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Trinidad United 1991 Silver Seal 24 Year Old / Rum is Art

Lot: 6027814

Trinidad United 1991 Silver Seal 24 Year Old / Rum is Art

Winning Bid: £303

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Trinidad Distillers
Age: 
24 year old
Vintage: 
1991
Region: 
Trinidad
Bottler: 
Silver Seal
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
50%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
Production method: 
five-Column still
Base: 
Trinidad molasses
product Details

Trinidad United 1991 Silver Seal 24 Year Old / Rum is Art

A rum from Trinidad Distillers, named as the "Trinidad United Distillery" on the label here. This was distilled in 1991 and bottled as a 24 year old for the Rum is Art series from Silver Seal. One of 293 bottles from cask #2402.

Silver Seal was founded by Ernesto Mainardi in 2000. This was Mainardi's second bottling company after the esteemed Sestane in 1979. Both companies were sold to Massimo Righi, proprietor of Whisky Antique, in 2010. Since then the company has produced a steady stream of high quality rum to add to its sought after back-catalogue.

Trinidad Distillers is the production facility for the Angostura brand. It was built by the company in 1947 to produce rum for its world-famous bitters, in addition to distilling bulk product for export. The distillery’s original set up was a single Savalle column still, however this was replaced with a five-column still in 1975, following investment from Bacardi who required more bulk rum. Two more of these multi-column stills were added in 1985 and 1999. Some experimentation briefly took place with a Vendome pot still in the early 2000s as well, however this was quickly sold to St Lucia Distillers by their shared parent company at the time, CL Financial. The company was forced to divest much of its rum portfolio following the financial crash in 2007, but retains a majority stake in Angostura after it was bailed out by the local government to prevent what it felt was a national treasure being lost to foreign ownership. Trinidad Distillers remains one of the largest rum distilleries in the Caribbean, producing around 8.5 million litres per year.

 

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