Mount Gay Master Select 1703 2017
A solid stepping stone Barbados sipper: dry-leaning, vanilla, oak and dried fruits at an easy 43%. RumX members enjoy its smooth, balanced profile, though some find it too light for the price.
- Dry and balanced
- Smooth sipping
- Classic Mount Gay profile
Details about Mount Gay Master Select 1703 2017
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How does Mount Gay Master Select 1703 2017 taste?
Aggregated from 79 community reviews.
Dry, elegant Mount Gay sipper A solid stepping stone Barbados sipper: dry-leaning, vanilla, oak and dried fruits at an easy 43%. RumX members enjoy its smooth, balanced profile, though some find it too light for the price.
Fans of classic, dry Barbados rum who want a smooth, low-ABV sipper with vanilla, oak and dried fruit rather than sweetness or heavy funk.
Those chasing high-ester funk, cask-strength intensity, or big value-per-euro—this is subtle, lower proof and positioned as a premium bottle.
How is Mount Gay Master Select 1703 2017 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.7 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 79% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 3% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kieron Wood
Oaky vanilla, chocolate spread on toast and plump dried fruit, with wood spice, roasted coffee bean and ripe tropical fruit
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
mega pity... the nose is extremely promising.... mango, wood, vanilla, some rose
Review by Business Liner Ralf
Re-tasted today. great nose with light Esther and great and complex flavor. Almost excellent...
Review by Sebas143
Good rum. Surprised by the lack of smell though
Review by Stefan Persson
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 Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Lightly dry and well balanced rum with a nice fruity touch and some caramel.
Review by Ondřej Koller
Nice, dry, oak, vanilla, spices. Really not very sweet
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 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 ChrisPro
Solid, but very heavy on the oak. Also wish it was bottles closer to 50%
Review by Nika
I am not a huge fun of these baking stuff
Review by Richard Krupa
jemnejsi nez XO, ale CO mi sedi vic
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
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"
Community purchases
144 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 61 members.
About the Mount Gay distillery
The Mount Gay distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Mount Gay have been reviewed 2,885 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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