MHOBA WC 1 (V&B) 2022
Most tasters land on "impressed but surprised" — this doesn't taste like the Mhoba they know. The red-wine cask runs the show: port, red currants, sour cherry and dry oak, with the trademark ester funk mostly sanded away. Well-integrated alcohol despite the 60% and young age. Several found it wild and sour young, so give it air. A few purists miss the usual Mhoba punk.
The community says- Red-wine cask depth
- Integrated at 60%
- But: Ester funk muted
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How does MHOBA WC 1 (V&B) 2022 taste?
Aggregated from 20 community reviews.
Wine-cask Mhoba: port, sour cherry, dry oak Most rate it high and call it a genuine surprise — a wine-cask ride that reads more like port-finished Guyana than Mhoba. A few purists wish the ester funk showed through.
wine-cask fans and Mhoba explorers wanting something different
purists chasing raw Mhoba ester funk
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80% rate it 8 or higher. 14 selected write-ups from 20 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by RumTaTa
Most helpful positive review
I've never had a Mhoba like this in my glass! The nose reminds me more of a Guyana rum and port wine. There's hardly any of the esters that I'm used to from Mhoba, but it's still very interesting! On the palate the same game, earthy heavy notes almost like an El Dorado rum with a port cask finish. The result is extremely drinkable, but largely masks the character of the rum. I'm torn: today I'm surprised by the experience and delighted at how a Mhoba can be made to appear as a Guyana rum. With a little distance: blindly, it could also be an aged cherry brandy!
Review by Thunderbird
Most helpful mixed review
Mhoba....I would never have guessed.... If it contains Mhoba, then its DNA has been completely gutted... from the nose to the finish, I primarily perceive strongly alcoholic red wine. In addition, a woody bitterness that intensifies especially in the finish...no, that's not my thing at all... when I drink Mhoba, I want to taste it too
Review by zabo
Mhm how do I start, Mhoba is sometimes a blast and I don't like some bottlings at all. But this one picks me up again. For me a very successful bottling. It doesn't quite come close to the Ingwe, but almost.
Review by mto75
an der Nase rote Johannisbeeren, saure Drops, und Eichenholzfass. Am Gaumen irgendwie ähnlich, ziemlich sauer, hinten raus dann auch etwas Karamelliges hinzu. Ziemlich wildes Teil, wird jetzt nicht mein Mhoba Favorit.
Review by Timo Groeger
Also dies ist ein wirklich starker Mhoba. Ist in der Nase sehr speziell, vor allem Lösungsmittel, Politur und Portwein. Am Gaumenn dann entspannter, leicht süßlich, aber auch fruchtig und holzig zugleich. Top Teil.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Ja, süffig ist er, keine Frage. Aber mal ehrlich, will man von Mhoba wirklich einen süffigen Rum? Mir kommt das Weinfass jedenfalls zu dominant durch, bügelt die mhobatypischen Ester-Kanten weg. Es bleibt ein rundes, süffiges Destillat mit hervorragend eingebundenem Alkohol, das aber durch die Dominanz des Weinfasses seine typische DNA verloren hat und sich irgendwie beliebig in die etwas langweilige Riege der Rums mit einem Weinfass-Finish einreiht (wobei man bei diesem Rum gar nicht von einem Finish sprechen kann). Blind hätte ich vermutlich auf RX653 getippt, einen 2008er New Grove mit Port-Finish, der mich auch nicht so angehoben hat. Ich hoffe, es bleibt bei einem einmaligen Experiment, denn von Mhoba erwarte ich rotzigen Punk, nicht artige Klassik im gebügelten Hemd.
Review by LukaŽiga
8:On the nose, polish and rubber, some solvents, roasted wood notes, oaky, with chocolate, spicy with vanilla, wine barrel finish impact with red fruits, currants, especially cherries, syrupy, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, before tamed esters arise, burnt notes, roasted nuts and vegetal sugarcane. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is medicinal with rubber, sweet with roasted wood notes like caramel, roasted nuts, peanuts, later spicy and salty, fruity with port, red wine barrel finish and notes like red fruits, sour cherry, citrus fruits, slightly astringent, on oxidation tropical fruits like banana uncover. 8:The finish is medium long, dry&tannic, wine barrel impact is strong with grapes, also bourbon ageing with yellow fruits, toasted coconut and citrus fruits, the wood is roasted with dark chocolate, caramel, spicy and oaky..
Review by Skyfly
Der erste Rum der mich von Anfang bis Ende an Rotwein erinnert. Leider dominiert dieser Rotweinfasseinfluss so stark, dass die anderen Aromen nur noch partiell zu kosten sind. Alkohol ist perfekt eingebunden, aber der Rum an sich Geschmackssache
Review by Julien Ries
Ce rhum agricole d'Afrique du Sud propose un nez avec des esters assez doux, un léger fumé et surtout une présence de cette finition de vin rouge assez marqué. Un jolie surprise sur ce fruité, un boisé délicat avec quelques tanins, et un alcool très bien intégré.
Review by Jussi Piirainen
Nice dark colour for a rum thats been aged for only 3 years. First time tasting Mhoba or any South African rum in general. On the nose: Surprisinly mellow for high abv rum. Balanced. I get mostly wine with notes of portwine, Red fruits and wood. Somekind of industrial notes in there. Spicy, fruity. Interesting. Taste: Wine and red fruit influence continues, not tart and sweetness and a touch of sourness comes from the red fruits. Alcohol is integrated very well. Very pleasant and good semirich palate. On the second sip i get more dark and sour cherry flavours. Finish: Pleasantly dry and that sour cherry flavour is there giving a touch of sweetness and body to the finish. The finish is somewhere between medium and long. The smell and taste is way off from the typical rum profile and in a good way. I was totally surprised by this rums taste profile and overall im very impressed.
Review by FischeJ
Das Weinfass riecht und schmeckt man sehr deutlich. Ich hab in der Nase allerdings eine ganz leichte Schwefelnote, die mir nicht zusagt. Daneben aber rote saure Früchte, Holz, dezent Vanille und irgendwas erdigen oder dunkles, was ich nicht richtig beschrieben kann. Im Mund sehr ähnlich. Die vanillige Süße schlägt schnell um in saure Frucht. Bisschen dreckig und holzig wenn er länger im Mund ist. Hinten raus trockener werdend und immer noch leicht sauer. Besser als die Nase aber irgendwie nicht meins.
Review by Martin Švojgr
A zase další Mhoba, tentokrát jsem ji nekupoval, ale jebto dárek od přítele a dárek se velmi vydařil. Jak ve vůni, tak v chuti je charakteristická Mhoba, nicméně je v ní silně cítit víno. V chuti se to ještě daleko více rozvuline, červené ovoce, víno, trpká dřevitost, trocha kyselosti. Velmi dlouhý a plný závěr. Podle informací z etikety bylo plněno do sudu z francouzského dubu bez jakýchkoli úprav po víně z vinařství Lust Wine z Jižní Afriky. Musím říci, že to byla šťastná ruka.
Review by Mirco
Sehr kantiger und unausgewogener MHOBA. In der Nase scharfe Lösungsmittelnoten, grüne Pflanzenaromen und etwas verbranntes Holz. Am Gaumen dominant alkoholisch mit bitterer Kräuterigkeit und kaum Fruchtbalance. Die Textur wirkt roh, der Abgang kurz und harsch mit anhaltender Bitterkeit. Insgesamt schwer zugänglich und für mich kaum trinkbar, weit entfernt von den besseren Abfüllungen der Brennerei.
Review by Joël
Ziemlich untypischer Mhoba, Weinfass hat alle Kanten weggeschliffen.
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Details about MHOBA WC 1 (V&B) 2022
A rum from South Africa, distilled by MHOBA, at 60,2%.
Community purchases
8 bottles logged by 7 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
37% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
8 purchased · 20 tasted · 6 wishlist · as of
About the MHOBA distillery
The MHOBA distillery is located in South Africa. Rums from MHOBA have been reviewed 2,493 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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