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Mount Gay Master Blender Collection - Port Cask Expression
Best sipped neat or over a single cube — this is a tasting-glass pour, not a mixer. The Port cask runs the show: red berries, plums and dried fruit over Mount Gay's toffee, milk chocolate and vanilla, with a warm cinnamon spice. Sweet up front, then dry, tannic and woody on a long finish. Several call it their favorite of the Master Blender series.
The community says- Port cask richness
- Chocolate and toffee
- But: Port can dominate
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How does Mount Gay Master Blender Collection - Port Cask Expression taste?
Aggregated from 85 community reviews.
Rich, Port-driven Barbados sipper Most love the Port-and-chocolate richness and call it a top Mount Gay. The recurring gripe: the Port cask can dominate the Barbados character, and a few find it too sweet.
Fans of Port-finished, fruit-and-chocolate rums
Anyone wanting a clean, cask-neutral Barbados profile
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.4 sits 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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What does the community say?
86% rate it 8 or higher. 16 selected write-ups from 85 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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 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 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 Girish Parmar
Good one with kick on first sip.. leathery smell ..
Review by Felix Reiber
Very pleasing and round port cask from Mount Gay. On the nose, I encounter the distinctive, heavy tones of Barbados, paired with the fruitiness of the port. In the mouth, a chocolaty and very creamy texture quickly emerges, which is complemented by sweet wine and spice. The pleasant 55% vol. ensures a warm mouthfeel. The M.G. port cask expression finishes palatable and spicy with a not quite as long finish. A good Barbados that scores points with its smoothness and chocolate.
Review by Jakob
Wow, this is actually a positive surprise. Impressive how well the Mount Gay profile harmonizes with the intense influence of the port barrel. Lots of heavy fruit sweetness, plus wood and spice aromas, but all bite is taken away. Almost on the border of too much sweetness, but thus also simply extremely drinkable. Great release.
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 passlemix
Indeed it is a very coherent rum, we just entered the pastry shop of the corner of the street, banana, chocolate. We are clearly in another dimension than the xo triple cask drunk just before but not the 4th either. And of the blow that has to be very good, I find that a little expensive...
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 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 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 Johannes
Good MG! However, the port finish is too dominant for me.
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 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 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 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.
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Avg. community purchase price 141 €
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Details about Mount Gay Master Blender Collection - Port Cask Expression
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Mount Gay, at 55%.
Community purchases
96 bottles logged by 74 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
20% opened, 6 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Mount Gay Master Blender Collection - Port Cask Expression?
Community paid 120–185 €.
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