Sample Velier Foursquare 2006 10yr 62% 3clThis is a "single blended rum," meaning, according to the classification established by Luca Gargano, a blend of rums from the same distillery, distilled in different stills (in this case, the same year, 2006, since it's a vintage): in a double retort copper still, and in a traditional Coffey style column still. After aging for 10 years in Barbados (which implies an angel's share of over 72%, as indicated on the back of the bottle), including 3 in

Jamaica is known as the mecca for rum enthusiasts

using a blend of rums from the Diamond Distillery's column stills and the famous Versailles wooden still

with a varnish hint

26 rum experts - including Luca Gargano - selected the 23 best from the 136 casks remaining from Caroni's last available stock

Modelled almost exactly after the first continuous still patented by Aeneas Coffey in 1832

The "HSE Extra Vieux Small Cask (MEB 11/2021)" was produced in Martinique at the Distillerie du Simon distillery

it is a rum aged for 21 years in bourbon barrels

candied and the delicious LP umami note with curry leaf

this cuvée embodies the art of refined blending

distilled in 2002 and aged for eight years

and this cask strength bottling was produced for the 60th anniversary of La Maison du Whisky

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