Roaming Road 12 Year Old Mauritius Rum

Roaming Road 12 Year Old Mauritius Rum is a single-cask rum from Roaming Road Spirits, the independent bottling project of founder Mike Gilmore, distilled from fresh sugar cane juice on a column still in Mauritius and bottled at cask strength, 63.7% ABV (127.4 proof), in a 750mL bottle. It aged twelve years in ex-bourbon casks and was finished in a rare Cognac cask, with no added sugars and no additives. Like every Roaming Road release, it is a one-off cask of 250 bottles or fewer, bottled at Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky and never repeated — and Mauritian rum of this age is rarely seen as an independent bottling in the United States at all. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• Proof / ABV: 127.4 proof (63.7% ABV), cask strength
• Size: 750mL
• Age: 12 years
• Distillation: Column still, 100% pure sugar cane juice
• Cask: Ex-bourbon casks, finished in a Cognac cask
• Outturn: 250 bottles or fewer, single cask
• Origin: Mauritius

An Indian Ocean Cane Rum With a French Accent

Mauritius sits at the crossroads of French, British and Indian rum traditions: its cane fields and distilleries date to the colonial sugar economy, and its producers make both molasses rum and fresh-cane-juice rum alongside the sugar refineries. Gilmore calls this one of his favorite cask finds to date — the double maturation marries the cane spirit's vibrant, fruit-forward character to French oak from the Cognac finish, and Mauritian rums tend to run lighter and more aromatic than Caribbean molasses rum, which is why a cask-strength example rewards slow sipping rather than mixing. Browse more independent bottlings in our rum collection and across the spirits range.

Tasting Notes

A fruit-forward nose — tropical fruit and fresh cane — balanced by the delicate, spicy French oak of the Cognac cask, with the 63.7% strength carrying vibrant fruit and oak through a long finish.

How to Enjoy

Pour it neat and give it time in the glass, adding water slowly — at 127.4 proof it opens in stages. For more small-outturn bottles, see the rare and top shelf shelves.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes this Mauritian rum unusual?
It is distilled from fresh sugar cane juice rather than molasses, aged twelve years in ex-bourbon casks and finished in a rare Cognac cask — and aged Mauritian rum almost never reaches the US as a single-cask independent bottling.

Who bottles Roaming Road?
Roaming Road Spirits is Mike Gilmore's independent bottling project: single casks selected on his travels, bottled at cask strength at Bardstown Bourbon Company in Kentucky, in one-off lots of 250 bottles or fewer, with no added sugars or additives.

How strong is it and what size is the bottle?
Cask strength at 63.7% ABV (127.4 proof), in a 750mL bottle.

Try Roaming Road Mauritius 12 Year at Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — the soul of Mauritius at full strength.