Distiller Notes
The 1703 Master Select blend features a blend of copper column and copper pot rums from Mount Gay's oldest reserves –ranging from 10 to 30 year old rums –created and hand-picked by Master Blender Trudiann Branker. Due to overwhelming demand and the scarcity of Mount Gay's most mature casks, the company releases just one batch of 1703 Master Select annually. Approximately 12,000 bottles will be released worldwide as part of this year's small batch, which was selected, bottled and labeled individually by hand.
Rich golden copper and amber color, luminescent. Complex, intense, mellow, luxuriant, rich, deep oak character, rich pastry aromas, sweet caramel, leather, flambed fruit, mocha, subtle spice, nutty, bourbon, sweet ester. Excellent balance of sweet and bitter. Very smooth finish. Medium to long persistence.
Often referred to as a Gold Rum, an Aged Rum is one that has been aged in barrels, often Ex-Bourbon or White Oak before bottling. As the Rum continues to age, it draws more and more color and flavor from the wood, adding both body and complexity to the finished product. Aged Rums can be sipped neat or added to cocktails. They fall somewhere in between White and Dark Rums in terms of their respective strength of flavor.