Saint James 2008 Cask Strength Velier 70th Anniversary 9yr 60,8%

Saint James 2008 Cask Strength Velier 70th Anniversary 9yr 60,8%This is a 2008 vintage rhum vieux agricole, bottled at cask strength in 2017 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Italian distributors, Velier. Their enigmatic CEO, Luca Gargano, had been a brand representative for Saint James prior to purchasing Velier in the 1980s.

it is produced on a bespoke Bain-Marie pot still specially designed by Capovilla and built and installed at Bielle distillery in Guadeloupe by Andreas Muller

including the exclusive use of iron stills

One of 625 bottles

rums made by the Monymusk distillery

sweetened by chocolate and punctuated by roasted notes and a hint of clove

Caroni 34th Release

the newly established Caroni (1975) Ltd continued to lose money for the next 25 years until the government tried to minimise its ownership

22 is Guyanese rum

we are on a 2004 vintage

this bottling of Long Pond is a Pure Single Rum aged 15 years in Single Cask ex-Bourbon (#16) in the tropical climate of Jamaica

Charles Henry

toast to the enduring legacy of the Caroni distillery