How should a Mount Gay XO label look like?

New label, Old label. "They", say that it's the same rum. I do not agree, the old one seems fuller.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll soon see if there's a significant difference, because I just ordered a bottle and I still have some left from the last one.

Inretested to know the outcome of this, does the rum taste the same?

I've tried this rum and interested to know what the others are like. Anyone tried them?

It is fabulous! Great depth of character achieved through fermentation, blending, and barrel selection.

The new bottles I ordered turn out to have the same label and taste the same, which is to say - they're excellent.

At the Rum Project, our most experienced tasters (including moi) are in agreement that MGXO - beginning around 2013 or even a bit earlier - have been increasingly modified, using more of the younger rums and less of the older rums. At one time, Mount Gay stated that the original blend was of rums from 10-17 years. . Some may remember the old classic round bottles - this was notably the wonderful product sold over many decades. The change to the new, flasklike bottle heralded the beginning of changing the blend to be younger in average age - subtle but notable. I believe the bottle on the right is definitely on of these. . The bottle on the left appears to be the latest permutation, and the most changed, youngest blend. Although MGXO remains a fine, pure and unaltered product, it is not the same. MG seems to be keeping the good stuff for the truly magnificent 1703 (about $90).