Mhoba Rum 2019/2023 Woodford Bourbon Cask (70cl, 63.5%)

A pot still rum distilled from sugar cane juice on the Mhoba farm at Malalane in South Africa. It was distilled in 2019 and matured in a former Woodford Reserve bourbon barrel made of American oak, then bottled in 2023 at cask strength. The barrel had previously held bourbon for six years. Kirsch Import selected cask WR 10 for an exclusive bottling of 252 numbered 70cl bottles. The rum is neither chill-filtered nor coloured, and no sugar or flavourings are added. The cask contributes impressions of corn, butter and spicy oak alongside fruity esters. The nose shows solvent-like esters, black olives and diesel oil, then pineapple, green banana and mango with a hint of acetone and lime, later brown sugar and fresh leather.