Mount Gay Eclipse Barbados Rum

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alc./vol:
40%

Proof:
80°

Vintage:
Non-vintage

Aged:
No age statement

Category: Caribbean Molasses Gold

Product of: Product of Barbados Barbados

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The flagship brand of Mount Gay, originally launched and named after the 1910 concurrence of a total solar eclipse and the passage of Halley’s comet. Distilled from molasses using both column and pot still rums. These two different distillates are blended before being aged in ex-bourbon barrels.

Review and Tasting

Sampled on 25/07/2014

Appearance

Clear, golden amber.

Aroma

Pungent, creamy vanilla/toffee and dried apricot with aggressive black pepper, faint peppermint and citrus.

Taste

Dry palate with flavours of black pepper, caramel and butterscotch predominating over citrus zest, cooked fruit, vanilla, ginger and spearmint.

Aftertaste

Bitter toffee and citrus linger on the dry finish with faint smokiness.

Further product information

Barcode UPC: 9 501007 100508
Bottle Size: 700 ml
Closure: Screw / Stelvin cap

More about Mount Gay Eclipse Rum

Produced by Mount Gay Rum Distilleries Ltd

Produced by Mount Gay Rum Distilleries Ltd

Mount Gay is made on Barbados, a Caribbean coral island that’s a mere 14 miles wide by 21 miles long. Barbados is often credited for being the first country to make rum and...

Owned by Rémy Cointreau

Owned by Rémy Cointreau

21 Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 75009, France
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UK distribution by Remy Cointreau UK Distribution Ltd

UK distribution by Remy Cointreau UK Distribution Ltd
UK consumer PR by Sidhu & Simon Communications

UK consumer PR by Sidhu & Simon Communications
UK trade PR by Sidhu & Simon Communications

UK trade PR by Sidhu & Simon Communications

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