{"id":10285,"date":"2020-03-01T16:53:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T15:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leblogaroger.eu\/?p=10285"},"modified":"2020-03-01T16:53:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T15:53:36","slug":"port-mourant-2005-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leblogaroger.eu\/index.php\/2020\/03\/01\/port-mourant-2005-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Mourant 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Definitely, Port Mourant<\/strong> is in fashion lately on the blog \u2026 Having always struggled with these very bitter profiles from this venerable still, I am quite happy to tell you about some references having for me a class and a rare elegance \u2026. Port Mourant is still a great piece of history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, it will be via another selection \u00ab\u00a0The Rum Mercenary<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb that I will be amazed with this 2005 <\/strong>vintage, very focused on fruit and toasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once upon a time…<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I often tell you about Port Mourant, but where does it come from? And why a lot of Guyana rums can be Port Mourant even when it says Uitvlugt or Diamond on the bottle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we refer to the huge article by Barrel Aged Mind<\/strong>, we can read that Port Mourant was an old plantation and distillery founded by Stephen Mourant<\/strong> on the east coast of the Berbice <\/strong>river in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1732<\/strong>, this plantation was mainly focused on cotton in fact. The creation of the distillery is not clear, since only cotton was cultivated along the Berbice river and therefore, the distillation of neighboring molasses was impossible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first traces of sugar <\/strong>harvests at Port Mourant date only between 1813 and 1836. According to Marko, the distillery must therefore have been established during this period even if the still dates from long before, and was bought by Stephen Mourant at a other plantation at Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the still, it was a double wooden pot still<\/strong> from the region, from Greenhart<\/strong>. The stills themselves come from England and the date 1732 seems to come back often, the wood being replaced at regular intervals, and I imagine that could greatly affect the final result over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n