry
- Vanilla and dried fruit
- Less suitable for: Anyone wanting a big, bold, high-proof pour
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How does Mount Gay Master Select 1703 2017 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Dry, oak-driven Barbados sipper A dry, oak-forward Barbados blend most find well-balanced and easy to sip. The recurring gripe: it feels a little thin and could use more punch than 43% gives it.
Is it right for you?
Yes, if you're after mature, oaky rums for sipping neat.
Fans of dry, oaky Barbados rum who don't want sweetness
Anyone wanting a big, bold, high-proof pour
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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83 community reviews
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Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful positive review
I rated the precursor, the “Old Cask 1703”, quite low, probably because it was my first contact with English styled rum. Now I appreciate this rum a lot and I will probably upgrade my rating of the “Old Cask 1703” if I make a retest.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful critical review
mega pity... the nose is extremely promising.... mango, wood, vanilla, some rose
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Lightly dry and well balanced rum with a nice fruity touch and some caramel.
Review by Joachim Guger
Vanilla, cookie dough, banana and soothing freshness from apple notes. A nice balanced nose, just not particularly exciting.Then in the mouth a nice tingly feeling, unfortunately a bit watered down. Now nice complex spicy notes and well-dosed woodiness. In the finish a bit short.A nobly packaged Easy Sipper, tastes good, craftsmanship impeccable. Defiantly an unexciting product and too expensive.
Review by Business Liner Ralf
Re-tasted today. great nose with light Esther and great and complex flavor. Almost excellent...
Review by Rumbaer
A nice and round Mount Gay. On the nose wood notes, strongly oak-heavy, vanilla, a bit of coconut. On the palate also many wood notes, a certain spiciness, vanilla lingers. I find it good, but I like the Triple Cask Blend a bit better.
Review by Steffmaus🇩🇰
A tasting at Nordic Rum and Whisky festival Copenhagen, 2022. Most of the samples were free of charge, but this one I wanted to buy a taste off. I found Notes of dried fruits, caramel and some spices. A dry aftertaste, but well-balanced
Review by Roman Lelek
My favourite Barbados, it smells of vanilla and fruit, 43% is just right, if it had more it would be even better...but as it is, it is beautifully rounded and smooth.
Review by Sebastiaan Linssen
Good rum. Surprised by the lack of smell though
Review by Ondřej Koller
Nice, dry, oak, vanilla, spices. Really not very sweet
Review by Nika
I am not a huge fun of these baking stuff
Review by ChrisPro
Solid, but very heavy on the oak. Also wish it was bottles closer to 50%
Review by Ruminator
The 1703 from Mount Gay is super smooth. Even compared to the Mount Gay XO. I first had to check if it even reaches 40%. It does, with 43%. Compared to the other Mount Gay rums, the finish here is noticeably smokier with a dark nut chocolate note. It has the usual vanilla, caramel, and coconut notes. Fruit notes are less present. Definitely a rum that whisky lovers could also enjoy well. Price-wise, it’s not really worth the difference compared to the Mount Gay XO – at least not in terms of taste.
Review by Richard Krupa
jemnejsi nez XO, ale CO mi sedi vic
Review by Kieron Wood
Oaky vanilla, chocolate spread on toast and plump dried fruit, with wood spice, roasted coffee bean and ripe tropical fruit
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Expert reviews
3 critics scored it, averaging 7.3/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by RumRock
Read full review ›If you want to evaluate rums like this, you probably have to detach yourself from brands like Hampden, Foursquare, Appleton, and many others. It's simply a different chapter, and that's how I tried to approach it. The XO version is a fairly drinkable rum that isn't as sweet as the other versions.
Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›This would have been great 10 years ago. Heck its still a very good rum but you can get better for a quarter of the price. I like Mount Gay rum a lot but they really need to move way beyond the Eclipse if they want the "aficionados" money. Safe...
Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
An almost perfect Barbados blend. A few percent more would have stood him certainly very well. But even so I find him, provided you give him some time in the glass, extremely tasty
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- 129 bottles on the shelf, owned by 109 members
- 91 tastings
- 62 wishlists
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97 of 129 bottles are still sealed.
- 97 sealed
- 24 open
- 8 emptied
What did the community pay for Mount Gay Master Select 1703 2017?
130 € median purchase price
The middle 80% of purchase prices were between 78 and 167 €.
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Details about Mount Gay Master Select 1703 2017
A Pot Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Mount Gay, at 43%.
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