Trade
Master of Malt
Diamond Distillery Port Mourant Pot Still Rum 11 Year Old 2008 (Master of Malt) 70cl
Customer Rating
“This is a lovely rum, which I came across searching for Port Morant rum. I loved it so much I considered not reviewing it due to the limited number of bottles (I want them all to myself) but since someone else let the cat out the bag, here goes. Certainly agree with the MoM notes, though I'd add flambé bananas to the nose. The rum is dry, musty and funky, fruity, pepper, complex, ever-evolving on the palate. But it is challenging and not for everyone (I've read negative comments on far less offensive rums than this). If you love your rum rich and sugary, this isn't for you. If you like it drier and more complex, this is still not for you. It's all for me. Please don't buy this rum unless it is a gift for me :D”
Alistair Smith
Description
We've polished up a real diamond here to join our own collection of splendid bottlings. No really – this superb rum hails from Guyana's Diamond distillery! Produced in April 2008 in the distillery's famed Port Mourant wooden pot still, the only one of its kind still in operation today, this ought to be an exciting release for rum enthusiasts to sample. The rum matured for 11 years in a refill barrel, with a total of 205 bottles disgorged in June 2019.
Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose
A good dose of vegetal funk, plantain, and meaty brine is accompanied by earthen vanilla and drying oak.
Palate
Toffee and chilli flakes tangle in this light-bodied expression, with more plantain (charred this time) and tinned peaches in syrup.
Finish
Quite herbaceous towards the end, with treacle toffee and prickles of peppery heat.
