Mount Gay Single Estate Series 24_02

Mount Gay, the World’s oldest running rum distillery with a legacy spanning over 320 years, introduces the second expression of its ground-breaking Single Estate Series, the 24_02_Vt18d2.

Crafted by Master Blender Trudiann Branker, this second limited release continues the terroir driven series, with a blend of rums produced from the 2018 Mount Gay Estate sugar cane harvests in St Lucy, Barbados, making this liquid the first vintage in this series.

Mount Gay Single Estate Series 24_02_Vt18d2 has been fully distilled in copper pot stills, then matured in American oak (Quercus Alba) ex-bourbon barrels, allowing the flavour of the rum and its unique terroir to shine. Mount Gay Single Estate Series 24_02_Vt18d2 had a fermentation process that lasted on average 9 days, leading to a secondary fermentation that provided additional layers of complex and distinct flavours such as pineapple and guava.

With a light golden colour, the nose is complex with bold citrus and some sweet fruit aromas. Hints of grapefruit, sweet plums and banana balanced with spice, a hint of almonds, sea salt and a slight milk chocolate note. The palate brings brown sugar, oak, grapefruit and floral notes, with a slightly salty smokiness. Each sip brings a new layer of complexity.

Bottled at 55% ABV, Mount Gay Single Estate Series 24_02_Vt18d2 is non-chill filtered in order to preserve the rum’s rich aromas and natural colour and best served neat.

In 2015, Mount Gay acquired 324 acres of the historical Mount Gay and Oxford Estates, and for the first time in centuries, the distillery was again a fully vertically integrated operation from cane to bottle. Since then, the team have harvested Estate sugar canes each year, transformed them into molasses, before fermenting, distilling and ageing the distillates at the distillery.