Black Tot Master Blender's Reserve Rum 2021

The 2021 edition of Master Blender’s Reserve Caribbean Rum celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the last rum ration given to Australian Navy sailors when serving on British ships.  2020 Black Tot 50th Anniversary Rum blend was used as the base where it was re-casking into ex-sherry butts and barrels. Layers of fruit-driven flavours were added using different styles of rum, aged between 9 and 24 years, from Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica and Australia, as well as incorporating some of the original British Royal Navy rum blend itself. 

Master Blender’s Reserve takes inspiration from the Royal Navy tradition of perpetual blending. For 2021, they have aimed to find a tropical citrus quality that they hope will be shared with friends and loved ones around the world. - Oliver Chilton, Head Blender.

Producer's Tasting Notes:

Nose: Cinnamon sticks, cooking in brown butter, with nutmeg and cloves. Overripe mangoes and baked bananas, with dusty dark chocolate.

Palate: At first, a huge hit of concentrated orange and mango juice, with fresh mint and golden brown caster sugar. The sweetness evolves into milk chocolate and salted caramel, while the fruit seems to become denser, bringing in flavours of guava and passion fruit.

Finish: Clementine and mandarin make up a citrus salad, evolving with a pleasing dryness reminiscent of thyme and oregano. Right at the very end, a hint of diesel oil.