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Vieux Vaval, Sajous & Casimir Velier 4 x 70cl

Lot: 5087174

Vieux Vaval, Sajous & Casimir Velier 4 x 70cl

Winning Bid: £421

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Lot:
Distillery: 
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Age: 
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Region: 
Haiti
Bottler: 
Velier
Bottled Strength: 
46.4%-56.7%
Bottle Size: 
4 x 70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
Production method: 
pot still
Base: 
pure sugar cane juice
product Details

Vieux Vaval, Sajous & Casimir Velier 4 x 70cl

Clairin is considered the national spirit of Haiti, and is an eaux-de-vie produced similarly to agricole rum, generally by a single local distiller using sugarcane from their village’s and adjoining fields. Largely secreted from the world for nearly 200 years, clairin was introduced to the world by Italian distributors, Velier, after Luca Gargano and Daniele Biondi discovered these distillers on at trip to Haiti in 2012.

  • Vieux Sajous 2017 Velier 4 Year Old Lustau Oloroso Casks 56.7% 70cl 
  • Vieux Sajous 2017 Velier 4 Year Old Cask Strength / Second Release 56.3% 70cl

The Chelo distillery was built by Michel Sajous in the Saint Michel de l'Attalaye region, just north of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. There he operates a small traditional pot still fitted with a six-plate column still neck. The 1000 litre boiler is direct fired using bagasse, and the spirit is bottled at its still strength of 50-57% ABV.

  • Vieux Vaval & Casimir 2017 Velier 4 Year Old Single Cask / Whisky Live Paris 2021 50.1% 70cl
  • Vieux Vaval 2015 Velier 6 Year Old Single Cask / LMDW Singapore 15th Anniversary 46.4% 70cl

The Arawaks distillery was founded by Danois Vaval in 1947 and is today run by his son, Fritz. It is located in Cavaillon and possesses 20 hectares of Madame Meuze sugarcane. It operates a continuous creole column still fitted with ten plates and a handmade condenser made from a gasoline can. The spirit is then bottled at its still strength of 50-55% ABV.

The Douglas Casimir distillery was established by Duncan Casimir in 1979 and is today run by his son, Faubert. He is considered the finest distiller in the Barradères region, a unique quirk of which is to add herbs or vegetable matter to pure cane juice during fermentation, to enhance the spirit’s aroma. Casimir adds citronella, cinnamon and occasionally ginger. Distillation takes place in a pot still using Hawaii Blanche and Hawaii Rouge cane.

    Velier was founded by Casimir Chaix in Genoa in 1947 as a wine and spirits importer and distributor. By the 1980s they were still a small family-company with less than ten staff. This all changed in 1986 when it was purchased by Luca Gargano, a former brand ambassador for Saint James who was at the time still in his twenties. Under his direction, they selected their first single cask whiskies in 1992, and their first rum in 1996. In the decades that followed, Velier have gone on to become one of the most collectible brands in the industry, and Gargano has positioned them as the one of the foremost authorities and bottlers of rum anywhere in the world.

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