Mezan
Jamaica XO Golden Rum

Cellars: £48.50

NOSE: Pungent and generous aromas of fresh bananas and sweet spices, A little burnt sugar with a touch of toffee brittle and peanut butter.

PALATE: Plantains and walnut loaf. A touch of brandy butter, crème caramel and mixed spice

FINISH: Spicy finish with candied peels.

Country: Jamaica

Region: Caribbean

Producer: Mezan

Distillery: Several Distilleries

Cask Type: Ex Bourbon

Style: Golden Rum

Allergens: Not known

Bottle size: 70cl

abv:  40.0%

Tasting Notes

NOSE: Pungent and generous aromas of fresh bananas and sweet spices, A little burnt sugar with a touch of toffee brittle and peanut butter.

PALATE: Plantains and walnut loaf. A touch of brandy butter, crème caramel and mixed spice

FINISH: Spicy finish with candied peels.

Distillery Information

Famed for its golden sands, turquoise waters and gently swaying palms, the Caribbean is also the cradle of one of the worlds’s oldest and most popular spirits: rum. For centuries, rum production has prospered in these myriad islands to form a whole palate of aroma’s and styles unique to each place and each distillery. Meticulously selected by the cellar Master Mezan rums capture the depth and diversity of the Caribbean by offering the purest and most authentic flavours.

Mezan Rums have created this collection of “untouched rums”Unsweetened, uncoloured and unchill filtered. Aged in casks until they reached their optimal maturity. Mezan rums capture the most complex and original essence of the Caribbean

It was not until the 1906 Rum Duty Act was passed that the industry began to develop as we know it today. Prior to this, distillation took place on many of the plantations, but the new law meant the distilleries had to obtain a licence and could sell only in bulk.

The Jamaica is a blend of rums from several distilleries, Monymusk and Hampden. The latter distillery has Scottish roots, and is one of the oldest sugar plantations in the country. It has always been known as a rum distillery of high calibre, making spirit for blending. The blend allows the floral column’s distillate to marry with the higher richness and ester content of pot still rums.

This XO rum  is a blend of rums aged between 4 and 23 years of age, re-casked and allowed to marry for many years before bottling.

Each unique batch of Mezan Jamaica XO is recasked for a certain amount of time before being bottled to encourage the flavours to melt and to improve the rums’s structure and subtlety