{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"Mount Gay holds the earliest documented rum production deed on record: a Mount Gilboa estate inventory dated 20 February 1703. The brand was renamed Mount Gay in 1801 in honour of Sir John Gay Alleyne, the planter who modernised distillation at the property. The distillery still sits on the northern tip of Barbados in the parish of St. Lucy, working both pot and column stills."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"Eclipse is the everyday blend. Black Barrel adds a double-charred bourbon-cask finish. The XO and 1703 Master Select sit at the top of the line, with limited Master Blender Collection releases issued from the family reserve."}]}]}