Mhoba Pot Stilled White

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 43% | Chill filtration: Yes | Colouring: No

Special Features:

For this white rum, sugarcane is cut by hand on the MHOBA Sugar Estate and freshly pressed. The pure juice is fermented and then distilled twice in self-built pot stills; no ingredients other than water are added.

At 43%, the rum is rounded and distinctly sugarcane-led. Very ripe exotic fruit brings a slightly fermented character, while the sugarcane also remains clearly present.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: On the nose, pronounced solvent notes emerge, reminiscent of nail polish remover. Exotic fruit then becomes apparent. With aeration, the solvent note persists, while sweet sugarcane juice with a candied quality complements the fruit.
• Palate: On the palate, the rum feels rounded and gentle. The exotic fruit is very ripe and slightly fermented, with bold, somewhat tart flavours. Alongside it, the sugarcane remains clearly discernible, with a rich, rounded character.
• Finish: The finish centres on ripe, rounded sugarcane juice. It recalls lightly reduced juice and feels dense; pepper and lime notes are absent.

Distillery/Bottler:

The Greaves family has grown sugarcane on the estate near Malalane since the 1980s. Mechanical engineer Robert Greaves returned to the family business during the economic crisis of 2007–2008 and sought a way to derive more value from their own harvest. A trip to Mauritius gave him the idea of establishing a rum distillery. He designed and built the pot stills himself, distilled the first white rum in 2013 and began the process of obtaining a commercial distilling licence in 2015.

As an estate distillery, MHOBA Rum Distillery combines its own sugarcane cultivation with rum production and produces Pot Stilled White. Rather than molasses, the distillery processes juice from its sugarcane. Robert Greaves also built the other equipment needed for the distillation process himself.

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