Limited Edition
Master Blender Collection
The Port Cask Expression
A Passion for Innovation
For this year’s small-batch release, Master Blender Trudiann Branker used a blend of rums distilled in a traditional column still, aged for 5 years in Tawny Port casks, together with rums double distilled in a copper pot still aged for 14 years in American whiskey casks, and finished in Tawny Port casks for 1 year.
The result is a rich and multi-faceted blend with notes of vanilla, caramel and almond on the nose and cherry, dried fruit, oak, prune and almond on the palate.
- Selective production
- Small batch, limited to 6,570 bottles
- Distillation
- Double distillation in pot still & continuous distillation in column still
- Maturation Barrel
- Tawny port & American whiskey barrels
- Aroma
- Vanilla, caramel, almond, dried fruit
- Taste
- Cherry, dried fruit, oak, spice, prune, currents, almond
- Body
- Amber with tawny hues
For this release, I wanted to push my boundaries and expertise in rum making and work with a cask that we don't typically work with at Mount Gay. After trying a few, I selected Tawny Port casks and am thrilled to release this wonderful, rich and multi-faceted rum.
Trudiann Branker, Mount Gay Master Blender
Unveil the journey behind the release of Mount Gay The Port Cask Expression by listening to Trudiann Branker, Mount Gay Master Blender:
Bottled at cask strength (55% abv), Mount Gay The Port Cask Expression is non-chill filtered in order to preserve its rich aromas and precious natural colour and will be limited to 6,570 bottles around the world.
When creating this blend, Trudiann Branker wanted to focus on pushing the boundaries of rum making by incorporating casks not traditionally used at Mount Gay. She found Tawny Port casks to be the most interesting to work with this year, giving the pot and column distilled rums notes like almond and red fruit, typically found in Port. The result is a beautiful rum best enjoyed neat, slighlty chilled with a piece of dark chocolate.
The Port Cask Expression is best enjoyed neat
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