Mount Gay 1703

distilled by Mount Gay Distilleries Limited - Barbados

Brown rum distilled from molasses. Blend of rums 10 to 30 years old aged in used American bourbon barrels.

Released in 2009, Mount Gay 1703 is a medium to light-bodied aged rum that is typical of the Bajan taste for aged rum. Slightly lighter in body than the typical Jamaican or Guyanese aged rum, 1703 has a rich smooth flavor with hints of candied fruit, nuts and the smoky oak finish you would expect from a rum of this pedigree.

Bottled at 43% alcohol by volume.

Arctic Wolf's review    

Mount Gay 1703 Old Cask Selection

1703 is the year that the Mount Gay Rum was first produced on the Isle of Barbados, making Mount Gay Rum one of the oldest, if not the oldest brand of rum in the world.   Because Barbados is situated as a gateway from the Atlantic to the Caribbean, sailors from the Old World often used the island as the  first resting point on the way to the New World.  This meant Barbados was ideally suited for trade between the two worlds in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.  Part of that trade was rum which is why the island is rightfully considered the birthplace of  the rum trade.

The Mount Gay 1703 Rum is a premium blend which features aged rum stocks from selected barrels of the Mount Gay treasured reserve.  These barrels have been aged 10 to 30 years and feature the best that Mount Gay has to offer in the areas of Craftsmanship and Quality.

Here is an excerpt from my review:

“…The rum has a bright coppery colour with black stains. It looks very rich and lively in the glass almost like a shiny new penny.  A swirl of the glass shows a nice sheen of oil on the sides with small legs tricking back into the rum.  Dark molasses and baking spices rise to my nostrils followed by a smokey leather.  Perhaps it is the colour of the rum fooling me, but I catch a scent of copper pennies in the air as well…”

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Review last updated April 18, 2010

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