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United States | Aged | 40% ABV
Bayou XO Mardi Gras rum, a version of their base Bayou rum that’s aged in used bourbon barrels for up to six years (with the traditional solera method) and bottled at 80 proof.
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I didn't expect much despite the price, but I'm glad I was wrong.
The nose has molasses, vanilla and spice.
The palate pleases with caramel, nutmeg and molasses.
Place in a glass with one ice cube and you are set.
I'll be better about doubting the home team.
My wife bought it for me for x-mas. She got in on sale for $70. It is one of the best rums I have tasted. Not too sugary and very sippable. First Bayou Rum I have tasted. Looking forward to finishing it and trying a different one. Put it up there with the Kirk and Sweeney 23, which is my favorite.
Being from Louisiana, this rum really captured a familiar local flavor. I enjoy this rum and may be biased due to being reminded of Steen’s sugar cane syrup. I can’t help but smell and taste that connection and I love it. This rum has a beautiful color and is very smooth.
Very impressed. Nice caramel/vanilla/oaky nose. Smooth flavor with the same flavor notes and a little bite on the end. Very smooth finish. Glad I started with the XO and happy to keep this on hand.
This is good stuff. I have learned bourban aging is not always the best. It takes great skill to age properly in bourban barrels. This is one of the best American bourbon barrell aged rums I have tried. Rich nose of brown sugar and mollasses. Nice hint of marzipan and almond. Tase is not sweet. Silky smooth. Viscous, fills and coats your pallet. Tons of brown sugar impression but uniquely, not sweet. This sweetness is balanced by exacting aging. Everything about this rum is balanced. Nice even bite. Smooth notes of vanilla, grass and raisin. So supple and easy to drink. Ends with a fairly deep spicy and cinnamon finish. I like Louisianna rum. This is the best I have tried. Definitely local cane. Definitely crafted. Easy sipper. Best neat. I will likely come back and give this a 9. Right now this is a SOLID 8.5 This is a very high quality rum.
⭐️Bayou Rum XO - Mardi Gras⭐️ Origin: United States 🇺🇸
Year: 2019
Style: Single Estate/Pot still/Molasses & Raw Sugar
Price: 80€
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Already being a fan of the Bayou White expression, I am happy to report on this special bottling from Louisiana Spirits LLC in Lacassine.
Bayou Rum is made with a proprietary blend of molasses and raw sugar, completely grown and processed on the estate.
This celebration of Louisiana culture and especially Mardi Gras is a blend of single batch pot stilled rums aged for a max of 6 years in charred bourbon barrels using a solera method, and partially finished on sherry casks.
The combined efforts of master distiller Jeffrey Murphy & master blender Reiniel Vicente Diaz earned this bottling a gold medal at the World Spirits Competition in San Francisco, 2019. It’s a rich, complex and treacly masterpiece best enjoyed neat, perhaps pared with a nice cigar.
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Nose: Fresh sawdust, Tobacco, Fruit preserves, Oak.
8/10
Taste: Candied ginger, Honey, Stone-fruit, Vanilla.
8.5/10
Finish: Long and slightly sweet finish that grows oaken and spicier over time.
9/10
Overall: A masterpiece in the mid-premium segment. Multilayered and complex. Don’t mix and don’t chill!
⭐️8.5⭐️
At $80 US per bottle, I was very hesitant to try this one, but when lowered to $64, it was just too good to pass up.
It is a 6-year solera aged rum finished in sherry casks. Smooth and rich, it easily broke into my top ten percent of all that I have rated. It was supposedly inspired by the annual Mardi Gras celebration in Louisiana, but I don't see that connection at all. This one is simply far too elegant to be compared to a festival of drunken debauchery. Maybe this was meant for the kings and queens of those various krewes.
Colour is beautiful, I knew I’d love it before I even opened it, but was surprised at how smooth it is neat. Yum!
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I was pleasantly surprised when I tried this rum, great bouquet and bold flavor, probably the best rum made in the USA. I bit pricey though.