Mount Homosexual launched its Single Property Sequence rum final 12 months to nice acclaim, the end-product of an eight-year journey that started with buying its personal 324-acre sugar cane property in 2015 and utilizing that cane to make its personal molasses, ferment its personal juice, distill rum from that juice, and age it in barrels — all on website. (Grasp blender Trudiann Branker says it’s a four-hour drive from cane to nonetheless, showcasing how shut these parts are.) Now, Single Property Sequence 23_01 has a observe up: Single Property Sequence 24_02.
The code on the bottle — Vt18d2 — tells a number of the story about this rum: Harvested in 2018 (single classic, in comparison with the dual-vintage 2023 bottling, therefore “Vt18”), 100% pot nonetheless double distillation (therefore “d2”), all bourbon barrel aged, 5 years outdated. No added sugars or colours.
On a Zoom tasting with Branker, we not solely received to match 24_02 and 23_01, we received to style the molasses and the sugar produced from this cane which ultimately turned this rum.
Such a unique expertise right here: Actually fruit-forward, not simply redolent with notes of flambeed banana but additionally citrus. There’s plenty of spice and vanilla so as to add nuance, plus a delicate flip of earth — although by no means heavy or overblown with the terroir. The essence of the molasses is entrance and heart, rising as a calmly pruny, darker fruitiness.
The entire above hit the palate, although maybe in reverse: The pruny be aware gives a right away slick of darkish black fruit, smeared with gritty molasses and darkish chocolate. Spice follows, then nutty almond notes. Brown butter and extra vanilla on the again finish, with only a spritz of saline and a squeeze of orange oil to lighten issues up. A transparent reprise of cooked bananas combined with some inexperienced banana lingers on the candy end.
As thrilling as the unique Single Property Sequence 23_01 was, 24_02 actually raises the bar and reveals this sequence coming into its personal. It’s simply one of many high rums of the 12 months.
110 proof.
A / $400 (700ml) / mountgayrum.com
Mount Homosexual Single Property Sequence 24_02
$400
