Compagnie des Indes Mauritius: Grays vs Saint Aubin

I have two duos from Mauritius bottled by Compagnie des Indes in my sample library and thought that would make for an interesting comparison. The Rums come from Grays and Saint Aubin. We are very familiar with both distilleries I’d say and we even have a clear favorite between the two of them, but let’s…

S.B.S Grays (New Grove) “Experimental Cask Series”

Grays, perhaps better known as “New Grove” is our last distillery of S.B.S’ Experimental Cask Series. The main difference here is that we aren’t dealing with the same distillate this time. Instead, we have three different vintages and four different finishes, after the Rums have spent some time in French Oak casks already. S.B.S Grays…

Grays (New Grove)

According to Wikipedia, the distillery was created in 1931, when Harel Frères bought the Mauritius OK Distillery. In 1939, with the difficulties of the WW2, the island had problems importing petroleum products and the distillery produced fuel as a substitute. The plant was later renovated to produce rum and other spirits and in 1980 a…