Mount Gay 1703 Master Select (70cl, 43%)

A blend of Mount Gay's oldest rums, selected by Master Blender Allen Smith after 10 to 30 years in American oak barrels, including white Kentucky oak that previously held bourbon. All were distilled in copper pot stills at the Mount Gay distillery in St. Lucy, Barbados. The name honours a 1703 deed recording a pot still house on the Mount Gay sugar estate. The rum is made from sugar cane grown on the island, turned to molasses and fermented with water from the distillery's own spring. The nose offers soft caramel, ripe banana, oak and a hint of citrus. The palate is balanced toffee, cherry, butterscotch and roasted nuts with oak undertones. The finish is rounded, with a long, delicate aftertaste.