Mount Gay Master Blender Collection - Port Cask Expression
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For curious explorers, this cask-strength Mount Gay blends classic Barbados depth with a bold Port cask finish. Expect dark chocolate, red berries, toffee and warm spices. Best as a slow, contemplative sipper, praised by RumX for its complexity and balance at 55%.
- Complex Port influence
- Dark chocolate & berries
- Long, dry finish
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How does Mount Gay Master Blender Collection - Port Cask Expression taste?
Aggregated from 82 community reviews.
Port-heavy, chocolaty Barbados powerhouse For curious explorers, this cask-strength Mount Gay blends classic Barbados depth with a bold Port cask finish. Expect dark chocolate, red berries, toffee and warm spices. Best as a slow, contemplative sipper, praised by RumX for its complexity and balance at 55%.
Bourbon and sherry cask whisky crossover drinkers who enjoy cask-strength, rich dried-fruit, chocolate and spice notes with a noticeable Port wine influence.
Those sensitive to higher ABV or who prefer light, clean Barbados profiles without dominant wine-cask notes or premium price tags.
How is Mount Gay Master Blender Collection - Port Cask Expression rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.4 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 90% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Portman
Excellent rum and overall one of my favorites from the Master Blender Collection bottlings so far. Fruity, full-bodied, sweetish, the port makes itself positively noticeable!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Mount Gay is one of my favourite distillers and I just need to have their special editions because I know they usually rock. Now I have all 3 of these master blender editions and they're all great in their own way. The nose is fruity and sweet with spices and a touch of marzipan and you can get the esters too. The palate is complex and well balanced with fruit, spices and chocolate. The Port finish also shines through. The finish is extremely long and dry, as usual with Mount Gay, fruity and the Port cask finish lingers there as well.
Review by X-Savior
On The Rocks: On the nose it has a sweet fruity smell of Port with a mild port sweetness. Taste has a strong spice with leather and an oaky delayed warmth… very smooth overall. Finish is long with a sweet fruit and spicey warmth evolving into a slightly bitter treacle. Very pleasant and enjoyable with lots of complexity and suggested only a sipper at this price point. Mixed Pepsi Zero: Leathery, Woody and Earthy Aroma. Little washed out but mild spice and very smooth overall. Due to the rarity it would not be a good mixer.
Review by DangerSnert
On the rocks Smell: strong spicy, pleasant and enjoyable. Taste: pepsi zero: leathery, woody, earthy, smooth, spicy still but washed out a bit. Price point not a mixer.
Review by Tim
Very relaxed and round rum on the nose. Lots of cream toffee, caramel, milk chocolate, vanilla, marzipan, roasted aromas, fruit (banana!) and wine influence (red fruits, berry). I really like it. In the mouth balanced spicy, bitter chocolate, berry/wine and sweet molasses. In the finish more port wine, red berries, roasted chocolate, fruity and vanilla, accompanied briefly by a peppery spiciness. Price definitely too high, but very high quality! Complex and my favorite from the Master Blender series. Supplement: Velier Absolutio is slightly ahead. It is more mature and even rounder than the MG.
Review by Timo Groeger
Wow, this Mount Gay is really great. Really nice nose consisting of vanilla, honey and chocolate. The palate is also vanilla and chocolate, very leathery and spicy, but really great. Thanks Tim for the sample.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Mega delicious, very harmonious and for me probably one of the best mount gays on the market! Alcohol perfectly integrated The taste of port wine meets dark chocolate, coconut and banana. Very, very cool! :)
Review by Palo - V Poháriku
Didn't like this one at first few tastes but I eventually find my way to enjoy it. At the time of bottlekill (few months after opening) I realised I really enjoyed this rum.
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
I've heard this is the "shit". Very curious about this one. Nose: very thick big dark flavours. Lots of wood. Hint of glue. Cherry. Ok ok. Taste: big flavours alright. Tanninic. Woody. Red fruits. Cherry. Very fruity. Bitter. Warm. Roasted coconut. Some bite too. Pretty outspoken for the almost always gentle Mount Gay. Cool juice.
Review by primus
This rum has a special place on my shelf. It has a really great profile, a varied nose with all kinds of chocolate, cask, caramel and red dried fruit - on the palate you notice the flattering influence of the port cask. Still one of my favorites.
Review by Djehey
Very successful profile. Fruity blend (red fruit and chocolate) with a very perceptible port character. My main complaint is that the finish seems too perceptible. We're looking for Barbados... What's more, it's still expensive. But all in all, a very pleasant profile.
Review by Philip M. 🇧🇪
07/09/23: El Toro Herentals
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116 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 Mount Gay distillery
The Mount Gay distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from Mount Gay have been reviewed 2,891 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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