TWJ MANY FACES OF RUM MHOBA 2021 – 59.5% – 70cl

📌 Type: Pure cane juice rum
📌 Origin: South Africa
📌 Distillery: Mhoba
📌 Vintage: 2021
📌 Degree: 59.5%
📌 Capacity: 70cl
📌 Bottler / Publisher: The Whiskey Jury
📌 Edition: Many Faces of Rum

South Africa in its rawest form

The Mhoba distillery has established itself as one of the most unique players in contemporary rum. Based in South Africa, it controls the entire production chain, from sugarcane cultivation to distillation, offering rums of rare intensity and identity.

This 2021 vintage, selected for The Whisky Jury's Many Faces of Rum series, showcases a direct, uncompromising expression where the fermented sugarcane juice comes through with strength and precision. The high proof underscores the vibrant nature of the distillate, while maintaining remarkable aromatic clarity.

🥃 TASTING PROFILE

👃 Nose: Fresh sugarcane, ripe tropical fruits, green olive, fermentation notes and a hint of vegetation.
👅 Palate: Powerful and textured, cane juice, exotic fruits, pepper, saline notes and a light, controlled rusticity.
🎯 Finish: Long, dry and persistent, with cane, spices and a marked vegetal tension.