Mount Gay 1703 Master Select
Mount Gay · Mount Gay Distilleries Ltd.
A masterclass in Bajan blending — refined, contemplative, and built for slow sipping. The 1703 honors Mount Gay's deep heritage while showing that age and patience still define rum's most elegant edges.
Nose
Layered aromas of toasted oak, candied orange peel, baked banana, and warm baking spice, with undercurrents of dark honey, leather, and vanilla pod.
Palate
Silky and full-bodied, opening with toffee, dried apricot, and caramelized brown sugar before unfurling into clove, cinnamon, roasted almond, and a whisper of cigar wrapper. Coral-filtered Bajan water gives it a remarkable smoothness.
Finish
Long and contemplative, with lingering oak tannins, candied ginger, dark chocolate, and a final breath of toasted coconut.
- Base Ingredient
- Molasses
- Distillation
- Blend of double-retort pot still and traditional column still distillates, married and aged in charred American white oak ex-bourbon barrels
- Country
- St. Lucy, Barbados
Cocktail Suggestion
The Bridgetown Old Fashioned — 2 oz Mount Gay 1703 Master Select, 1 tsp demerara syrup, 2 dashes Angostura bitters, 1 dash orange bitters. Stir over a large ice cube for 30 seconds; strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Express an orange peel and drop in.
Food Pairing
Aged Gouda with quince paste, or a flourless dark chocolate torte with candied orange.
Named for the year of Mount Gay's earliest recorded deed — the oldest documented rum distillery in the world — the 1703 Master Select is hand-blended by Master Blender Trudiann Branker from rare reserve stocks aged between 10 and 30 years in American oak.
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