Mount Gay XO Rum

Mount Gay XO is the rum many enthusiasts learned to sip on — Got Rum? calls it a huge stepping stone in their education — and RumX's 437 reviewers make it the community favorite for sipping neat. Mount Gay is the oldest commercial rum distillery in the world, with a deed from 1703, in the parish of St. Lucy at the northern tip of Barbados; Rémy Cointreau took full control in 2014, and in 2019 Trudiann Branker became the first woman to hold the title of master blender in the island's history. Her XO Triple Cask Blend is molasses rum from copper pot and column stills — the highest pot-still ratio in the core range — with components aged five to seventeen years, each in its own cask type: ex-bourbon, ex-American whiskey, and ex-cognac, married and bottled at 43% ABV with no additives, a numbered bottle, and Branker's signature on the label. Got Rum? found much more robust fruit than the old Allen Smith blend, augmented by earthier notes into a lighter profile — and understood why so many bartenders use it for Rum Old Fashioneds. Rum Ratings' drinkers find it still woody but less spicy, the cognac finish a good decision: oak, caramel, vanilla, nut, orange, and a long finish of tobacco and wood. Rum Revelations: the age range widened from 8-15 to 5-17, the proof held at 43%. Honest note: fans of the old XO miss its smoke. For a Rum Old Fashioned, a Manhattan riff, or neat, it's the cornerstone of Barbados. 1703, triple-casked.

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