Blue Mauritius Gold Rum: It’s Enough To Make You Leave Your Wife, Husband or Cats For!

This week we’ve reviewed a rum that is for both connoisseurs and beginners alike, straight from the golden, sandy beaches of paradise; Blue Mauritius Gold Rum. And this coppery glassful of sheer ecstasy is so bloody luxurious to sip neat, you’ll find yourself immediately running out the front door to buy a years worth of the freaking stuff! But you’d better do it quick because we’re about to buy enough to see us through the bloody apocalypse! So, grab a suitcase, pack your trunks and bronze those bodies as we’re heading off on a boozy trip into pure bliss!

Hailing from the famed honeymoon destination, Mauritius, this rum is intended to be reminiscent of the aromas found on the island (although we’ve never been there, so well, we can’t really second that!). Traditionally made from molasses by Stanford Cove Distillery, this rum is distilled in a column still and was the winner of the 2013 Mauritius Rum Festival. And although it’s from a country not as famed for rum as it’s other Caribbean counterparts, if this bottle is anything to go by then it’s definitely hot on their bloody heels!

We first came across this heartthrob in the Shrub and Shutter in Brixton. After spending pretty much the whole day making our way through their extensive gin collection, the courteous lads running the show let us taste some of their new-in rums, and this was one of them. Well, Jesus Christ! On first sip it was like cupid had hit us with his amorous, lustful arrow! We immediately fell in love with this rum like a 90s Take That fan and for a second we’d thought someone had slipped us a bloody love potion! But due to the fact our bodies were 90% gin, we’d thought it would be best to approach this rum and fully appreciate it when we were, well how can we say; slightly more on the sober side! And today is a sober day! So, let’s explain to you guys why we’re having such a passionately lewd love affair with this bottle.

And we’ll start with our nose. Oh dear lord the nose! The aroma of this perfection-of-a-dram was so damn good that we nearly inhaled the bloody glass! Chocolate whips it’s creamy way up your nostril and fills your head with more velvety, chocolaty delight than any Galaxy advert could desperately try to convey. But this chocolate hit is so beautifully entwined with a nutty, oily explosion of peanuts, and as we all know chocolate and nuts make one hell of a combination! Think peanut butter and chocolate spread but way, way more sophisticated, luscious and exquisite. Maybe the likes the Queen would probably have! On the back foot you get a nice pummel of oaky wood aromas and just the right amount of peppery spice to balance out the sweetness. The alcohol punch you get is pretty damn good too!

But you’ll really start to romantically lust for this rum once you get it in your trap. Waves upon waves of dark chocolate crash themselves on to your tongue, making you feel like you’ve just dunked your head into the Green & Blacks mixing bowl. It encases your mouth with what we can only describe as pure heaven and all we are waiting for now is a marriage proposal! Sailing up behind this insane flavour uppercut is hit upon hit of tropical fruits, cutting so elegantly through the chocolate that it is sure to make you feel like you’ve just been washed up on a Mauritian beach.

Then BAM! Nutty bursts of toffee peanuts awesomely surf their way in, pairing up so perfectly with that bitter dark chocolate that we wouldn’t be surprised if you started to drink this rum for bloody breakfast! (Although we would never advocate that, obviously!). A wonderful woody undertone follows on in with a good bite of alcohol and a slight hit of pepper, rounding off this rum like a seasoned pro. It’s got quite a creamed but light and slightly oiled mouthfeel and a finish so glossy, you feel like your throat is being caressed by Marilyn Monroe!

Now normally we finish off with a paragraph about why we simply love the bottle in question so much, but we think from reading the bloody shower of amorous words above, it’s pretty freaking clear where our heart lies! (ALCOHOLIC NUTTY CHOCOLATE!)But seriously, this rum needs to be in your home bar, your office draw, your sock draw; hell even stashed in your bathroom cabinet! It needs no additions, it needs no accompaniment and don’t even think about putting it in a bloody cocktail, simply keep this Mauritian God for sipping and sipping only. So yeah, Blue Mauritius Gold, it’s enough to make you leave your wife, husband, cats or whatever you guys cherish in your treasured lives. We’re off to marry the stuff now, that’s legal yeah?

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